Chunga's Revenge

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Chunga's Revenge
Released October 1970
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box II

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, Condor, harpsichord, drum set, wood blocks, temple blocks, boobams, tom-toms, etc.)
• Max Bennett (bass)
• George Duke (electric piano, vocal drum imitations, organ, trombone)
• Aynsley Dunbar (drums, tambourine)
• John Guerin (drums)
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris (organ)
• Mark Volman as The Phlorescent Leech (vocals)
• Jeff Simmons (bass, vocals)
• Ian Underwood (rhythm guitar, alto sax, electric piano, electric alto sax with wah-wah pedal, grand piano, tenor sax, organ, piano, pipe organ)
• Howard Kaylan as Eddie (vocals, rhythm guitar)

Tracks

LP Side One Transylvania Boogie (5:01) Road Ladies (4:11) Twenty Small Cigars (2:17) The Nancy & Mary Music part 1 (2:42) part 2 (4:11) part 3 (2:37) Side Two Tell Me You Love Me (2:43) Would You Go All The Way? (2:30) Chunga's Revenge (6:16) The Clap (1:24) Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (2:45) Sharleena (4:07)

CD Transylvania Boogie (5:02) Road Ladies (4:10) Twenty Small Cigars (2:17) The Nancy & Mary Music (9:28) Tell Me You Love Me (2:34) Would You Go All The Way? (2:30) Chunga's Revenge (6:15) The Clap (1:23) Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (2:44) Sharleena (4:05)

Release Notes

Produced by Frank Zappa
Special help on production: Dick Barber
Engineers: Dick Kunc, Stan Agol, Roy Barker
Cover design & illustration: Cal Schenkel
Front cover photo: Phil Franks
Back cover photo: John Williams
CD layout: Amy R. Bernstein
Design Consultant: Cal Schenkel
CD repackage: Ferenc Dobronyi

Liner Notes

• "A gypsy mutant industrial vacuum cleaner dances about a mysterious night time camp fire. Festoons. Dozens of imported castanets, clutched by the horrible suction of its heavy duty hose, waving with marginal erotic abondon in the midnight autumn air." - Written in small print on the album cover concerning the insert art, and supposedly Transylvania Boogie the opening track.

• "All the vocals in this album are (the word are is drawn above and replaces a crossed out - were) a preview of the story of 200 MOTELS. Coming. Soon. Near. You."

Background Information

For the front cover, Calvin Schenkel designed a spoof on cheesy horror-movie ads, featuring cartoony wording and a photo that turned out not to be Frank screaming, as at first glance, but yawning (“Chunga’s Revenge” therefore being revealed as a funny Zappa term for weariness).

Conceptual Continuity

• Amougies Festival

Alternate Cover

Chunga's Revenge olive sleeve, with same color panel on reverse. Used on UK 1st issue vinyl.

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
11	1.1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise MS 2030	1970-10-23	None	Red sleeve.	US edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RSLP 2030	1970-11	None	Olive sleeve.	UK edition, olive sleeve, with same color back tracklist panel. Matrix # (stamped) Side 1: RSLP 2030 A1 Side 2: RSLP 2030 B1
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RSLP 2030	?	None	Red sleeve.	UK 2nd edition, red sleeve. Matrix# (stamped) Side 1: RSLP 2030 A1 Side 2: RSLP 2030 B1
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise MS 2030	1970?	None		Australian edition. Matrix # Side 1: A MX163715 MS2030-1 Side 2: A MX163716 MS2030-2
		1	LP	Warner-Pioneer Bizarre/Reprise P-8045R		None		Japanese edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise K44020	1971-07	None		UK 3rd edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise HRES 291-40	1972	None		Spanish edition titled La Venganza de Chunga.
	1.2 Remaster Stereo	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-5	1986-11-25			Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
	1.3 Poor Quality Remaster	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10164	1990-05	0144311016425? 0014431016424?		US edition, AAD.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 23	1990-05	5016583602321		UK edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5029	1994-10-26	4988112405714		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10511	1995-05-02	0014431051128		US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10511 02
		1	CD	Warner Music Argentina/ Rykodisc 1443-10511-2	1995?	0014431051128		Argentinian edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5120	1995-10-25	4988112407800		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5255	1996-05-30	4988112408555		Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10511 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1212	2001-09-21	4988112412682		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeves.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1333	2008-06-18	4988112417755	Unknown	Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.