1970 FRANK ZAPPA MOTHERS OF INVENTION WEASELS GERMAN RAT TRAP REPLICA LP HOTCHA

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1970 - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH - THIS IS THE INFAMOUS GERMAN RAT TRAP COVER 12" VINYL RECORD LP - THIS IS THE RAT TRAP REPLICA MADE IN GERMANY IN 2010 - REPRISE RECORDS - RS 2028 - BUT WAIT..., THERE'S MORE, BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO TONITE, I'M GONNA TELL YEZ BEHINDS ALL ABOUT IT AFTER YOU SCROLL PAST THE OBLIGATORY CRUD BELOW - OK LARRY?

RECENTLY, A CONSUMER WITH AN INQUIRING MIND COINCIDENTALLY NAMED LARRY ASKED ME:

HEY REV, HOW COME YOU OFTEN WRITE "OK LARRY" IN YOUR LISTINGS? THIS LARRY WANTS TO KNOW. .

WELL LARRY, IT'S BECAUSE IN A RECENT SURVEY CONDUCTED BY REV. A. WEST, THE GREATEST LIVING ZAPPA SELLER KNOWN TO MANKIND, IT TURNS OUT THAT 70% OF ALL MALES WHO SAID THEY LIKED FRANK ZAPPA WERE NAMED LARRY. NOW CHECK THIS OUT: OUT OF THE REMAINING 30% THAT LIKED FRANK ZAPPA BUT WEREN'T NAMED LARRY, 20% WERE FEMALES, 30% ALTHOUGH THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T NAMED LARRY, HAD FRIENDS WHO OFTEN CALLED THEM LARRY ANYWAY, AND ANOTHER 40% OF THE 30% WHO CLAIMED THEY LIKED FRANK, LATER ADMITTED TO ME THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE FRANK ZAPPA, BUT TOLD ME THEY LIED JUST TO F*CK UP MY SURVEY.

ALSO, I'D BET THAT MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE FEMALES WHO WEREN'T NAMED LARRY, BUT CLAIMED THEY LIKED FRANK ZAPPA WERE PROBABLY LYING TOO. BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT NO FEMALES  EVER REALLY LIKED FRANK ZAPPA ANYWAY. SO WHAT DOES ALL O' THIS CRUD MEAN?

WELL IF YOU'RE NOT NAMED LARRY AND LIKE FRANK ZAPPA, YOU JUST MIGHT WANNA CHANGE YOUR NAME TO LARRY. SO YOU CAN BE LIKE THE OTHERS, JUST LIKE YOU. OK LARRY?

HERE'S THE DEAL WE'RE DEALIN' IN: IT SEEMS THAT IN GERMANY THE REGULAR NEON PARK VERSION OF THE WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH COVER WITH THE GUY SHAVING WITH A RAZOR / WEASEL WAS DETERMINED TO BE TOO VULGAR AND EXCESSIVE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE VIRGIN MINDS OF THE CONSUMER IN GERMANY. SO THE GERMANS, ALWAYS KNOWN FOR THEIR CREATIVITY, CAME UP WITH THIS SPECIAL RAT TRAP COVER WITHOUT EVER INFORMING ZAPPA ABOUT IT AND RELEASED IT. NOW IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT FRANK WENT ON A TOUR OF EUROPE IN 1970, AND WHILE IN GERMANY ON A TV SHOW, THE GUY SHOWED FRANK A COPY OF THIS RAT TRAP COVER. WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY, FRANK GOT REALLY PISSED OFF. .

HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS RAT TRAP COVER BEING RELEASED AND WENT TO THE RECORD COMPANY OVER THERE SHORTLY AFTER THE TV SHOW AND THREATENED TO SUE THEM IF THEY DIDN'T STOP MANUFACTURING THAT COVER. OF COURSE THEY QUIT MAKING IT, BUT NOT UNTIL A FEW HUNDRED WERE ALREADY ON THE SHELVES OF RECORD STORES THROUGHOUT GERMANY WAITING TO POLLUTE THE MINDS OF INNOCENT GERMAN CONSUMERS. AND YOU THINK THAT HITLER WASN'T ENOUGH? NOW THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH ZAPPA.

THE ALBUM IS STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP. NO RING WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS FOR YO'SELF.

BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAY GREAT, PERFECT. YES, IT'S SOMETIMES BETTER TO GET A PREVIOUSLY PLAYED COPY THAN SEALED, BECAUSE THEN AT LEAST YOU KNOW IT PLAYS AND ISN'T WARPED. JUST BECAUSE AN ALBUM IS SEALED DOESN'T MEAN IT'LL PLAY PERFECT. . BESIDES, IT'S BEEN 6 YEARS SINCE IT WAS MADE OVER THERE AND IF YEZ LIVE IN THE U.S.A. YEZ GET FREE SHIPPING. THERE'S A COUPLE SCUFFS ON SIDE ONE. THE RECORD ORIGINALLY CAME IN A PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE. BUT CHECK THIS OUT: I PUT ONE OF THOSE JAPANESE TYPE OF PLASTIC INNER SLEEVES INSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE, SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE ORIGINAL PAPER INNER SLEEVE WITH A PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE INSIDE DE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY MORE SCUFFS FOR LONG AFTER YEZ CROAK. FINALLY, CHECK YOUR WATCH, BECAUSE IF YOU BUY THIS COOL ITEM BEFORE MIDNITE TONITE, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?    

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HEY LARRY, YOU STILL HANGING AROUND WAY DOWN HERE? WELL SINCE IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO TONITE SIMPLY CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER , STEVE VAI , PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RELATED ARTISTS AND GROUPS THAN YEZ CAN SHAKE YER STICK AT, AND AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH I'VE ADDED SOME COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK ARTISTS FOR YOUR DANCING AND DINING PLEASURE SUCH AS: CAPTAIN BEYOND, KING CRIMSON. JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD, THE TUBES, BULL ANGUS, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPAPARDI, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, AND MANY OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. WHERE THE BUNS ARE ALWAYS HOT AND THE MUFFINS JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS EVEN FOR SOME GEEZER FROM THE CRUSTATION PERIOD, BACK WHEN CRUSTY GEEZERS ROAMED THE EARTH. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?