1968 FRANK ZAPPA - TRUE MONO - RUBEN & THE JETS U.K LP DIFFERENT COVER + INSERTS

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DECEMBER 2ND 1968 - CRUISING WITH RUBEN AND THE JETS- 12" VINYL RECORD LP - THIS IS THE U.K. ORIGINAL MONO PRESSING THAT HAS A DIFFERENT COVER - BY THE WAY, THE ONLY PLACE I'M AWARE OF IN THE WORLD THAT RUBEN AND THE JETS HAD EVER BEEN RELEASED IN TRUE MONO IS IN THE U.K., AND I DID SEE A BRAZILIAN MONO PRESSING AROUND 8 YEARS AGO THAT SOLD FOR A FORTUNE - SO WHY, YES WHY, IS MONO SO IMPORTANT, YOU MIGHT BE SITTING THERE SCRATCHING YOUR OVER-SIZED RONDO HATTON TYPE OF BEMIS HEAD MUMBLING? WELL LARRY, IT'S BECAUSE SOME ANCIENT DINOSAUR GEEZERS CLAIM THAT MONO ALLOWS YOU TO HEAR SOME STUFF THAT GETS LOST IN THE STEREO MIX, SPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THE STUFF FRANK ZAPPA USED TO CRAM INTO HIS SONGS. ALSO AS YOU'LL SOON DISCOVER, MONO IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE TIME YOU GOT SLOBBERING DRUNK AND KNOCKED OVER ONE OF YOUR STEREO SPEAKER CABINETS SMASHING IT TO PIECES, THE RESULT OF WHICH FORCED YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR NEIL SEDAKA RECORDS THRU ONLY ONE SPEAKER - BUT WAIT..., THERE' MORE, BECAUSE AFTER MOST OF YOU LISTEN TO THIS RECORD, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE IN NEED OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO COMB AND SET A JELLYROLL, AS WELL AS WANTING TO KNOW HOW TO DO THE BOP, SO DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, COPIES OF BOTH INSTRUCTIONAL INSERTS ARE INCLUDED, AND JUST WHEN YOU STARTED TO GET WET WITH EXCITEMENT, I'M ALSO THROWING IN A BRAND NEW GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET TO AVOID RE-INSERTION OF THE RECORD BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL COVER TO KEEP IT LOOKING SPIFFY LONG AFTER YOU CROAK - VERVE RECORDS - VLP. 9237 - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS

OLD MAN GEPPETTO CROAKED, I GOT STUCK WITH PINOCCHIO AND NOW HE NEEDS A NOSE JOB. SO CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED ITEMS, SO I CAN GET HIM HIS MUCH NEEDED NOSE REDUCTION. OK LARRY? 

SO WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THOSE INSERTS, YEZ ARE PROBABLY SITTING THERE WONDERING WHILE SCRATCHING YOUR OVERSIZED RONDO HATTON STYLE OF BEMIS HEAD?

WELL LARRY, I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK:

FIRST OF ALL, THOSE INSERTS ARE COPIES OF THE 1984 VERSIONS THAT WERE INSERTED INTO THE CRUISING WITH RUBEN AND THE JETS LP IN THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE SET.

SO WHY ARE THE ORIGINALS SO RARE? IT'S BECAUSE UNLIKE WHAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE, THEY WERE NEVER INCLUDED IN ANY STOCK COPIES OF THE LP. THEY WEREN'T EVEN INCLUDED IN THE YELLOW LABEL PROMO VERSIONS OF THIS LP . THEY WERE ONLY INCLUDED IN THE WHITE LABEL VERVE PROMO COPIES THAT WERE SENT TO RECORD STORES FOR IN STORE PLAY. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ON THE COVER OF THIS VERY ALBUM THERE'S A DJ STICKER. THAT'S BECAUSE THE YELLOW LABEL VARIETIES OF THIS ALBUM WERE SENT TO RADIO STATIONS . SO FRANK AND MAYBE VERVE THOUGHT THAT DJS WOULDN'T BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING HOW TO SET AND COMB THEIR JELLYROLLS OR DO THE BOP. HOWEVER, THE WHITE LABEL PROMOS WERE SENT TO RECORD STORES WHERE MAYBE THEY THOUGHT SOMEBODY WOULD BENEFIT FROM THOSE INSTRUCTIONS. IT JUST GOES BACK TO WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL PEOPLE'S BEHINDS FOR YEARS NOW, VERVE YELLOW LABELS TO RADIO STATIONS, WHITE LABELS TO RECORD STORES. BUT YEZ DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE ME IF YEZ DON'T WANNA. OK LARRY?

SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: CHEAP THRILLS - LOVE OF MY LIFE - HOW COULD I BE SUCH A FOOL - DESERI - I'M NOT SATISFIED - JELLY ROLL GUM DROP - ANYTHING.

SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: LATER THAT NIGHT - YOU DIDN'T TRY TO CALL ME - FOUNTAIN OF LOVE - NO.NO.NO. - ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS - STUFF UP THE CRACKS.

LAMINATED FRONT DIFFERENT COVER. THE BACK ISN'T LAMINATED AND THE COVER IS NON-FOLDOUT. SO HERE'S THE DEAL ABOUT THE COVER; FIRST OF ALL THE BACK COVER IS BLACK AND WHITE, , THERE'S SOME YELLOWING BACK THERE, SOME CREASES IN THE LAMINATION ON THE FRONT. NO SEAM SPLITS. NO TAPE. NO WRITING. IT'S A 48 YEAR OLD THIN TYPE OF FOREIGN COVER WHICH IS WHY I'M PROVIDING A BRAND NEW GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET TO AVOID ANY FURTHER POTENTIAL PLOOKAGE FOR THE NEXT 48 YEARS.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD FROM BEGINNING TO END ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE GOING THRU A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE PRE-AMP. I'M TALKING THE RECORD SURFACE AMPLIFIED TO EAR SHATTERING PROPORTIONS AND BOTH SIDES ACTUALLY SOUNDED BETTER THAN I'D EXPECT A 48 YEAR OLD MONO RECORD TO SOUND, GOOD AND LOUD WITH NATURALLY A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE THAT NEVER OVERPOWERS THE MUSIC. VISUALLY WHEN I STUCK MY PROTRUDING NASAL APPENDAGE ABOVE THE RECORD, WHILE MOVING IT 'ROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, THERE'S SOME LIGHT SCUFFS, BUT NOTHING DEEP GROOVE AT ALL ENOUGH TO CREATE ANY SKIPS, OR TO CAUSE YOU TO HAVE TO GET OFF YOUR COUCH TO ADVANCE THE RECORD BECAUSE IT GOT STUCK IN ONE PLACE, ALL THE WHILE MUMBLING TO YOURSELF WHAT A CRAPPY PERSON THE REV IS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THE TRUE MONO PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM AND DECIDE FOR YO'SELF IF THOSE DINOSAUR GEEZERS WERE RIGHT. THE RECORD COMES IN A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A HEAVY PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FOR YOUR PROTECTION, IN THE EVENT THAT DURING IT'S STAY IN MARYLAND IT CONTRACTED CRABS.

THE INSERTS ARE COPIES OF THE 1984 VERSIONS THAT CAME IN THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE SET.

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CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, STEVE VAI , TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS I'VE ADDED MANY OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK BANDS SUCH AS CAPTAIN BEYOND, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, KING CRIMSON, JIMI HENDRIX, JETHRO TULL AND OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE; SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY WHERE THE MUFFINS ARE ALWAYS FRESH AND JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS FOR A GEEZER SUCH AS YOURSELF. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?