Chungas Revenge

Description

Over the last several years, the Zappa Family Trust and UMC have lovingly been restoring Frank Zappas iconic catalog together by reissuing his classic albums on CD and pressing long-out-of-print records back on vinyl. Next up in the ongoing vinyl initiative, coming on the heels of the reissue of his enigmatic Burnt Weeny Sandwich, is Zappas 1970 stylistically diverse and subversive album, Chungas Revenge, which will receive a 180-gram audiophile repressing on black vinyl on July 20. Supervised by the ZFT, the record, which has been unavailable on vinyl for more than three decades, will be press pressed at Pallas In Germany and feature reproductions of the original artwork. Chungas Revenge, although released under Frank Zappas own name, introduced a new Mothers lineup that included former Turtles members Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman, aka Flo and Eddie, as well as keyboardist George Duke, drummer Aynsley Dunbar and multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood. The album is one of Zappas most eclectic efforts, encompassing the improvisational title track, the raucous guitar jam Transylvania Boogie, the bluesy Road Ladies and the jazzy Twenty Small Cigars, along with more conventional rock numbers like Tell Me You Love Me, Would You Go All the Way? and Sharleena.