1964 ZAPPA PENGUINS MEMORIES OF EL MONTE 7" CHIEF LABEL
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SIDE A - FIVE DISCS - NEVER LET YOU GO / SIDE B - PENGUINS - MEMORIES OF EL MONTE - MONO - RELEASED IN 1964 ON THE CHIEF RECORDS LABEL - CH - 101 A/B.
THIS VINYL RECORD SINGLE HAS A FEW PAPER SCUFFS AND SURFACE MARKS BUT I JUST PLAYED IT AND IT PLAYS WITHOUT MUCH SURFACE NOISE, NONE OF THE MARKS ARE SERIOUS, STILL VISUALLY THE VINYL WOULD BE CALLED VG- OR VG AT BEST. THE LABELS LOOK GREAT, A TINY MARK ON THE MEMORIES SIDE OTHER THAN THAT I WOULDN'T BE ASHAMED TO CALL THE LABELS VG+
MEMORIES OF EL MONTE WAS WRITTEN BY FRANK ZAPPA AND RAY COLLINS AND THIS SONG WAS RECORDED AT PAL STUDIOS IN CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. CLEVE DUNCAN WHO IS THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF THE PENGUINS WAS BROUGHT INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD THIS SONG, HOWEVER AT THE TIME THE PENGUINS WERE NO LONGER TOGETHER SO THE STORY GOES THAT FRANK ZAPPA HAD TO GO GET SOME EMPLOYEES OF A LOCAL CAR WASH TO COME IN AND SING THE BACKGROUND VOCALS.
THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE CHIEF RECORDS 1964 RELEASE, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS WAS AN UNAUTHORISED RELEASE BECAUSE LATER THAT SAME YEAR MEMORIES OF EL MONTE WAS RELEASED ON ART LABOE'S ORIGINAL SOUND LABEL. IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THIS MAY HAVE BEEN RELEASED WITHOUT FRANK'S PERMISSION BECAUSE THE SONG CREDIT FOR MEMORIES GOES TO CLEVE DUNCAN. SO FRANK PROBABLY TRIED CHIEF RECORDS FIRST BEFORE GOING TO ORIGINAL SOUND AND CHIEF RECORDS RELEASED IT WITH THE FIVE DISCS ON THE A SIDE AND NEVER BOTHERED TO TELL FRANK SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY HIM. I CAN TELL YOU THOUGH, THEY MUST NOT HAVE MADE MANY OF THESE COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT THAT ORIGINAL SOUND RELEASED.
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