# Big Bambu > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Big_Bambu > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Big_Bambu.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bambu > Source revision: 1329267930 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about the Cheech & Chong album. For the Doug and Mike Starn artwork, see [*Big Bambú* (artwork)](/source/Big_Bamb%C3%BA_(artwork)). 1972 studio album by Cheech & Chong Big Bambu Studio album by Cheech & Chong Released June 1972 Genre Comedy Length 34:14 Label Ode Records/Warner Bros. Records / WEA Producer Lou Adler Cheech & Chong chronology Cheech and Chong (1971) Big Bambu (1972) Los Cochinos (1973) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] ***Big Bambu*** is the second album by [Cheech & Chong](/source/Cheech_%26_Chong), released in [1972](/source/1972_in_music). The name *Big Bambu* is a reference to the actual [Bambu](/source/Bambu_(rolling_papers)) brand of [rolling paper](/source/Rolling_paper). The original [LP](/source/Vinyl_record) concept and album package was approved by the producer [Lou Adler](/source/Lou_Adler) and designed by [Ron Larson](/source/Ron_Larson) and manufactured by Sound Packaging Corp. to look like a giant rolling paper package, and contained a giant rolling paper with the record. Vinyl copies with the rolling paper have become collectible and hard to find. The original [CD](/source/Compact_Disc) packaging has been slightly reformatted, and does not contain rolling papers. In generally positive review published in *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone_(magazine))*, [Janet Maslin](/source/Janet_Maslin) singled out the duo's voice work for particular praise. "The thing Cheech and Chong are great with is voices. Each has terrific ears for dialect, anything from spare change wino to jiveass soul, and there are at least 20 distinct personae showing up here, all of them cleverly done."[2] The album was nominated for [Best Comedy Recording](/source/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Comedy_Album) at the [15th Grammy Awards](/source/15th_Grammy_Awards), but lost to [George Carlin's](/source/George_Carlin's) *[FM & AM](/source/FM_%26_AM)*.[3] The album was #10 for 3 weeks in [Canada](/source/RPM_(magazine)), and was on the charts for 39 weeks.[4] ## Track listing Side one No. Title Length 1. "Sister Mary Elephant" 3:38 2. "Ralph and Herbie" 3:24 3. "Streets of New York or Los Angeles or San Francisco or..." 2:34 4. "Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip" 1:56 5. "The Continuing Adventures of Pedro de Pacas and Man" 6:22 Side two No. Title Length 1. "The Bust" 2:02 2. "Television Medley a) Tortured Old Man b) Empire Hancock c) Let's Make a Dope Deal d) Unamerican Bandstand" 14:18 3:08 1:08 3:57 6:05 ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [AllMusic review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r236459) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-RS_#115_2-0)** [Maslin, Janet](/source/Janet_Maslin) (August 17, 1972). "Big Bambu". *[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)*. No. 115. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. pp. 54, 56. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Grammy Award Nominees 1973 – Grammy Award Winners 1973"](http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1973-222.html). *Awardsandshows.com*. Retrieved 11 August 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["RPM Top 100 Albums - October 1, 1972"](http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4195.pdf) (PDF). v t e Cheech & Chong Richard "Cheech" Marin Tommy Chong Albums Cheech and Chong Big Bambu Los Cochinos Cheech & Chong's Wedding Album Sleeping Beauty Up in Smoke Let's Make a New Dope Deal Get Out of My Room Compilations Greatest Hit Where There's Smoke There's Cheech & Chong Singles "Santa Claus and His Old Lady" "Sister Mary Elephant" "Basketball Jones featuring Tyrone Shoelaces" "Earache My Eye" "Born in East L.A." Film series Up in Smoke Cheech and Chong's Next Movie Nice Dreams Things Are Tough All Over Still Smokin Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers Related articles Cheech & Chong: Roasted "A Midsummer's Nice Dream" Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie Cheech & Chong's Last Movie Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Big Bambu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bambu) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bambu?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.