(Blues Rock, Fusion, Avant-garde) [LP] [24-bit /96kHZ] Frank Zappa – Chunga's Revenge ( USA First Pressing )- 1970, FLAC (tracks)

Chunga’s Revenge is an album by Frank Zappa, released on October 23, 1970. Zappa’s first effort of the 1970s marks the first appearance of former Turtles members Flo & Eddie on a Zappa record, and signals the dawn of a controversial epoch in Zappa’s history (this era is both hated and loved by Zappa fans in equal measure). Chunga’s Revenge represents a shift from both the satirical political commentary of his 1960s work with The Mothers of Invention, and the jazz fusion of Hot Rats.

album details and history
The material presented on Chunga’s Revenge is eclectic; there are two guitar jams (“Transylvania Boogie” and the title track), a bluesy amble (“Road Ladies”), a jazz interlude (“Twenty Small Cigars”, culled from the Hot Rats sessions), an avant-garde live improvisation (the multi-part “The Nancy and Mary Music”, which is in truth an excerpt from King Kong), and several poppy numbers (“Tell Me You Love Me”, “Would You Go All the Way?”, “Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink”, “Sharleena”). The vocal tracks all deal with the subject of sex and/or groupie encounters, and, as Zappa notes on the sleeve of both the vinyl and CD, are a preview of the (then forthcoming) 200 Motels film/album. (Parts of this album were intended to grace the film, but did not make the final cut). Several of these tracks (“Transylvania Boogie”, “20 Small Cigars”, “The Clap”, and the title track) were recorded during either the Hot Rats sessions or during the early 1970 sessions for the follow-up to Hot Rats that never materialized. Other material from those sessions appeared on: Weasels Ripped My Flesh (“Directly From My Heart To You”), Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Sugar Cane Harris solo section of “Little House I Used To Live In”), Zoot Allures (backing track for “Friendly Little Finger”), Studio Tan (backing track for “Let Me Take You To The Beach”, and The Lost Episodes (original version of “Sharleena” and possibly “Li’l Clanton Shuffle”). Other “lost” tracks from these sessions include the instrumentals “Twinkle Tits” and “Bognor Regis”. A live version of “Twinkle Tits” is available on bootlegs (though the original studio version is not available yet), and “Bognor Regis” was supposed to be released as a B-side of “Sharleena”. The single was never released, though the track has been leaked thanks to acetates being pressed. -wikipedia

Supposedly, the title track is a song about a small industrial Gypsy vacuum sweeper.

Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, Condor, harpsichord, drum set, wood blocks, temple blocks, boobams, tom-toms, etc.)
Max Bennett (bass)
George Duke (electric piano, vocal drum imitations, organ, trombone)
Aynsley Dunbar (drums, tambourine)
John Guerin (drums)
Don “Sugarcane” Harris (organ)
Mark Volman as The Phlorescent Leech (vocals)
Jeff Simmons (bass, vocals)
Ian Underwood (rhythm guitar, alto sax, electric piano, electric alto sax with wah-wah pedal, grand piano, tenor sax, organ, piano, pipe organ)
Howard Kaylan as Eddie (vocals, rhythm guitar)

dynamic range analysis
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Analyzed folder: /2496_fz_chungas_revenge
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -7.99 dB -22.25 dB A1 Transylvania Boogie.wav
DR12 -7.62 dB -22.28 dB A2 Road Ladies.wav
DR12 -11.38 dB -25.38 dB A3 Twenty Small Cigars.wav
DR12 -8.84 dB -23.63 dB A4 The Nancy & Mary Music.wav
DR11 -9.58 dB -22.01 dB B1 Tell Me You Love Me.wav
DR12 -8.93 dB -22.21 dB B2 Would You Go All the Way_.wav
DR10 -9.29 dB -21.74 dB B3Chunga’s Revenge.wav
DR14 -5.69 dB -23.97 dB B4 The Clap.wav
DR11 -9.63 dB -23.34 dB B5 Rudy Wants To Buy Ues A Drink.wav
DR11 -8.42 dB -22.02 dB B6 Sharleena.wav
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Number of files: 10
Official DR value: DR12
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