Cucamonga (album)

1998 compilation album by Frank Zappa

Cucamonga

Compilation album by

Frank Zappa

Released| February 17, 1998/September 14, 2004
Recorded| 1963–1964
Genre| Surf music, doo-wop, garage rock, rock and roll
Label| Del-Fi Records/Rhino Records
Frank Zappa chronology
| Strictly Genteel
(1997)  | Cucamonga
(1998)  | Cheap Thrills
(1998)

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Cucamonga is a compilation album consisting of songs recorded with the involvement of Frank Zappa and Paul Buff at Pal Recording Studio in 1963-1964. In 2004, Rhino Records re-released the album with extra tracks and a new track order, after acquiring Del-Fi. The two songs performed by Paul Buff and the two songs performed by the Pauls have no Zappa involvement.[1]

## Track listing 1998 version[edit]

1. "Dear Jeepers" – Bob Guy
2. "World's Greatest Sinner" – Baby Ray & The Ferns
3. "How's Your Bird" – Baby Ray & The Ferns
4. "Every Time I See You" – The Heartbreakers
5. "Cradle Rock" – The Heartbreakers
6. "Slow Bird" – Paul Buff
7. "Blind Man's Buff" – Paul Buff
8. "Mr. Clean" – Mr. Clean
9. "Jesse Lee" – Mr. Clean
10. "Cathy My Angel" – The Pauls
11. "'Til September" – The Pauls
12. "Heavies" – The Rotations
13. "The Cruncher" – The Rotations
14. "Letter from Jeepers" – Bob Guy

## Track listing 2004 version[edit]

1. Dear Jeepers - Bob Guy
2. Memories of El Monte \- The Penguins
3. How's Your Bird? - Baby Ray & The Ferns
4. World's Greatest Sinner - Baby Ray & The Ferns
5. Everytime I See You - The Heartbreakers
6. Cradle Rock - The Heartbreakers
7. Slow Bird - Paul Buff
8. Blind Man's Buff - Paul Buff
9. Tijuana Surf - The Hollywood Persuaders
10. Grunion Run - The Hollywood Persuaders
11. Mr. Clean - Mr. Clean
12. Jessie Lee - Mr. Clean
13. Cathy My Angel - The Pauls
14. 'Til September - The Pauls
15. Heavies - The Rotations
16. The Cruncher - The Rotations
17. Letter from Jeepers - Bob Guy

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Cucamonga-Era Compilations". Lukpac.org. Retrieved 2012-01-05.

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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography

Studio and
live albums
(1966–1993)|

| 1960s|

* Freak Out!
* Absolutely Free
* We're Only in It for the Money
* Lumpy Gravy
* Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
* Uncle Meat
* Hot Rats

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1970s|

* Burnt Weeny Sandwich
* Weasels Ripped My Flesh
* Chunga's Revenge
* Fillmore East – June 1971
* 200 Motels
* Just Another Band from L.A.
* Waka/Jawaka
* The Grand Wazoo
* Over-Nite Sensation
* Apostrophe (')
* Roxy & Elsewhere
* One Size Fits All
* Bongo Fury
* Zoot Allures
* Zappa in New York
* Studio Tan
* Sleep Dirt
* Sheik Yerbouti
* Orchestral Favorites
* Joe's Garage Act I
* Joe's Garage Acts II & III

1980s|

* Tinsel Town Rebellion
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
* Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* You Are What You Is
* Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
* The Man from Utopia
* Baby Snakes
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
* Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
* Them or Us
* Francesco Zappa
* Thing-Fish
* The Old Masters, Box I
* Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
* Does Humor Belong in Music?
* The Old Masters, Box II
* Jazz from Hell
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
* The Old Masters, Box III
* Guitar
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
* Broadway the Hard Way
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3

1990s|

* The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
* Make a Jazz Noise Here
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
* Playground Psychotics
* Ahead of Their Time
* The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
albums of
unreleased
studio and live
recordings|

| 1990s|

* Civilization Phaze III
* The Lost Episodes
* Läther
* Mystery Disc
* Everything Is Healing Nicely

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2000s|

* FZ:OZ
* Halloween
* Joe's Corsage
* QuAUDIOPHILIAc
* Joe's Domage
* Joe's XMASage
* Imaginary Diseases
* Trance-Fusion
* Buffalo
* The Dub Room Special!
* Wazoo
* One Shot Deal
* Joe's Menage
* Philly '76

2010s|

* "Congress Shall Make No Law..."
* Hammersmith Odeon
* Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
* Carnegie Hall
* Road Tapes, Venue #1
* Road Tapes, Venue #2
* A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack
* Joe's Camouflage
* Roxy by Proxy
* Dance Me This
* Roxy the Soundtrack
* Road Tapes, Venue #3
* Frank Zappa for President
* Chicago '78
* Little Dots
* Halloween 77
* The Roxy Performances
* Halloween 73

2020s|

* The Mothers 1970
* Halloween 81
* Halloween 81 Highlights
* Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
* The Mothers 1971
* Zappa/Erie
* Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
* Zappa '80 Mudd Club/Munich
* Funky Nothingness

Miscellaneous and
compilations|

* Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
* Mothermania
* The **** of the Mothers
* The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
* Beat the Boots
* Beat the Boots II
* Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
* Strictly Commercial
* Have I Offended Someone?
* Strictly Genteel
* Cucamonga
* Cheap Thrills
* Son of Cheep Thrills
* Understanding America
* Finer Moments
* ZAPPAtite

| Birthday Bundle series|

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2011
* AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack

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Project/Object series and
anniversary box sets|

* The MOFO Project/Object
* The Lumpy Money Project/Object
* Greasy Love Songs
* The Crux of the Biscuit
* Meat Light
* Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary
* Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary
* The Hot Rats Sessions
* 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
* Waka/Wazoo
* Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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