1968 ZAPPA MONEY USA 1ST USA MONO WHITE LABEL PROMO LP

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MARCH 4TH 1968 - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY - ORIGINAL RARE MONO WHITE LABEL PROMO SENT TO RECORD STORES FOR IN-STORE PLAY - UNCENSORED - INCLUDES THE GATEFOLD ALBUM COVER - 1ST U.S.A. MONO PRESSING - VERVE RECORDS - WHITE LABEL PROMO - V / 5045 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT CAN BE ENLARGED -

HELLO BOYS AND GIRLS, AND WELCOME TO YET ANOTHER WASTE OF TIME LESSON ABOUT FRANK ZAPPA / MOTHERS OF INVENTION PRESSINGS BY REV. A. WEST, THE GREATEST LIVING ZAPPA SELLER KNOWN TO MANKIND. SO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP, SO THAT I CAN START MY USELESS RAMBLINGS.

TODAY'S LECTURE INVOLVES THE MOTHER'S OF INVENTION " WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY " U.S.A. PROMO LP. FIRST OF ALL IN THE CASE OF VERVE CATALOG NUMBERS, "V" WOULD SIGNIFY THAT THE PRESSING IS RECORDED IN MONO, AND "V6" WOULD INDICATE THAT THE RECORD IS STEREO. IN THE CASE OF VERVE U.S.A. MOTHERS OF INVENTION PRESIINGS, THERE WERE WHITE AND YELLOW LABEL PROMOS. IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO OWN ANY OF THESE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE COVERS THAT CAME WITH THE YELLOW LABEL PROMO VERSIONS HAVE A DJ STICKER ON THEM, BUT THE WHITE LABEL PROMO VERSIONS USUALLY DIDN'T. THAT'S BECAUSE THE YELLOW LABEL PROMO VERSIONS WERE SENT TO RADIO STATIONS WHILE THE WHITE LABEL PROMO VERSIONS WERE SENT TO MOSTLY LARGE RECORD STORES THAT CARRIED THE COMPLETE MGM / VERVE RECORDS CATALOG FOR IN-STORE PLAY. CONSEQUENTLY THERE WERE FAR FEWER OF THE WHITE LABEL PROMO VERSIONS PRESSED AND DISTRIBUTED, WHICH MAKES THE WHITE LABEL VARIETY MORE RARE. OK, NOW HERE ARE SOME MORE FUN FILLED FACTS: UNLIKE IN THE U.K. WHERE " WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY " WAS PRESSED IN MONO AS STOCK COPIES, THIS ALBUM WAS ONLY PRESSED IN MONO IN THE U.S.A. ON THE PROMO VERSIONS. YEAH I KNOW, THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A RUMOR THAT A U.S.A. MONO STOCK COPY EXISTS. WELL I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE IN MY 35+ YEARS OF ZAPPA AND RELATED COLLECTING. ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO SOME GUY THAT I KNOW TOLD ME THAT HE ACTUALLY HAD A "MONEY" U.S.A. STOCK COPY. BUT WHEN I SAID " OK PROVE IT, SEND ME A XEROX OF THE LABEL ", THAT GUY SHUT UP AND I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM HIM SINCE. SO IF A U.S.A. STOCK MONO COPY OF "MONEY" REALLY DOES EXIST IT'S WORTH SOME MONEY FOR SURE. OH YEAH, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE MONO MIX OF THIS RECORD IT'S REALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE STEREO VERSION, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT CONTAINS JIMMY CARL BLACK AND ROY ESTRADA, WHERE THE LPS THAT FRANK RELEASED FROM 1985 ON DID NOT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. BY THE WAY, ALL MOTHERS OF INVENTION PROMO VERVE LPS UP TO "MONEY" WERE IN MONO, NONE WERE STEREO. BUT THE REST STARTING WITH " RUBEN & THE JETS " WERE BOTH IN STEREO, INCLUDING ALL OF THOSE VERVE MOTHERS COMPILATIONS. OK FOLKS? NOW HERE COMES THE WEASEL ALERT!!!!!!!!!!

WEASEL ALERT!!! WEASEL ALERT!!! ALL TRUE PROMO U.S.A. PRESSINGS OF " WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY " WERE PRESSED IN MONO. IN 1972 MGM / VERVE REISSUED "MONEY", AS WELL AS THE OTHER MOTHERS OF INVENTION LPS ON THE WHITE WITH BLUE LETTERS MGM / VERVE LABEL. COLLECTORS THAT KNOW ABOUT THESE PRESSINGS CALL EM' " THE MGM / VERVE LION LABEL". THESE WERE NOT PROMOS, AND THERE IS NO REFERENCE TO ANYTHING PROMO PRINTED ON THE LABELS OR COVERS ON ANY OF THEM. . HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE THE LABELS ARE WHITE SOME DISHONEST WEASELS, OR SIMPLY OLD POOTERS WHO JUST ASSUME THAT ALL RECORDS WITH A WHITE LABEL ARE PROMOS, HAVE CALLED THEM PROMOS. IN THE CASE OF THE FLAGRANT WEASELS, SOME HAVE EVEN PLACED A DJ STICKER ON THE COVERS OF THESE PRESSINGS IN A VILE ATTEMPT TO SQUEEZE MORE MONEY OUTTA THEM, THUS CAUSING THE WALLETS IN THEIR BACK POCKETS TO BECOME EVEN WIDER, WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THEIR ALREADY ENORMOUS BUTTOCKS TO PROTRUDE EVEN FURTHER. A HIDEOUS CYCLE OF BUTTOCKS FATTENING NEVER BEFORE WITNESSED IN THE ANALS OF HUMAN WEASELDOM. SO NOW WE'VE COME TO THE END OF TODAY'S LESSON, AND I'M SURE AS ALWAYS THERE'S A FEW OF YOU JUST SITTING THERE SCRATCHING YOUR OVERSIZED RONDO HATTON KIND OF BEMIS HEAD THINKING; HUMMM..... I WONDER, YES I MEAN I WONDER, WHY, YES WHY, DOES THIS GUY CONTINUE TO WASTE HIS TIME WITH LECTURES ABOUT PRESSINGS MADE BY GUY WHO'S KNOWN MORE FOR SITTING ON TOILETS THAN HIS MUSIC? WELL BOYS AND GIRLS THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE, BECAUSE I LIVE A MISERABLE BORING EXSISTENCE AND SIMPLY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO. OK LARRY?

HERE'S THE DEAL ABOUT THE RECORD. IT'S BASICALLY BEAT UP. PLENTY OF SURFACE MARKS AND SOMEBODY TRIED TO SCRATCH SOMETHING OFF IN THE TRAIL OFF ON SIDE ONE. THERE'S SME SURFACE NOISE AND A SKIP ON SIDE TWO. BUT BASICALLY THE RECORD STILL PLAYS PRETTY GOOD AND LOUD, AS IS THE CASE WITH THE VERY DIFFERENT MONO MIX, AND IT'S JUST A SKIP WHERE THE RECORD DOESN'T STICK IN ONE PLACE. THERE'S SOME RED PEN WRITING ON THE SIDE ONE LABEL, YOU CAN SEE IT ALL UP CLOSE IN THE PHOTOS THAT YOU CAN ENLARGE. . THE HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER HAS PLENTY OF WEAR, SEAM SPLITS BUT NO WRITING. PRETTY BEAT UP. IN ANY CASE I'M SELLING THIS RECORD AS IS, NO RETURNS. I USUALLY DON'T SELL CRAPPY QUALITIY RECORDS, BUT THIS ONE'S REALLY RARE, AND STILL PLAYABLE. BESIDES, I'M TELLING YOU THAT THE CONDITION OF THS RECORD IS FAR LESS THAN DELIGHTFUL. SO HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO MAYBE HEAR THE DIFFERENT MONO MIX OF THIS ALBUM WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS. . THE RECORD STILL INCLUDES A COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

IF YOU PLAN TO USE PAYPAL, PAY FOR THE ITEM WHEN YOU PURCHASE OR WIN IT. NO STINKIN' EXCUSES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: " I'VE TOLD YOU OVER AND OVER REV., I'M A DIRTY HIPPIE AND THINK THAT EVERYTHING SHOULD BE FREE. SO QUIT CALLING MY MAMA NASTY NAMES AND JUST SEND THE ALBUM ", " THE HOOKER THAT PROMISED TO RETURN MY WALLET NEVER DID ", " WHEN THEY REMOVED THE TOILETS AND INSTALLED URINALS, MY JOB CLEANING THEM AT THE LOCAL POOT 'N GO GOT DOWNSIZED ". EVEN IF SOME, IF NOT ALL O' THESE MISERABLE EXCUSES ARE TRUE.

PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE PURCHASE DATE IF SENDING A MONEY ORDER. JUST LET ME KNOW SO THAT IN A PETULANT FRENZY, I DON'T START CRYING LIKE A BABY TO E-BAY THINKING ALL THE WHILE THAT YOU, YES I'M TALKIN' TO YOU, ARE MERELY ANOTHER NON-PAYING JACK O' LOAF.

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WOW REV., WHAT A GREAT RECORD. YEAH, I'D LOVE TO GET IT, BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE PROBLEM, MY WIFE SAID THAT SHE'LL PUT MY BALLS IN A VICE IF I BUY JUST ONE MORE FRANK ZAPPA AND / OR RELATED RECORD. WHAT SHOULD I DO? WELL MY SON, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM CONFRONTING MANY PEOPLE IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES. YOU COULD ALWAYS GET RID OF THAT OLD BATTLE-AXE AND FIND AN 18 YEARS OLD GIRLFRIEND WITH LARGE BREASTS THAT WOULD LOVE TO WHIP YOUR ENORMOUS BUTTOCKS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL AGREE THAT YOU DESERVE FOR NOT HAVING PURCHASED THIS RECORD WHEN IT WAS FIRST PRESSED IN THE 60'S. OK, THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT CONSIDERING YOUR GEEZER LOOKS AND FINANCIAL STATURE. SO THINK ABOUT IT, I MEAN HOW BAD WOULD GETIING YOUR BALLS STUCK IN A VICE REALLY BE? YOU MIGHT EVEN LIKE IT. SO VISIT MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY TO FIND SOME OTHER INCREDIBLE FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED RECORDS. YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR BALLS STUCK IN A VICE ANYWAY, RIGHT? THE ADMISSION IS STILL FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?