MOTHERS INVENTION ABSOLUTELY FREE VERVE MGM WHITE LABEL LP + LIBRETTO COPY ZAPPA

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ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 1967 - THIS IS THE 1972 - MOTHERS OF INVENTION - ABSOLUTELY FREE - 12" VINYL RECORD LP PRESSED ON WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL THE MGM LION WHITE LABEL REISSUE - MGM LION / VERVE - VV/V6-5013X - NOW SOME PEOPLE, YES SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT BECAUSE THE LABELS ARE WHITE THAT IT'S A PROMO. HOWEVER THIS RECORD WAS ONE OF THE REISSUES THAT MGM / VERVE RELEASED AFTER FRANK HAD ALREADY GIVEN VERVE THE SHAFT 3 YEARS PRIOR AND IN 1972 WAS SIGNED WITH WARNER BROS. THAT'S BECAUSE ALL OF SUDDEN ZAPPA WAS BECOMING MORE POPULAR, SO THEY DECIDED TO REISSUE SOME OF THE MOTHER'S EARLY ALBUMS TO CASH IN. BUT THEY APPARENTLY WERN'T PAYING FRANK ROYALITIES WHICH ZAPPA ALSO CLAIMED IN A LAWSUIT APPLIED TO MANY OF HIS EARLIER ALBUMS THAT HE RECORDED FOR THE LABEL. IN ANY CASE THE COURTS LATER DECIDED IN ZAPPA'S FAVOR, AND AFTER MGM GOT THEIR CEASE AND DESIST ORDER THEY STOPPED MAKING THESE. WHICH IS WHY THERE'S MUCH FEWER OF THESE WHITE LABEL VERSIONS AROUND. WHEN VERVE REISSUED THIS ALBUM IN A FOLD-OPEN COVER IT STILL HAD THE AD TO SEND $1 FOR THE LIBRETTO TO A PO BOX IN LOS ANGELES AND THEY EVEN INCLUDED THE "WAR MEANS WORK FOR ALL" STATEMENT THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY OBJECTED TO ON THE BACK COVER . THERE'S SOME WEAR ON THE COVER, IT IS STILL 49 YEARS OLD. THE SEAM HAS STARTED TO SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE TWO BACK SEAMS. NOW SOMETHING THAT YOU WON'T READ IN ANY BOOK ABOUT AMERICAN ROCK CULTURE AND MUSIC HISTORIANS WON'T MENTION, IS THAT THERE WAS A TIME DURING THE LAST CENTURY WHERE IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO GET A RECORD CONTRACT, THEY'D EITHER HAVE TO PLAY FOLK ROCK WHILE HAVING THOSE DUTCH BOY HAIRCUTS AND WEARING THOSE LOATHSOME GRANNY GLASSES, PLAY THE BLUES OR WEAR TIGHT PANTS AND SING IN A HIGH VOICE. BUT IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT TOM WILSON, AN A&R MAN FOR VERVE SAW THE MOTHERS PLAYING TROUBLE COMING EVERY DAY AND THOUGHT THEY WERE A BLUES ROCK BAND. SO HE SIGNED THEM TO VERVE BUT FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE BAND DIDN'T EXACTLY PLAY THE TYPE OF MUSIC THAT HE THOUGHT THEY DID. THE RECORD LOOKS AND PLAYS GREAT. ABSOLUTELY NO SCRATCHES AND IN FACT I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY SCUFFS EITHER. IT'S REAL NICE AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S A REISSUE, IT'S A NEARLY 50 YEAR OLD REISSUE, THAT UNLIKE THE LATER REISSUES STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL MIX WHICH WAS LATER NOT AVAILABLE FOR FRANK TO USE ON THE REMASTERS, DUE TO THE CONDITON OF THE MASTER TAPES THAT VEVRE HAD EVENTUALLY RETURNED TO FRANK. THE RECORD ORIGINALLY CAME IN A PLAIN WHITE PAPER INNER SLEEVE WHICH I PUT BACK IN THE COVER, AND PUT THE RECORD IN A NICE ANTI-STATIC COLLECTOR'S PLASTIC LINED INNER SLEEVE. BUT WAIT..., THERE'S MORE..., BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M INCLUDING A COPY OF THE LIBRETTO ABSOLUTELY FREE, WHICH NOT ONLY HAS ALL OF THE SONG LYRICS, BUT WHICH INFORMS YEZ AS TO WHICH MOTHERS SAY OR SINGS THEM AS WELL AS A FOREWORD THAT WAS WRITTEN BY FRANK. NOW DON'T BE A FOOL THINKING THAT THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LIBRETTO THAT SOME HUNGRY FREAK WOULDA' RECEIVED HAD HE PANHANDLED ENOUGH TO GET $1 TO SEND TO UNITED MUTATIONS IN 1967. THOSE ORIGINALS WHEN YOU CAN FIND THEM ARE PRETTY EXPENSIVE, AND IN SOME CASES YOU'D HAVE TO SELL OR RENT OUT YOUR HOUSE OR WIFE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD ONE. THIS IS A CHEEZY REPRINT AND WASN'T MADE TO PASS OFF AS THE ORIGINAL, BUT IT'S COOL TO HAVE AND MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR YOU TO SING ALONG WITH THE LYRICS, AND UNLIKE YOUR SLOBBERING DRUNK FRIENDS ACTUALLY SING THEM CORRECTLY AT YOUR NEXT BONGO PARTY OR WEENIE ROAST. I'M SURE FRANK WOULDA' APPRECIATED THAT TOO, YOU KNOW HOW HE HATED MISTAKES. YOU ALSO GET A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TOO. SO WHAT MORE COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT? HUH? 

HELLO THERE. I'M REV. A. WEST PASTOR / TOASTMAN OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF APPLIANTOLOGY IN BEAUTIFUL PLOOKERSVILLE, MARYLAND. IT'S TURNING OUT TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR WITH THE RELEASE OF THE NEW MULTI-LINGUAL PLOOKMASTER 3000 ROTO PLOOKER VACUUM CLEANER WHICH IS NOW BEING MANUFACTURED RIGHT HERE IN THE USA. SO NO LONGER WILL YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO SPEAK GERMAN. JUST SAY ANYTHING TO IT IN ANY LANGUAGE AND YOUR WISH IS YOUR COMMAND. ALSO WE HAVE SOME OTHER KITCHEN MACHINERIES AND OTHER APPLIANCES THAT WILL JUST BLOW YOU AWAY, SUCH AS OUR TOASTERS THAT WILL REALLY GET YOU HOT. NO APPOINTMENT IS NECESSARY. SO ROLL ON OVER WHEN YOU'RE IN TOWN TO CRINK A TOASTER OR A COLOR TV. YOU'LL LOVE IT, IT'S A WAY OF LIFE.     

SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: PLASTIC PEOPLE - THE DUKE OF PRUNES - AMNESIA VIVACE - THE DUKE REGAINS HIS CHOPS - CALL ANY VEGETABLE - INVOCATION AND RITUAL DANCE OF THE YOUNG PUMPKIN - SOFT-SELL CONCLUSION.

SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: BIG LEG EMMA - WHY DON'TCHA DO ME RIGHT? - AMERICA DRINKS - STATUS BACK BABY - UNCLE BERNIE'S FARM - SON OF SUZY  CREAMCHEESE - BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT - AMERICA DRINKS AND GOES HOME.

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CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, TIM BUCKLEY , STEVE VAI , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RELATED ARTISTS THAN YOU COULD SHAKE YER STICK AT IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. PLUS MANY OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK ARTISTS SUCH AS CAPTAIN BEYOND, BULL ANGUS, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND AND OTHERS. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?