Chunga's Revenge

by Frank Zappa

Overview

Chunga's Revenge marks the debut of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (among several other musicians) with the Mothers, and while their schtick has not reached the graphic proportions it later would, the thematic obsessions of the 200 Motels period are foreshadowed on tracks like "Road Ladies" and "Would You Go All the Way?" Other vocal numbers include the hard-rocking "Tell Me You Love Me," the musicians' union satire "Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink," and the doo wop-influenced "Sharleena." Meanwhile, Frank Zappa's strong instrumental music incorporates Eastern European influences ("Transylvania Boogie"), cocktail jazz ("Twenty Small Cigars"), and the percussion-only "The Clap." Zappa's guitar tone is wonderfully biting and nasty throughout; George Duke provides another musical highlight by scat-singing a "drum solo." But while there are plenty of fine moments, Chunga's Revenge is in the end more of a hodgepodge transitional album, with less coherence than Zappa's other 1969-1970 works. Still, it will appeal to fans of that creatively fertile period in Zappa's oeuvre. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	07/31/2012
Label:	Hip-O / Zappa Records
UPC:	0824302384428
Rank:	52288

Tracks

1. Transylvania Boogie
2. Road Ladies
3. Twenty Small Cigars
4. The Nancy & Mary Music
5. Tell Me You Love Me
6. Would You Go All the Way?
7. Chunga's Revenge
8. The Clap
9. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez a Drink
10. Sharleena

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Frank Zappa   Primary Artist,Drums,Guitar,Vocals,Boobams,Tom-Tom,Keyboards,Percussion,Wood Block,Harpsichord,Temple Blocks
George Duke   Piano (Electric),Organ,Vocals,Trombone,Sound Effects
Aynsley Dunbar   Tambourine,Drums
Ian Underwood   Organ,Piano,Guitar,Trombone,Saxophone,Pipe Organ,Sax (Alto),Sax (Tenor),Piano (Grand),Wah Wah Pedal,Guitar (Rhythm),Piano (Electric)
Don "Sugarcane" Harris   Organ
John Guerin   Drums
The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie   Vocals
Flo & Eddie   Vocals
Jeff Simmons   Bass,Vocals
Howard Kaylan   Guitar (Rhythm)
Max Bennett   Bass

Technical Credits

Bruce Margolis   Engineer
Cal Schenkel   Cover Design,Illustrations
John Williams   Photography
Dick Barber   Production Assistant
Frank Zappa   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Dick Kunc   Engineer
Roy Baker   Engineer
Stan Agol   Engineer