ZAPPA/MOTHERS "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" UK 1970 *MINT*

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ZAPPA/MOTHERS "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" UK 1970 *MINT*
STUNNING UNPLAYED TRANS PRESS, RSLP SLEEVE & MATRIX
FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
Weasels Ripped My Flesh

HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB, UK REPRISE (RSLP 2028/K 44019) TRANSITIONAL PRESSING (August 1970) OF ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS' UNCOMPROMISING "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" LP - IN STUNNING UNPLAYED CONDITION

AS A TRANSITIONAL PRESSING THE LP HAS THE FIRST *RSLP* MATRIX AND *RSPL 2028* CATALOGUE NUMBERED SLEEVE BUT THE LABELS CARRY THE NEW KINNEY CATALOGUE NUMBER: K 44019

THE RECORD ITSELF IS IN UNPLAYED, MINT CONDITION AND DELIVERS SENSATIONAL AUDIO THROUGHOUT WITH A BEAUTIFUL CRYSTAL CLEAR, SHARP CUT
THE FIRST ISSUE, RSLP MATTE SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Limited" IS IN EXCELLENT to (+) CONDITION (see detailed description below)
FULL MATRIX: RSLP 2028 A1, K-44019-A1 / RSLP 2028 B1, K-44019-B1

A fascinating collection of mostly instrumental live and studio material recorded by the original Mothers of Invention, complete with horn section, from 1967-1969, Weasels Ripped My Flesh segues unpredictably between arty experimentation and traditional song structures.
Highlights of the former category include the classical avant-garde elements of "Didja Get Any Onya," which blends odd rhythmic accents and time signatures with dissonance and wordless vocal noises; these pop up again in "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" and "Toads of the Short Forest." The latter and "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" also show Frank Zappa's willingness to embrace the avant-garde jazz of the period.
Yet, interspersed are straightforward tunes like a cover of Little Richard's "Directly From My Heart to You," with great violin from Don "Sugarcane" Harris; the stinging Zappa-sung rocker "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama," and "Oh No," a familiar Broadway-esque Zappa melody (it turned up on Lumpy Gravy) fitted with lyrics and sung by Ray Collins.
Thus, Weasels can make for difficult, incoherent listening, especially at first. But there is a certain logic behind the band's accomplished genre-bending and Zappa's gleefully abrupt veering between musical extremes; without pretension, Zappa blurs the normally sharp line between intellectual concept music and the visceral immediacy of rock and R&B.
Zappa's anything-goes approach and the distance between his extremes are what make Weasels Ripped My Flesh ultimately invigorating; they also even make the closing title track -- a minute and a half of squalling feedback, followed by applause -- perfectly logical in the album's context.

Track Listing:
Side 1: Didja Get Any Onya? / Directly From My Heart To You / Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask / Toad Of The Short Forest / Get A Little
Side 2: The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue / Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula / My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama / Oh No / The Orange County Lumber Truck / Weasels Ripped My Flesh

LABELS: MINT - CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear, NO writing and NO evident spindles. In my opinion this copy is completely UNPLAYED
VINYL Visual: MINT - The vinyl has a DEEP, LIKE-NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and the surfaces are completely UNMARKED
VINYL Audio: MINT - CRYSTAL CLEAR, VERY SHARP, RICH and WARM AUDIO. TERRIFICALLY WILD LP a la ZAPPA. The playback is FLAWLESS and MINT throughout - NO scratches/clicks/pops/surface noise - PRISTINE
SLEEVE: The 1st issue RSLP cover is also in SUPERB condition. There is a little storage wear to the bottom edge and some light discolouration to the back spine area (please see close-up photos) but overall, a beautifully well preserved first issue sleeve

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 277 (GS 5.2 (277))

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A ZAPPA COLLECTOR THAT THIS IS IN FACT THE FIRST PRESSING AND THE LABEL NEVER CARRIED THE RSLP CATALOGUE NUMBER AS ITS MAIN BUT WAS WRITTEN UNDERNEATH THE K NUMBER - AS ON THIS LABEL.
I WOULD BE APPRECIATE IT IF ANYONE CAN CLARIFY THIS. CHEERS