It's a Jungle Out There!

It's a Jungle Out There!
It's a Jungle Out There!
Studio album by Mastedon
Released	1989
Recorded	1988
Studio	Pakaderm Studios (Los Alamitos, California); Pack's Place (Sunland, California).
Genre	Rock
Length	43:21 (56:57 re-issue)
Label	Regency Records/; SPECTRA Distribution
Producer	John & Dino Elefante
Mastedon chronology

Last updated July 24, 2024

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.

Track listing

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

Musicians

John Elefante – keyboards, drums
Dino Elefante – rhythm guitars, bass
Dave Amato – lead guitars (1-5, 7-10)
Steff Burnbaum^[3] – lead guitar (6)
Jimmy Johnson – bass
John Pierce – bass
John Patitucci – fretless bass (9)
David Raven – drums
Phil Rowland – drums

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

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

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]

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References

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

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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.

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