Cruising With Ruben & The Jets

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Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
Released November or1 December 1968
See also:
The Old Masters, Box I

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 December1 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

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 or1 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.
1.2
Original
Mono
? LP          
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.
2
Important remix
1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 7777-5
1985-04-19     Included in The Old Masters, Box I set.
1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74209
1985?     US edition.
1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 4
? 5016583600440?   UK edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10063
1987-10 0014431006326   US edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 4
1987? 5016583600426?   UK edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5024
1994-10-26 4988112405271   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10505
1995-05-16 0014431050527   US edition. Matrix # DISCTRONICS RCD 10505 01 IFPI L501 IFPI 8724
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.

Notes

  1. Depending on the source, released November 1968 (zappa.com - The Official Frank Zappa Website, Zappa Patio and Michael Gray) or December 2 1968 (IINK).