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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.

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It's a Jungle Out There!
Studio album by Mastedon
Released	1989
Recorded	1988 at Pakaderm Studio, Los Alamitos, California
Genre	Rock
Length	43:21 (56:57 re-issue)
Label	Regency Records/ SPECTRA Distribution
Producer	John & Dino Elefante
Mastedon chronology
California Metal (1987) It's a Jungle Out There! (1989) Lofcaudio (1990)

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

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.

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[3] - 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

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]

References

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