1968 FRANK ZAPPA LUMPY GRAVY VERVE MONO YELLOW LABEL PROMO LP WITH LYRIC SHEETS

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MAY 13TH 1968 - FRANCIS VINCENT ZAPPA - - CONDUCTS THE ABNUCEALS EMUUKHA ELECTRIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS WITH MAYBE EVEN SOME OF THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - LUMPY GRAVY - A CURIOUSLY INCONSISTENT PIECE WHICH STARTED OUT TO BE A BALLET, BUT PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE IT - THIS IS THE RARE U.S.A. MONO YELLOW LABEL PROMO LP. THE ALBUM COVER HAS STEREO PRINTED ON IT WITH A PROMO DRILL HOLE AND "X" INDENTATION IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER , BUT DON'T LET THAT FOOL YEZ, THE ALBUM IS REALLY RECORDED IN MONO - SO BESIDES THE FACT THAT THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED 48 YEARS AGO, WHY IS THIS LP SO RARE, YOU MIGHT BE SCRATCHING YOUR OVERSIZED RONDO HATTON TYPE BEMIS HEAD WHILE MUTTERING TO YOURSELF? WELL LARRY, IT'S BECAUSE THIS ALBUM WAS ONLY RELEASED IN THE U.S.A. IN MONO AS A PROMO, THERE WERE NO STOCK MONO PRESSINGS MADE IN THE USA. SO WHY THEN IS MONO SO SPECIAL? BECAUSE UNLIKE THE TIME THAT YOU WERE SLOBBERING DRUNK AND FELL INTO ONE OF YOUR SPEAKER CABINETS SMASHING IT TO PIECES, FORCING YOU TO LISTEN TO YOUR MITCH MILLER RECORDS THRU ONE SPEAKER FOR A WHILE, THE MONO MIX IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STEREO VERSION. IN FACT THERE ARE SOME DINOSAUR GEEZERS WHO SAY IT ALLOWS THE LISTENER TO HEAR STUFF THAT HAD BEEN OTHERWISE BURIED IN THE STEREO MIX. IT'S SPECIALLY TRUE WITH MUSIC / AUDIO THAT HAD BEEN LAYERED TOGETHER SUCH AS FRANK DID ON THIS ALBUM. MANY GEEZERS THINK THAT THE MONO VERSION OF THIS LP IS THE BEST. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETTER, BUT IT'S EASIER TO HEAR WHAT HAD BEEN GWINE ON IT THAT'S FOR SURE - BUT IF YOU'RE A GEEZER WHO, NO MATTER IF THE RECORD IS RECORDED IN MONO OR STEREO SIMPLY CAN'T HEAR. THIS ALBUM INCLUDES A THREE PAGE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE LYRICS / CONVERSATIONS ON THIS ALBUM THAT WEREN'T ORIGINALLY AVAILABLE WHEN THEY WERE UNLEASHED ON THE WORLD -  VERVE RECORDS DISC JOCKEY YELLOW LABEL PROMO - V-8741 - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS EVEN IF YOU AREN'T INTERESTED IN BUYING IT, SO I DON'T GET DEPRESSED KNOWING THAT I WASTED ALL OF THAT TIME TAKING EM' AND WIND UP HAVING TO GO TO A THERAPIST, WHO JUST MIGHT TELL ME THAT I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY FEMININE SIDE OR SOMETHIN'?- OK LARRY? 

SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: LUMPY GRAVY PART I.

SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: LUMPY GRAVY PART II.

NICE HEAVY CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER HAS THE PROMO DRILL HOLE AND "X" INDENTATION IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. THE DRILL HOLE GOES THRU THE COVER, WHILE THE "X" IS ONLY ON THE BACK COVER. . LIGHT WEAR. NO SEAM SPLITS. NO TAPE. CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS LIKE I TOLD YEZ. NATURALLY DURING IT'S STAY IN MARYLAND IT MIGHTA' CONTRACTED CRABS. BUT DON'T WORRY, BECAUSE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD FROM BEGINNING TO END ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE GOING THRU A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE PRE-AMP AND THEY BOTH SOUND NICE, A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE S MIGHT BE EXPECTED WITH A 48 YEAR OLD MONO PRESSING. BUT I'LL TELL YA', IF THERE WASN'T ANY SURFACE NOISE IT'D BE THE TWILIGHT ZONE OR SOMETHING, SPECIALLY THIS ALBUM, WITH ALL OF QUIET DIALOG SECTIONS.  NO CLICKS. NO SKIPS. THE RECORD DOESN'T STICK IN ONE PLACE EITHER. VISUALLY WHEN I MOVED BOTH SIDES AROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB, SOME LIGHT SCUFFS, NOTHING DEEP GROOVE AT ALL. THE WORST THING THAT I CAN SAY ABOUT THE RECORD IS THAT RADIO STATION WHCL-FM STAMPED BOTH LABELS, BUT IT DIDN'T AFFECT THE PLAY. THE RECORD ALSO INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL VERVE RECORDS PAPER INNER SLEEVE THAT HAS SOME YELLOWING AND A SEAM SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM SEAM . HOWEVER, YOU WON'T HAVE TO RE-INSERT THE RECORD BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL 48 YEAR OLD INNER SLEEVE ANYWAY, AS THE RECORD NOW INCLUDES A HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE. AND THE FORE-MENTIONED PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO INCLUDED. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?

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