ZAPPA We're Only In It For The Money UK 1st STEREO
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47
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62
£ 47
Sold For
Sep 19, 2011
Sold Date
Sep 9, 2011
Start Date
£ 40
Start price
2
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Great Britain
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ZAPPA We're Only In It For The Money UK 1st STEREO
SOLD IN UK TEXT, JKT CODE, G&L FLIPBACK GF, GREAT SOUND
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTIONWe're Only In It For The Money
ORIGINAL UK VERVE (SVLP 9199) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (October 1968) OF FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS' THIRD ALBUM - A WICKED DISMANTLING OF THE HIPPY DREAM - "We're Only In It For The Money" - DELIVERING CRISP, SHARP AND FRESH SOUND WITH GREAT LOUD CUT
PRESSED ON QUALITY HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK/SILVER VERVE LABELS WITH "SOLD IN THE UK..." STATEMENT AND EMBOSSED 'JKT' TAX CODE ON SIDE ONE
MATRICES: V6 5045 A-1 / V6 5045 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G (one of the first 300 off the press - could even be the very first copy made)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED INTERNAL FLIPBACK GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH "PATENTS APPLIED FOR" AND " MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN" TEXT PRINTED IN SILVER
From the beginning, Frank Zappa cultivated a role as voice of the freaks — imaginative outsiders who didn't fit comfortably into any group.
We're Only in It for the Money is the ultimate expression of that sensibility, a satirical masterpiece that simultaneously skewered the hippies and the straights as prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness.
Zappa's barbs were vicious and perceptive, and not just humorously so: his seemingly paranoid vision of authoritarian violence against the counter-culture was borne out two years later by the Kent State killings.
Like Freak Out, We're Only in It for the Money essentially devotes its first half to satire, and its second half to presenting alternatives.
Despite some specific references, the first-half suite is still wickedly funny, since its targets remain immediately recognisable.
The second half shows where his sympathies lie, with character sketches of Zappa's real-life freak acquaintances, a carefree utopia in "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance," and the strident, un-ironic protest "Mother People."
Regardless of how dark the subject matter, there's a pervasively surreal, whimsical flavour to the music, sort of like Sgt. Pepper as a creepy nightmare.
Some of the instruments and most of the vocals have been manipulated to produce odd textures and cartoonish voices; most songs are abbreviated, segue into others through edited snippets of music and dialogue, or are broken into fragments by more snippets, consistently interrupting the album's continuity.
Compositionally, though, the music reveals itself as exceptionally strong, and Zappa's politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making We're Only in It for the Money quite probably his greatest achievement
Track Listing: (the play is continuous with no track breaks)
Side 1:
Are You Hung Up? (1:24)
Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:34)
Concentration Moon (2:22)
Mom & Dad (2:16)
Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
Harry, You're A Beast (1:21)
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
Absolutely Free (3:24
Flower Punk (3:03)
Hot Poop (0:26)
Side 2:
Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:02)
Let's Make The Water Turn Black (2:01)
The Idiot Bastard Son (3:18)
Lonely Little Girl (1:09)
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:32)
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (reprise) (1:02)
Mother People (2:26)
The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:25)
LABELS: EXCELLENT
The labels are clean and unmarked with numerous spindle traces - this copy has been well played but also well cared for
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen with some hairlines/scuffs but these have little consequence - the audio performance is superb
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT
The whole record sounds sensational and plays extremely well throughout with an incredibly immediate sound and an impressive crystal clear, loud and bright STEREO cut.
My play-check at a loud volume revealed no major audio issues of note - no scratches, just a few intermittent clicks and pops (nothing I found at all intrusive) but hardly any surface noise - the reproduction is very clean and all frequencies play bright and clear with no discernible groove-wear or distortion. Very nice copy (and these are hard to find) - great stuff - an absolute masterpiece
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT-
The G&L fully laminated internal flipback cover has a deep glossy sheen to both the inner and outer surfaces with very little rubbing - just some indentation marks to the back bottom edge. The spine corners show some wear top and bottom and the laminate on the spine shows some cracking but all spine text is clear and bold - overall a very nice example
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A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
UK: 1st Class: £4.00 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £6.00 or £11.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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