1968 RUBEN AND THE JETS -MONO- UK DIFFERENT COVER LP FRANK ZAPPA VERVE RECORDS

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1968 - CRUISING WITH RUBEN & THE JETS - - RARE U.K. MONO PRESSING RELEASED IN A DIFFERENT NON-FOLD OPEN COVER - VERVE RECORDS BLACK WITH SILVER LETTERING LABELS - VLP 9237 - BUT I BET THERE'S SOMEBODY SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW SCRATCHING THEIR OVER SIZED RONDO HATTON BEMIS HEAD MUMBLING: EVERYBODY ON THIS SITE CLAIMS THEIR RECORD IS RARE AND WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL WITH MONO ANYWAY REV? HUH? WELL LARRY SINCE I FEEL IT'S MY DUTY TO INFORM YOU: CRUISING WITH RUBEN AND THE JETS HAD NEVER BEEN RELEASED IN MONO IN THE USA, NOT EVEN ON THOSE EXPENSIVE WHITE AND YELLOW LABEL USA PROMOS. IN FACT THE ONLY OTHER COUNTRY THAT I'VE SEEN THAT RELEASED THIS LP IN MONO WAS BRAZIL. NOW AS FOR MONO, THERE'S SOME OLD CODGERS WHO CLAIM THAT MONO IS MUCH BETTER THAN STEREO SPECIALLY WITH SOME MOTHERS OF INVENTION ALBUMS THAT HAVE A LOT OF SOUND LAYERING AS THEY CLAIM SOME SOUND GETS LOST IN THE STEREO MIX. BUT THESE ARE PROBABLY THE SAME GUYS WHO CLAIM THAT BLACK AND WHITE TV IS BETTER THAN COLOR. I DON'T KNOW IF MONO IS BETTER, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT DOES SOUND DIFFERENT AND IT SOUNDS NOTHING LIKE THE TIME YOU GOT SLOBBERING DRUNK AND STUMBLED INTO ONE OF YOUR SPEAKERS WHICH FELL OVER SMASHING IT TO PIECES AND MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO YOUR HELEN REDDY ALBUMS THRU ONLY ONE SPEAKER. ANYWAY BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAY NICE. SOME BACKGROUND SURFACE NOISE LIKE MOST 52 YEAR OLD LPS. VISUALLY THERE'S SOME HAIRLINES AND SPINDLE MARKS ON THE LABELS, BUT NO SKIPS OR REPEATS. IT SOUNDED TO ME LIKE ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS WAS RECORDED ON THIS LP AT A SLOWER SPEED. I HAVEN'T HEARD THE NORMAL STEREO RUBEN & THE JETS FOR A WHILE BUT LIKE I SAID THIS LP DOES SOUND DIFFERENT. THE COVER IS ONE OF THOSE THIN LAMINATED TYPES. THERE'S TACK HOLES IN THE CORNERS SO SOMEBODY OVER THERE PROBABLY HAD THIS COVER TACKED ON THEIR WALL. THERE'S CREASING, RING WEAR AND SOME YELLOWING SPECIALLY ON THE BACK COVER. SOME BLACK STAMPS LOOK LIKE PROBABLY FROM A RECORD STORE ON BROOK ST. IN CHESTER. A 1 WITH A CIRCLE AROUND IT AND SOME SMALL SWIGGLY LINE. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS. IT'S STILL PRETTY COOL THOUGH AND I'M INCLUDING A SEPARATE GENERIC WHITE CARDBOARD JACKET SO THAT YOU WON'T HAVE TO STORE YOUR RECORD BACK INSIDE THE COVER AND A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE. ALSO I BET THAT BY LISTENING TO THE NIFTY BEAT OF RUBEN AND THE JETS, THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT ONLY WANT TO LEARN HOW TO DO THE BOP, BUT ALSO JUST MIGHT WANNA RECEIVE SOME TRAINING ON HOW TO COMB AND SET A JELLYROLL. SO BECAUSE I FEEL THAT IT'S MY DUTY TO INFORM YOU, I'M GONNA PROVIDE YEZ WITH DETAILED INSERTS FOR THE VERY INFORMATION YOU SEEK- THESE ARE COPIES OF THE INSERTS THAT HAD BEEN PROVIDED INSIDE OF THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE SET IN 1984 - BUT WAIT..., THERE'S MORE, BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.  

IS IT JUST ME OR DOES MITCH MILLER LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL? YEAH, IF YOU'RE A DINOSAUR GEEZER YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, HE HAD THAT SING ALONG WITH MITCH TV SHOW. WELL NOT ONLY WAS HE SCARY LOOKING, BUT HE WAS AN A&R MAN FOR MERCURY AND COLUMBIA RECORDS. THAT'S RIGHT, HE WAS A RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVE AND HE HATED ROCK 'N' ROLL. IN 1958 HE SAID "ROCK 'N' ROLL IS MUSICAL BABY FOOD. IT IS THE WORSHIP OF MEDIOCRITY, BROUGHT ABOUT BY A PASSION OF CONFORMITY". HUH? THEY SAY HE WAS BORN IN 1911 AND CROAKED IN 2010, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT. BECAUSE, NOW CHECK THIS OUT: A FEW YEARS AGO THEY FOUND SOME OLD PAPYRUS SCROLLS IN SOME CAVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHEN THEY DECIPHERED THEM, TO THEIR AMAZEMENT THEY DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THEM SAID THAT THE DEVIL WOULD RETURN AS A RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVE. HEY, THEY WERE WEARING SANDALS AROUND BACK THEN AND RECORDS DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. SO HOW DID THEY KNOW THAT? NOW THE GOVERNMENTS BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT QUIET, THEY DON'T WANNA CREATE A WORLD WIDE PANIC. BESIDES, I HEAR THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CHECK OUT IF MITCH REALLY DID CROAK, OR IF HE'S STILL LURKING AROUND SOMEWHERE. SO ROCK 'N' ROLL MIGHT NOT REALLY BE SATAN'S MUSIC, AND YEZ BETTER BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YEZ SING ALONG WITH THESE DAYS. OK LARRY?

SIDE ONE 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 TWO 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. 

YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY WHEN YOU PURCHASE THIS ITEM. SO NO LONGER WILL I GET TO HEAR DEM EXCUSES WHILE LAUGHING MY BEHIND OFF SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: "I FORGOT THAT THESE WERE VINYL RECORDS.THE LAST ONE THAT I PURCHASED GOT DAMAGED WHEN I TRIED TO CRAM IT INTO MY CD PLAYER","I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS RICCARDO ZAPPA. ISN'T FRANK ZAPPA THAT GUY WHO ALWAYS LIKED TO SIT ON TOILETS?","AFTER CONSULTING WITH MY WIFE WHO SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO STICK MY BALLS IN A VICE IF I PURCHASED JUST ONE MORE FRANK ZAPPA RECORD, I DECIDED TO PLAY IT SMART AND BUY AN APRON, BROOM AND MOP FOR ME TO USE INSTEAD". EVEN IF SOME, IF NOT ALL OF THESE MISERABLE EXCUSES ARE TRUE. COMBINED SHIPPING IS AVAILABLE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE AND CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS, HOWEVER IN TRYING TO KEEP IN STEP WITH ALL OF THOSE BIG TIME SELLERS, THAT WANNA MAKE EVEN THE SMALLEST THING A HASSLE, AND THE FACT THAT YOU PROBABLY DESERVE MORE GRIEF IN YOUR LIFE THAN YOU'RE CURRENTLY GETTING, YOU'LL NEED TO READ THE FINE PRINT FIRST: TO QUALITY FOR COMBINED SHIPPING, A PERSON NEEDS TO MEET AND / OR EXCEED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS: YOU NEED TO HAVE PURCHASED MORE THAN ONE ITEM FROM ME, NOT ONE ITEM FROM ME, AND A HELEN REDDY ALBUM FROM SOME WOMAN NAMED JOE. YOU NEED TO HAVE PAID FOR THOSE ITEMS WITH A PAYMENT RECEIVED BY ME, NOT ONE PAYMENT FOR ONE ITEM MADE TO ME, AND THEN YOU GO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR MONEY ON A HOOKER IN SOME SEEDY MOTEL. YOU MUST NOT BE NOW, NOR HAVE EVER BEEN, AND MUST PROMISE THAT IN THE FUTURE NEVER TO BE: CAUGHT SLOBBERING DRUNK AT THE PALOMINO, THEREFORE RECEIVING UP TO, AND INCLUDING 30 DAYS IN SAN BER'DINO. NUISANCE DILLHOLE OR DILLWEED. LARRY'S MOTHER. THE GUY WHO RECENTLY HAD THE UNMITIGATED AUDACITY TO TELL ME THAT HE WAS OFFENDED BY ONE OF MY LISTINGS, AND THAT I SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF. ..

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