(Grandmothers, LP, Rhino RNLP-804, May 10, 1982)
Compilation produced by Andy Cahan
Pal Recording Studio, Cucamonga, CA
March 1963
Ray Collins—vocals
Paul Buff—all instruments
When I'm dancing with Deseri
(Deseri)
All the boys are jealous of me
(Deseri)
I'm as happy as I can be
Oh Deseri
Every song is a symphony
(Deseri)
When I'm dancing with Deseri
(Deseri)
Just how lucky can one guy be
Oh Deseri
I will never be untrue
I will never ever make her blue
She'll never sigh, cry, sit and pine
We will share a love divine
Deseri is mine
I'm as happy as I can be
(Deseri)
Whenever I'm with Deseri
(Deseri)
'Cause she saves her lovin' just for me
Oh Deseri
I will never be untrue
I will never ever make her blue
She'll never sigh, cry, sit and pine
We will share a love divine
Deseri is mine
I'm as happy as I can be
(Deseri)
Whenever I'm with Deseri
(Deseri)
'Cause she saves her lovin' just for me
Oh Deseri
Deseri
Deseri
Deseri
(Deseri)
Deseri
DESERI—Ray Collins
Ray Collins sings lead on this original pre-mothers session which was recorded at Studio Z in Cucamonga in 1962
Frank Zappa plays drums; Ronnie Williams guitar; and Ray and Frank clomp along on footstomps
Paul Buff owned Studio Z in Cucamonga before Frank took it, and he had a track with no vocal, and it was sort of like a Four Seasons foot-stomp background kind of a track, and he didn't know exactly what to do with it, so I said, "Well, give it to me, I'll take it home and write a song," and so I wrote "Deseri" on top of it. And like we were talking about earlier, I believe the original old version is better than The Mothers' "too clean" version.
I think Francis Vincent Zappa [is the drummer], if I remember right. He's on foot-stomps, too. Or shoe-stomps—I think he didn't use his feet, just his shoes.
That bad info came from Ray Collins, who never gave Buff credit for anything. Ronnie Williams was out of the picture. After finishing up the last Masters single in the summer of 1961, Ronnie disappeared until that Gentrys group pictured on Peter van Laarhoven's site. Collins also incorrectly credits Dick Barber for snorks on the early stuff. Barber didn't come in until much later.
PAUL BUFF & RAY COLLINS: Deserie (1:42)
(Paul Conrad Buff—Raymond Eugene Collins) Russo-Buff Publishing LLC, BMI/ Ray Collins Music, BMI
Personnel: Ray Collins (lead vocal, backing vocals); Paul Buff (all instruments)
Producer: Paul Buff
Engineer: Paul Buff
Recorded: March 1963
Original Release: May 10, 1982 on The Grandmothers' LP "Looking Up Granny's Dress" (Rhino RNLP 804)
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