Photo (c) 1999 Robert Carl Cohen
(7" single, Penthouse 501, 1966)
Arranged by FZ
(7" single, Penthouse 503, August 8, 1966)
H & R Studios, LA
June 21, 1966
Produced by Norm Ratner
Arranged by FZ
Bobby Jameson--vocals
Louis Morell--guitar
Robert West--guitar, bass
Carol Kaye--guitar
FZ--lead guitar
Lawrence Knechtel--piano
Gene Estes--drums, tympani
John Guerin--drums
"GOTTA FIND MY ROOGALATOR/LOW DOWN FUNKY BLUES" on Penthouse Records. And "RECONSIDER BABY/LOW DOWN FUNKY BLUES on Penthouse Records. "RECONSIDER BABY" was arranged by FRANK ZAPPA, as was "GOTTA FIND MY ROOGALATOR" and I will always consider myself lucky to have worked with FRANK ZAPPA on those 2 records. Both Penthouse records had the same b sides. (...)
"COLOR HIM IN" was recorded in 1966 with CURT BOETTCHER and was released on Verve Records in 1967. Curt and I met at the offices of OUR PRODUCTIONS, which had just had a hit called "AND ALONG COMES MARY". (...) CURT BOETTCHER and I went through the songs I had written and decided on the final selections for the album "COLOR HIM IN". The record was picked up by VERVE RECORDS, thanks to FRANK ZAPPA'S input to TOM WILSON, who produced "THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION" along with FRANK ZAPPA for VERVE RECORDS.
Frank arranged the session and the players, (The Wrecking Crew), he also played guitar on the session. This was the second record Frank and I made together, "Reconsider Baby" was the first.
Concerning the Bobby Jameson single, I have confirmed that it is a 1966 release, not 1962. The release date is shown in my book. The Bobby Jameson record number is Penthouse 503, and the previous record (502) was "The River Is Wide" by The Forum. That record was recorded in 1966 and hit the US singles charts that year when re-issued on the Mira label (the distributor of Penthouse). So, it's not possible that Bobby Jameson's record came from 1962 - he had released other records before "Gotta Find My Roogalator", but they don't go back that far! I believe the earliest one was in 1964.
(... it could not have been recorded in Cucamonga in 1966 - the studio had just been torn down based on paperwork I accessed through the Ontario Public Library in California.)
One more thing ... it has a B-side, "Lowdown Funky Blues". Most people who have this single (of which I'm not one) do not have it with a B-side. However, it was listed with this B-side when shown in the trade publication One-Spot Reporter.
Photo (c) 1999 Robert Carl Cohen
Bobby Jameson, like Vito et al, became part of MONDO by fulfilling one or more of the three required criteria: 1. Be typically Hollywood (ie trying to live-out a dream self-image in the LA Area) 2. Or be very WEIRD, or 3. Be both 1. and 2. (I may also still have interview tapes with him) (...). There are several good scenes of him which were cut from the release version of MONDO. I met him at Pacific Jazz Records in 1965-66 through the late Phil Turetsky.
Originally I was only going to use the visuals of his recording session of his song "Viet Nam," but after filming the session silent I was told by Phil that he'd decided not to release the tune, and I could use it in the film. So I had to lip read the silent shots of the recording session to try and cut it to match Jameson's words in the song. Difficult since it wasn't shot with that it mind, but it worked out ok.
In addition to the single which was arranged by FZ. Bobby Jameson also appeared on the Mondo Hollywood soundtrack album.
Mondo Hollywood
(Tower T-5083, 1967)Side One
1. The Mugwump Establishment - Mondo Hollywood (City Of Dreams)
2. Mike Clifford - The Magic Night
3. Davie Allan and The Arrows - Moonfire
4. The Riptides - Last Wave Of The Day
5. Bobby Jameson - VietnamSide Two
1. God Pan - Great God Pan
2. Darrell Dee - You're Beautiful
3. 18th Century Concepts - Magic Night March
4. Teddy and Darrell - Beast Of Sunset Strip
5. The Mugwump Establishment - Mondo Hollywood Freakout
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