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Cover = CruisingWithR&TJ.JPG | | Cover = CruisingWithR&TJ.JPG | | ||
Name = Cruising With Ruben & The Jets | | Name = Cruising With Ruben & The Jets | | ||
− | Released = November or< | + | 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 | |
− | Related = See also:<br>[[The Old Masters, Box I]] | + | 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]] |
}} | }} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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==Players== | ==Players== | ||
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==Tracks== | ==Tracks== | ||
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− | ==Release Notes== | + | ==Release Notes== |
− | Released November or December< | + | |
+ | Released November or December<ref name="Release"/> 1968. | ||
<br>Recorded: [[Apostolic Studios]], NYC, December, 1967-February, 1968. | <br>Recorded: [[Apostolic Studios]], NYC, December, 1967-February, 1968. | ||
<br>Produced by Frank Zappa. | <br>Produced by Frank Zappa. | ||
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==Liner Notes== | ==Liner Notes== | ||
+ | |||
[[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]] | [[The Story Of Ruben & The Jets]] | ||
− | ==Background Information== | + | ==Background Information== |
− | |||
The songs on [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]] are <blockquote>...more than recreations, they're careful conglomerates of archetypal cliches.</blockquote> | The songs on [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets]] are <blockquote>...more than recreations, they're careful conglomerates of archetypal cliches.</blockquote> | ||
<div align=right>Frank Zappa interviewed by [[Barry Miles]] for [[wikipedia:International Times|International Times]] (issue 63), 1969</div> | <div align=right>Frank Zappa interviewed by [[Barry Miles]] for [[wikipedia:International Times|International Times]] (issue 63), 1969</div> | ||
− | ==Conceptual Continuity== | + | 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> |
− | ==Versions== | + | |
+ | ==Conceptual Continuity== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Versions== | ||
{| {{Versions Table Header}} | {| {{Versions Table Header}} | ||
− | | rowspan= | + | | rowspan="26" align="center" | 5 |
− | | rowspan= | + | | rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]''' |
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]] |
− | | [[MGM]] [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>V6 5055-X | + | | [[MGM]] [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/ruben&jets.JPG|V6 5055-X}} |
− | | 1968-11 or< | + | | 1968-11 or<ref name="Release"/> 1968-12-02 |
| None | | None | ||
| | | | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:8-track_cartridge|8T]] |
− | | [[Ampex]] / [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>VCB 85055 | + | | [[Ampex]] / [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>VCB 85055 |
| 1968 | | 1968 | ||
| None | | None | ||
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| US edition. | | US edition. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | align="center" | 1 | + | | align="center" | 1 |
− | |||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
+ | | MGM Verve<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/ratj_uk_svlp_9237.jpg|SVLP 9237}} | ||
+ | | 1969-02<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1720.</ref> | ||
+ | | None | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | UK edition. Flipback sleeve (non gatefold) [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: V6 5055 A-1<br>Side 2: V6 5055 B-1 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Monaural|Mono]] | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP | ||
+ | | MGM Verve<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/Rubin_UK_mono.jpg|VLP 9237}} | ||
+ | | 1969-02<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
+ | | None | ||
| | | | ||
− | | | + | | UK edition. |
− | |||
− | |||
|- | |- | ||
− | | rowspan=2 align="center" | 1.3<br>Original<br>Stereo<br>without<br>[[Deseri]] | + | | rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.3<br>Original<br>Stereo<br>without<br>[[Deseri]] |
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | MGM Verve<br>710 020 | + | | MGM Verve<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/RubinAgerman.jpg|710 020}} |
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | MGM Metro<br>2356 068 | + | | MGM Metro<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/ruben&jets_metro.jpg|2356 068}} |
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
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| French edition.<br>[[Deseri]] listed on the sleeve. | | French edition.<br>[[Deseri]] listed on the sleeve. | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | align="center" | + | | align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>Stereo''' |
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR 7777-5 | + | | MGM Verve/[[Polydor]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/RATJ_UK_reissue.jpg|2317 069}} |
+ | | 1973-07<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
+ | | None | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="1" align="center" | '''2.1<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]''' | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP | ||
+ | | [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/ratj_omb_bpr_7777-5.jpg|BPR 7777-5}} | ||
| 1985-04-19 | | 1985-04-19 | ||
| | | | ||
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| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box I]] set. | | Included in [[The Old Masters, Box I]] set. | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="12" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]'''<br><small>Track 13 is an alternate mix</small> | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]] |
− | | Barking Pumpkin<br>D4 74209 | + | | Barking Pumpkin<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3184050|D4 74209}} |
| 1985? | | 1985? | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
− | | US edition. | + | | US edition, [[wikipedia:XDR (audio)|XDR]]. |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CS | | align="center" | CS | ||
− | | [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>TZAPPA 4 | + | | [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2642075|TZAPPA 4}} |
− | | | + | | 1985 |
− | | 5016583600440 | + | | 5016583600440 |
| | | | ||
| UK edition. | | UK edition. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]] |
− | | [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10063 | + | | [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10063 |
| 1987-10 | | 1987-10 | ||
| 0014431006326 | | 0014431006326 | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | Zappa<br>CDZAP 4 | + | | Zappa<br>CDZAP 4 |
− | | 1987? | + | | 1987-10<ref name="MStrong"/> |
− | | 5016583600426? | + | | 5016583600426?<br>(not printed) |
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|ADD]]. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 01 @@ | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | Zappa<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|425317|CDZAP 4}} | ||
+ | | 1987-10 | ||
+ | | 5016583600426?<br>(not printed) | ||
| | | | ||
− | | | + | | French edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|ADD]]. Matrix # CD ZAP 4 MPO 03 @@@ |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5024 | + | | [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5024 |
| 1994-10-26 | | 1994-10-26 | ||
| 4988112405271 | | 4988112405271 | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | Rykodisc<br>RCD 10505 | + | | Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1412633|RCD 10505}} |
| 1995-05-16 | | 1995-05-16 | ||
| 0014431050527 | | 0014431050527 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | US edition. | + | | US edition. |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5118 | + | | Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2136153|RCD 10505}} |
+ | | 1995-05-16 | ||
+ | | 0014431050527 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | EU edition. Matrix # DISCTRONICS RCD 10505 01 IFPI L501 IFPI 8724 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | [[Gravadora Eldorado]]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2131750|968028}} | ||
+ | | 1995 | ||
+ | | 7897181221897 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Brazilian edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5118 | ||
| 1995-10-25 | | 1995-10-25 | ||
| 4988112407787 | | 4988112407787 | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5253 | + | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5253 |
| 1996-06-01 | | 1996-06-01 | ||
| 4988112408531 | | 4988112408531 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10505 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese | + | | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10505 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | VideoArts<br>VACK 1207 | + | | VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/cruising-with-ruben-vack-1207|VACK 1207}} |
| 2001-09-21 | | 2001-09-21 | ||
| 4988112412637 | | 4988112412637 | ||
| | | | ||
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]''' | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2262903|ZR 20010}} | ||
+ | | 2010-04-17 | ||
+ | | 0824302001028 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | US edition, included in [[Greasy Love Songs]]. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="3" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important [[wikipedia:Remix|remix]]'''<br><small>Track 13 is an alternate mix</small> | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3839957|ZR 3838}} | ||
+ | | 2012-07-31 | ||
+ | | 0824302383827 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.<br>Source: 1987 [[wikipedia:U-matic|1630]] Digital Master. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG Intl]]<br>0238382 | ||
+ | | 2012-07-31 | ||
+ | | 0824302383827 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3838, manufactured in Germany. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | Zappa/[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ Universal Music Japan]<br>UICY-75354 | ||
+ | | 2012-11-28 | ||
+ | | 4988005737533 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Japanese edition, audiophile [[wikipedia:Super High Material CD|SHM-CD]], mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" align="center" | Unknown | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP<br>(180 g) | ||
+ | | Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9486305|ZR 3838-1}} | ||
+ | | 2016-12-09 | ||
+ | | 0824302383810 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | US edition, pressed in Germany by [http://pallasusa.com Pallas-USA]. Source: Original 1968 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP<br>(180 g?) | ||
+ | | Zappa/UMG Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9531087|ZR 3838-1}} | ||
+ | | 2016-12-09 | ||
+ | | 0824302383810 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3838-1. | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | == Notes == | + | ==Notes== |
− | + | ||
− | + | <references/> | |
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[The Old Masters, Box I]] | ||
+ | *[[Greasy Love Songs]] | ||
[[Category:Discography]] | [[Category:Discography]] | ||
[[Category:Original Albums]] | [[Category:Original Albums]] | ||
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Pop Chronicles (The List)]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1968]] |
Revision as of 07:45, 28 November 2020
Album History | |
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Released November or[1] December 1968 | |
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box I Greasy Love Songs |
Players
- Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
- Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
- Ray Collins (lead vocals)
- Roy Estrada (electric bass, vocals)
- Bunk Gardner (tenor & alto sax)
- Don Preston (keyboards)
- Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax, tambourine)
- Arthur Dyer Tripp III (drums)
- Ian Underwood (keyboards, tenor & alto sax)
- Jay Anderson (string bass)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
Tracks
LP with Deseri
Side One
Side Two
|
CD
|
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
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 | 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
- ↑ 1.0 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).
- ↑ Early rock 'n' roll vocal groups & Frank Zappa
- ↑ T-Z interview index
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
- ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.