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It's a Jungle Out There!

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It's a Jungle Out There!
Studio album by
Released1989
Recorded1988
StudioPakaderm Studios (Los Alamitos, California); Pack's Place (Sunland, California).
GenreRock
Length43:21 (56:57 re-issue)
LabelRegency Records/
SPECTRA Distribution
ProducerJohn & Dino Elefante
Mastedon chronology
California Metal
(1987)
It's a Jungle Out There!
(1989)
Lofcaudio
(1990)

It's a Jungle Out There is the first 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, and in 2022, a remastered CD-only release from Girder Music.

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

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Track Title Composer(s) Length Re-issue Bonus Track
01 "It's a Jungle Out There" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 3:52 No
02 "Glory Bound" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:18 No
03 "This is the Day" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:12 No
04 "Love Inhalation" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:40 No
05 "Islands in the Sky" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 3:45 No
06 "Get Up" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:00 No
07 "Love That Will Survive" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:04 No
08 "Innocent Girl" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 3:39 No
09 "Shine On" Music- John & Dino Elefante / Lyrics- Bob Hartman 4:26 No
10 "Right Hand" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 6:04 No
11 "Wasn't It Love" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 4:42 Yes
12 "Islands in the Sky (Live at Cornerstone '91)" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 3:34 Yes
13 "Right Hand (Live at Cornerstone '91)" John Elefante / Dino Elefante 5:46 Yes
  • 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.[1]
  • Note: track number 11 is also available on the Christian metal compilation "Classic Metal" (1990) on the Regency Records label as track number 1[2] as well as on the Christian metal compilation California Metal.

Personnel

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Musicians

Vocals

  • David Robbins – lead vocals (1)
  • Dave Amato – lead vocals (2, 7, 10), backing vocals
  • John Elefante – lead vocals (3, 5, 6, 11-13 [bonus tracks]), backing vocals
  • Perry Lee – lead vocals (4, 8)
  • David Pack – lead vocals (9)
  • Coni Gayle – additional lead vocals (9)
  • Michelle Lynn – additional lead vocals (9)
  • Dino Elefante – backing vocals

Production

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  • David Malme – executive producer
  • John Moore – executive producer
  • John Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Dino Elefante – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mike Mireau – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Rodgers – additional engineer
  • Jeff Simmons – assistant engineer
  • Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, California)
  • Robert Fischer – illustration
  • Scott Waters – design, layout

Album notes

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  • The vocals on this album were processed through the Eventide H-3000SE with special thanks to Gil Griffith
  • Perry Lee appears courtesy of Tracer Fox
  • This album is dedicated to the legend of "Uncle Pitts" Elefante who brought joy to all our lives.
  • The album is also dedicated to Amande Elefante who is recovering from a severe brain aneurysm, thanks to your prayers.
  • Mas'te'don: Any of various, large extinct animals resembling the elephant but larger, much larger
  • "Innocent Girl" was dedicated to Shauna Grant.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Mastedon, Soldier, Emerald, Ransom, Vision, Judea, Recon - California Metal Volume II". Amazon.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Metal Metropolis - Compilations". Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ "Stef Burns - Roots & Wings". Stefburns.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Mastedon - It's A Jungle Out There!". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Petraspective - Solo Discography: Bob Hartman - MASTEDON - it's a JUN…". Archived from the original on 15 September 2013.