Frank Zappa - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets"Is this the Mothers of Invention recording under a different name in a last ditch attempt to get their cruddy music on the radio?" It didn't work, but who cares: this now stands as a much loved, oddball item in the mothers catalogue. Zappa's love for the '50s doo wop style of early rock'n'roll was never much of a secret, and this collection of (just barely) original tunes was both a tribute and an affectionate send up. As Zappa explained at the time,

Hailing from Pity Me near Durham

The original albums on their finest format

Can got back together with original vocalist Malcolm Mooney to record again

Supernatural Transformations

Featuring Ricky Maymi

Initial copies come with a 7" single featuring album highlight 'Animal of One'

'Post Pop Depression' is the 17th Iggy Pop album

In 2014 Jad and David stripped things back to the roots

and Hugo Morgan and their US conspirator John McBain

18 Rare and Unreleased 60s & 70s Soul

perfectly capture the smarter face of early-'90s thug-rock

Donuts was made on a hospital bed and in a home studio