It's a Jungle Out There!

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.

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

 * 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.
 * Note: track number 11 is also available on the Christian metal compilation "Classic Metal" (1990) on the Regency Records label as track number 1 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 – 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.