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== Release Info==
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[[Cheap Thrills]]
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<div style="float:right;">
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{{Album Release Infobox |
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    Home          = [[Album History (by Cover)|Album History]] |
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    Previous album = [[Lumpy Gravy|Previous]] |
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    Next album    = [[Uncle Meat|Next]] |
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    Cover          = CruisingWithR&TJ.JPG |
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    Name          = Cruising With Ruben & The Jets |
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    Released      = November or<ref name="Release">Depending on the source, released November 1968 ([[External Links#Official Sites|zappa.com - The Official Frank Zappa Website]], [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]] and [[Michael Gray]]) or December 2 1968 ([[External Links#Lyrics|IINK]]).</ref> December 1968 |
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    Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Cruising_With_Ruben_and_The_Jets.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/ruben.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/cruising-with-ruben-the-jets}}<br>[[The Old Masters, Box I]]<br>[[Greasy Love Songs]]
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}}
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</div>
  
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[[Love Of My Life]]
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==Players==
  
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[[How Could I Be Such A Fool]]
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
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*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] (drums)
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*[[Ray Collins]] (lead vocals)
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*[[Roy Estrada]] (electric bass, vocals)
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*[[Bunk Gardner]] (tenor & alto sax)
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*[[Don Preston]] (keyboards)
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*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]] (baritone sax, tambourine)
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*[[Arthur Tripp|Arthur Dyer Tripp III]] (drums)
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*[[Ian Underwood]] (keyboards, tenor & alto sax)
  
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[[Deseri]]
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[[Wikipedia:Overdubbing|Overdubs]] on the 1984 [[Wikipedia:Remix|remix]]:
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*[[Jay Anderson]] (string bass)
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*[[Arthur Barrow]] (bass)
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*[[Chad Wackerman]] (drums)
  
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[[I’m Not Satisfied]]
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==Tracks==
  
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[[Jerry Roll Gum Drop]]
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{| cellspacing="30"
  
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[[Anything]]
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|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP with [[Deseri]]'''</big></div>
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'''Side One'''
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#[[Cheap Thrills (The Track)|Cheap Thrills]] (2:20)
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#[[Love Of My Life]] (3:17)
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#[[How Could I Be Such A Fool]] (3:33)
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#[[Deseri]] (2:04)
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#[[I'm Not Satisfied]] (3:59)
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#[[Jelly Roll Gum Drop]] (2:17)
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#[[Anything]] (3:00)
  
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[[Later That Night]]
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'''Side Two'''
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#[[Later That Night]] (3:04)
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#[[You Didn't Try To Call Me (1967-1968 - New York)|You Didn't Try To Call Me]] (3:53)
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#[[Fountain Of Love]] (2:57)
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#"[[No. No. No.]]" (2:27)
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#[[Any Way The Wind Blows (The Track)|Anyway The Wind Blows]] (2:26)
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#[[Stuff Up The Cracks]] (4:29)
  
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[[You Didn’t Try To Call Me]]
 
  
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[[Fountain Of Love]]
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|valign="top"|<div id="CD"><big>'''CD'''</big></div>
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#[[Cheap Thrills (The Track)|Cheap Thrills]] (2:39)
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#[[Love Of My Life]] (3:08)
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#[[How Could I Be Such A Fool]] (3:34)
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#[[Deseri]] (2:09)
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#[[I'm Not Satisfied]] (4:08)
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#[[Jelly Roll Gum Drop]] (2:24)
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#[[Anything]] (3:06)
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#[[Later That Night]] (3:00)
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#[[You Didn't Try To Call Me (1982-1983 - Los Angeles)|You Didn't Try To Call Me]] (3:58)
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#[[Fountain Of Love]] (3:22)
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#"[[No. No. No.]]" (2:16)
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#[[Any Way The Wind Blows (The Track)|Anyway The Wind Blows]] (3:02)
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#[[Stuff Up The Cracks]] (4:38)
  
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[[No. No. No.]]
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|}
  
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[[Anyway The Wind Blows]]
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==Release Notes==
  
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[[Stuff Up The Cracks]]
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Released November or December<ref name="Release"/> 1968.
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<br>Recorded: [[Apostolic Studios]], NYC, December, 1967-February, 1968.
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<br>Produced by Frank Zappa.
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<br>Engineered by [[Dick Kunc]].
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<br>Cover by [[Cal Schenkel]].
  
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== Players ==
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==Liner Notes==
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Frank Zappa (low grumbles, oo-wah and lead guitar), [[Ray Collins]] (lead vocals), [[Roy Estrada]] (high weazlings, dwaedy-doop & electric bass), [[Jimmy Carl Black]] and/or [[Arthur Dyer Tripp III]] (lewd pulsating rhythm), [[Ian Underwood]] or [[Don Preston]] (redundant piano triplets), [[Motorhead Sherwood]] (baritone sax & tambourine), [[Bunk Gardner]] & [[Ian Underwood]] (tenor & alto sax) + [[Jay Anderson]] (1984 mix new string bass tracks), [[Arthur Barrow]] (1984 mix new bass tracks), [[Chad Wackerman]] (1984 mix new drum tracks)
 
  
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== Background ==
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[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]]
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The fictitious bio about Ruben Sano next to Frank’s high-school photo on the back cover ends with the fan-club-spoofing fact that the singer “has 3 dogs. Benny, Baby & Martha.” If we return to the back cover of Absolutely Free, we find a wall of graffiti that reads “Benny, Joe, Ruben, Mar[tha], Steve” under an advertisement for Fydo dog collars.
 
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<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The poodle, a frequent Zappa symbol of the unnatural, repressive shaping of a media-influenced person, appears as Fido the talking dog in “Stink-Foot” on Apostrophe (‘), Fido the sex-starved monster in “Cheepnis” on Roxy & Elsewhere and Evelyn the modified (clipped and sculpted) dog listening to the Lumpy Gravy piano-dwellers on One Size Fits All. On the front cover of the latter, God’s hand is tattooed with the Pachuco cross (the Californian Spanish gangster emblem from Frank’s teenage memories), which is also found in the Absolutely Free graffiti. The “God/dog” blasphemy comes into play, implying in this context that religion’s just another media tool that collars the unwary, when God’s hand is seen in the One Size Fits All picture and when one considers the title “Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague” from Uncle Meat; plagues were among the historical events in Christian history, and the character in the song sings like a Pachuco (“mi carrucha,” etc.). God’s sofa is seen on the One Size Fits All cover as well; the Hebrew term En Sof means “the Boundless One.”
 
  
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A small word balloon on Ruben’s front cover, far off to the left, has one of the musicians (whose noses are extended like dogs’ in order to fit their enlarged brains, as the Uncle Meat booklet explains) going “quackquack,” spoofing people who try to be cool at the expense of being themselves (acting like a duck rather than a dog). In this case, the quacking singer’s trying to sound black; it’s Frank’s self-effacing joke about being a white person who tries to sing the blues. Duck bills resemble black people’s lips, as the Thing-Fish album points out via its sarcasm-based mockery of those who stereotype.
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==Background Information==
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<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the army to the left on the Grand Wazoo cover, we see not a singing dog breaking character, but a quacking horse riding into battle (horses have big lips). A similar horse is seen on the back wall in the Ahead of Their Time drawing, also quacking. On the floor is a book called Uncle Duck, under the only non-dog character in the drawing: a bird. The French word oiseau (say “wazoo”) means “bird.”
 
  
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Frank’s “Love of My Life,” Frank and Ray Collins’ "Fountain of Love," and Ray's “Anything” and “Deseri” date from the Studio Z period. Original Pal Studios founder Paul Buff collaborated on the latter.
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The songs on [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]] are <blockquote>...more than recreations, they're careful conglomerates of archetypal cliches.</blockquote>
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<div align=right>Frank Zappa interviewed by [[Barry Miles]] for [[wikipedia:International Times|International Times]] (issue 63), 1969</div>
  
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The title of “Jelly Roll Gum Drop” illustrates its lyrics’ mixture of sexual fervor with teen-idol-song triteness; old blues lyrics referred to sexy women as jelly rolls, but Robert Johnson or Howlin’ Wolf would never have dreamt of calling anyone a gum drop, which is more in line with ‘60s radio pop. The “Pachuco Hop” mentioned in the lyrics is a dance either inspired by or memorialized in the 1952 Chuck Higgins instrumental of the same name, which is also alluded to in “Debra Kadabra” on Bongo Fury.
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Zappa described this album as an homage to the doowop music that he loved:<ref>[http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19759/m1/ Early rock 'n' roll vocal groups & Frank Zappa]</ref>  Frank Zappa interviewed by John Gilliland for the [[Pop Chronicles]], 1969.<ref>[http://archive.is/dlXw T-Z interview index]</ref>
  
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At the end of “Later That Night,” Ray pays tribute to either Ruth Brown’s “Three Letters” or the Velvetones’ “Glory of Love” (or both). He then laughs at his own exaggerated soulful pronunciation of the word “there.” Frank theatrically gulps some air; “There’s no room to breathe in here!” he complains from the vocal booth. This might be left in to indicate the suffocating pop formula, the dry timbre of the vocals (in the liberated atmosphere of the future reissue, the song will fade out before Frank starts his gasping), and/or the fascism that he likes to warn about detecting in the USA's governmental and corporate actions, considering that plenty of songs deal with poisoned air -- “Billy the Mountain,” “San Ber’dino” and “Wind Up Workin’ in a Gas Station” are just three -- and that the latter associates concentration camps and Nazi tactics (referred to in the liner notes of Money, the 200 Motels film and many Zappa lyrics) with the subtle psychological “torturing” of citizens by the government and media as they sell lifestyles and products based on “perfect human” images (the Zoot Allures album deals heavily with aberrant sexual practices and explains that the torture never stops).
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==Conceptual Continuity==
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<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After all, Ray’s phrase “right on top of some dog waste” ties in with the title of Uncle Meat’s ”Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague” (another reference to breath, of course), and the character in the final Ruben song, “Stuff Up the Cracks,” threatens to kill himself with poisonous gas. Ray also refers to his “shirts with the Mr. B collar,” a collar that was patented by bandleader and trumpeter Billy Eckstine, whose button configuration gave the neck room to swell.
 
  
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The introductory notes from Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring are incorporated into the delivery of the repeated closing line “fountain of love” as well as the backing vocals that immediately follow. An extract from the Moonglows’ “Sincerely” is heard in the “oooohs” and in Frank’s baritone vocal part.
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==Versions==
  
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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| rowspan="26" align="center" | 5
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| [[MGM Records|MGM]] [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>V6&nbsp;5055-X
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| 1968-11 or<ref name="Release"/> 1968-12-02
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: V6-5055-X SIDE-1<br>MGS-1532-RE-1 12<br>Side 2: V6&nbsp;5055-X Side&nbsp;2<br>MGS1533 '''sign''' 11
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:8-track_cartridge|8T]]
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/142118-Ampex Ampex]/[[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>VCB&nbsp;85055
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| 1968
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>SVLP&nbsp;9237
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| 1969-02<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1720.</ref>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition. Flipback sleeve (non gatefold) [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: V6 5055 A-1<br>Side 2: V6 5055 B-1
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|-
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| align="center" | 1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Monaural|Mono]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>VLP&nbsp;9237
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| 1969-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.3<br>Original<br>Stereo<br>without<br>[[Deseri]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>710&nbsp;020
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| German edition.<br>[[Deseri]] listed on the sleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Metro<br>2356&nbsp;068
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| French edition.<br>[[Deseri]] listed on the sleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>Stereo'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve/[[Wikipedia:Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br>2317&nbsp;069
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| 1973-07<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="1" align="center" | '''2.1<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR&nbsp;7777-5
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| 1985-04-19
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box I]] set.
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|-
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| rowspan="12" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]'''<br><small>Track 13 is an alternate mix</small>
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| Barking Pumpkin<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3184050|D4&nbsp;74209}}
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| 1985?
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:XDR (audio)|XDR]].
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CS
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2642075|TZAPPA&nbsp;4}}
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| 1985
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| 5016583600440
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD&nbsp;10063
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| 1987-10
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| 0014431006326
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa<br>CDZAP&nbsp;4
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| 1987-10<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| 5016583600426?<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|ADD]]. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 01 @@
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|425317|CDZAP&nbsp;4}}
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| 1987-10
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| 5016583600426?<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
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| French edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|ADD]]. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 03 @@@
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5024
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| 1994-10-26
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| 4988112405271
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1412633|RCD&nbsp;10505}}
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| 1995-05-16
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| 0014431050527
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2136153|RCD&nbsp;10505}}
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| 1995-05-16
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| 0014431050527
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| &nbsp;
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| EU edition. Matrix # DISCTRONICS RCD&nbsp;10505 01 IFPI L501 IFPI 8724
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/19911-Eldorado Gravadora Eldorado]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2131750|968028}}
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| 1995
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| 7897181221897
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| &nbsp;
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| Brazilian edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5118
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| 1995-10-25
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| 4988112407787
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5253
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| 1996-06-01
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| 4988112408531
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD&nbsp;10505 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/cruising-with-ruben-vack-1207|VACK&nbsp;1207}}
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| 2001-09-21
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| 4988112412637
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2262903|ZR&nbsp;20010}}
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| 2010-04-17
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| 0824302001028
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, included in [[Greasy Love Songs]].
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]'''<br><small>Track 13 is an alternate mix</small>
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3839957|ZR&nbsp;3838}}
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302383827
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[Zappa Family Trust|ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.<br>Source: 1987 [[wikipedia:U-matic|1630]] Digital Master.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238382
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302383827
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| &nbsp;
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3838, manufactured in Germany.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ Universal Music Japan]<br>UICY-75354
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| 2012-11-28
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| 4988005737533
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, audiophile [[wikipedia:Super High Material CD|SHM-CD]], mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | Unknown
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9486305|ZR&nbsp;3838-1}}
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| 2016-12-09<ref name="ZFTAnnouncement">[https://www.zappa.com/five-monumental-frank-zappa-mothers-invention-albums-be-reissued-vinyl/#/ Official announcement at zappa.com]</ref>
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| 0824302383810
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, pressed in Germany by [http://pallasusa.com Pallas-USA]. Source: Original 1968 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g?)
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| Zappa/UMG&nbsp;Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9531087|ZR&nbsp;3838-1}}
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| 2016-12-09
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| 0824302383810
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| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3838-1.
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|}
  
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== Versions ==
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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==See Also==
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*[[The Old Masters, Box I]]
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*[[Greasy Love Songs]]
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[[Category:Discography]]
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[[Category:Original Albums]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
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[[Category:Pop Chronicles (The List)]]
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[[Category:1968]]

Latest revision as of 13:54, 16 December 2022

Album History
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Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
Released November or[1] December 1968
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box I
Greasy Love Songs

Players

Overdubs on the 1984 remix:

Tracks

LP with Deseri

Side One

  1. Cheap Thrills (2:20)
  2. Love Of My Life (3:17)
  3. How Could I Be Such A Fool (3:33)
  4. Deseri (2:04)
  5. I'm Not Satisfied (3:59)
  6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:17)
  7. Anything (3:00)

Side Two

  1. Later That Night (3:04)
  2. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:53)
  3. Fountain Of Love (2:57)
  4. "No. No. No." (2:27)
  5. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:26)
  6. Stuff Up The Cracks (4:29)
CD
  1. Cheap Thrills (2:39)
  2. Love Of My Life (3:08)
  3. How Could I Be Such A Fool (3:34)
  4. Deseri (2:09)
  5. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
  6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:24)
  7. Anything (3:06)
  8. Later That Night (3:00)
  9. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:58)
  10. Fountain Of Love (3:22)
  11. "No. No. No." (2:16)
  12. Anyway The Wind Blows (3:02)
  13. Stuff Up The Cracks (4:38)

Release Notes

Released November or December[1] 1968.
Recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, December, 1967-February, 1968.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineered by Dick Kunc.
Cover by Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

The Story Of Ruben & The Jets

Background Information

The songs on Cruising With Ruben & The Jets are

...more than recreations, they're careful conglomerates of archetypal cliches.

Frank Zappa interviewed by Barry Miles for International Times (issue 63), 1969

Zappa described this album as an homage to the doowop music that he loved:[2] Frank Zappa interviewed by John Gilliland for the Pop Chronicles, 1969.[3]

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
5 1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP MGM Verve
V6 5055-X 		1968-11 or[1] 1968-12-02 None   US edition. Matrix #
Side 1: V6-5055-X SIDE-1
MGS-1532-RE-1 12
Side 2: V6 5055-X Side 2
MGS1533 sign 11
1 8T Ampex/Verve
VCB 85055 		1968 None   US edition.
1 LP MGM Verve
SVLP 9237 		1969-02[4] None   UK edition. Flipback sleeve (non gatefold) Matrix #
Side 1: V6 5055 A-1
Side 2: V6 5055 B-1
1.2
Original
Mono 		1 LP MGM Verve
VLP 9237 		1969-02[4] None   UK edition.
1.3
Original
Stereo
without
Deseri 		1 LP MGM Verve
710 020 		      German edition.
Deseri listed on the sleeve.
1 LP MGM Metro
2356 068 		      French edition.
Deseri listed on the sleeve.
1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP MGM Verve/Polydor
2317 069 		1973-07[4] None   UK 2nd edition.
2.1
Important remix 		1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 7777-5 		1985-04-19     Included in The Old Masters, Box I set.
2.2
Important remix
Track 13 is an alternate mix 		1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74209 		1985?     US edition, XDR.
1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 4 		1985 5016583600440   UK edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10063 		1987-10 0014431006326   US edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 4 		1987-10[4] 5016583600426?
(not printed) 		  UK edition, ADD. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 01 @@
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 4 		1987-10 5016583600426?
(not printed) 		  French edition, ADD. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 03 @@@
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5024 		1994-10-26 4988112405271   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10505 		1995-05-16 0014431050527   US edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10505 		1995-05-16 0014431050527   EU edition. Matrix # DISCTRONICS RCD 10505 01 IFPI L501 IFPI 8724
1 CD Gravadora Eldorado/Rykodisc
968028 		1995 7897181221897   Brazilian edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5118 		1995-10-25 4988112407787   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5253 		1996-06-01 4988112408531   Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10505 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1207 		2001-09-21 4988112412637   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 CD Zappa
ZR 20010 		2010-04-17 0824302001028   US edition, included in Greasy Love Songs.
2.2
Important remix
Track 13 is an alternate mix 		1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3838 		2012-07-31 0824302383827   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[5].
Source: 1987 1630 Digital Master.
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238382 		2012-07-31 0824302383827   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3838, manufactured in Germany.
1 CD Zappa/Universal Music Japan
UICY-75354 		2012-11-28 4988005737533   Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
Unknown 1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3838-1 		2016-12-09[6] 0824302383810   US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: Original 1968 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
1 LP
(180 g?) 		Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3838-1 		2016-12-09 0824302383810   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3838-1.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Depending on the source, released November 1968 (zappa.com - The Official Frank Zappa Website, Zappa Patio and Michael Gray) or December 2 1968 (IINK).
  2. ↑ Early rock 'n' roll vocal groups & Frank Zappa
  3. ↑ T-Z interview index
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
  5. ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
  6. ↑ Official announcement at zappa.com

See Also

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