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Released
  
1989

Producer
  
John & Dino Elefante

Artist
  
Mastedon

Label
  
Frontiers Records

Length
  
43:21 (56:57 re-issue)

It's a Jungle Out There! (1989)
  
Lofcaudio (1990)

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Rock music

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Recorded
  
1988 at Pakaderm Studio, Los Alamitos, California

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It's a Jungle Out There is the first full-length album by Mastedon, the studio project formed by brothers John & Dino Elefante. It was released in 1989 on Regency Records, while they were setting up their own label "Pakaderm Records". Long out-of-print, it was re-issued by Deep Music Distribution in 2006 in the form of digital downloads, available from iTunes and eMusic.

Contents

The album was re-issued by Italian label Frontiers Records on November 6, 2009, with three additional tracks: a Mastedon song from 1987's California Metal compilation, "Wasn't It Love", and two live songs from the Cornerstone Festival in 1991, "Islands in the Sky" and "Right Hand".

Track listing

  • All songs by John Elefante/Dino Elefante © 1988 Uncle Pitts Music (except for track number 9 / © 1988 Uncle Pitts Music/Petsong Publishing).
  • Note: track number 6 is also found on the Christian metal compilation "California Metal Volume II" (1988) on Regency Records as track number 6.
  • Note: track number 11 is also available on the Christian metal compilation "Classic Metal" (1990) on the Regency Records label as track number 1 as well as on the Christian metal compilation California Metal.

    • Musicians

  • David Raven - Drums
  • Phil Rowland - Drums
  • John Elefante - Drums, keyboards
  • Dino Elefante - Bass, rhythm guitar
  • John Pierce - Bass
  • John Patitucci - Fretless bass on "Shine On"
  • Jimmy "Flint" Johnson - Bass
  • Dave "Pitty" Amato - Lead guitar
  • Steff Burnbaum - Lead guitar on "Get Up"

    • Lead Vocals

  • John Elefante on "This Is The Day", "Islands In The Sky", "Get Up", bonus tracks
  • Dave Amato on "Glorybound", "Right Hand", "Love That Will Survive"
  • Perry Lee on "Innocent Girl", "Love Inhalation"
  • Dave Robbins on "It's A Jungle Out There"
  • Dave Pack (guest vocalist) on "Shine On"

    • Additional Lead Vocals

  • Coni Gayle, Michelle Lynn on "Shine On"

    • Background Vocals

  • John Elefante, Dave Amato, Dino Elefante

    • Production Details

  • Executive producers: David Malme and John Moore
  • Engineered and mixed by Mike Mireau, John and Dino Elefante
  • Additional recording on "Shine On" at "Packs Place"
  • Additional engineering: Ben Rodgers
  • Assistant engineer: Jeff Simmons
  • Mastering at Future Disc: Steve Hall
  • Illustration: Robert Fischer

    • Songs

    1It's a Jungle Out There3:52
    2Glorybound4:19
    3This Is the Day4:12

    References

    It's a Jungle Out There! Wikipedia
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