Another tip on Zappa is the on the internet roaming torrent for the bootleg Cucamonga years .
Expanding on Del-Fi/Rhino's 1983 mini-album Rare Meat: Early Productions of Frank Zappa, Japanese label MSI licenses tracks from both Del-Fi and
Original Sound Records for its 13-track, half-hour-long compilation
Cucamonga Years 1962-1964: The Early Works of Frank Zappa
. These are recordings that date from Zappa's early years as a songwriter, session musician, and producer at PAL Recording Studio, owned by Paul
Buff and Dave Aerni, located at 8040 Archibald Boulevard in Cucamonga, CA, which Zappa subsequently took over and renamed Studio Z. Typical of the pop
music of the time, the songs include doo wop, surf music, and even a couple of horror-movie-spoofing novelties in the vein of "The Monster
Mash." They were released originally as singles on Donna Records ("How's Your Bird?"/"The World's Greatest Sinner,"
by Baby Ray & the Ferns, featuring future Mothers of Invention singer
Ray Collins , Donna 1378; "Dear Jeepers"/"Letter from Jeepers," by Bob Guy , Donna 1380; "Every Time I See
You"/"Cradle Rock," by the Heartbreakers , Donna 1381) and Original Sound ("Memories of El Monte," by the Penguins , Original
Sound 27; "Grunion Run"/"Tijuana Surf," by the Hollywood Persuaders , Original Sound 39; "Mr. Clean"/"Jessie
Lee," by Mr. Clean , Original Sound 40; "Heavies"/"The Cruncher," by the Rotations , Original Sound 41) in 1963 and 1964.
Zappa wrote or co-wrote most of them and sometimes plays guitar. There are, of course, clues to Zappa's later efforts, especially Cruising with
Ruben & the Jets, and "Heavies" is the track that begins the second side of the Mothers of Invention's We're Only in It for
the Money before a needle is rudely raked across the record. But this still brief album is intended primarily for Zappa completists.
1 - Penguins - Memories of El Monte
2 - Baby Ray & the Ferns - How's Your Bird
3 - Baby Ray & the Ferns - World's Greatest Sinner
4 - Bob Guy - Dear Jeepers
5 - Bob Guy - Letter from Jeepers
6 - Hollywood Persuaders - Grunion Run
7 - Hollywood Persuaders - Tijuana Surf
8 - Mr. Clean - Mr. Clean
9 - Mr. Clean - Jessie Lee
10 - Rotations - Heavies
11 - Rotations - Cruncher
12 - Heartbreakers - Every Time I See You
13 - Heartbreakers - Cradle Rock
Why is the world so changing rapidly. On my first computer I saw A: after starting it up with a 160k single side single density floppy.