FRANK ZAPPA/MOI "Freak Out" 1967 UK VERVE 1st MONO
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88
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£ 88
Sold For
Apr 1, 2011
Sold Date
Mar 22, 2011
Start Date
£ 22
Start price
15
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Great Britain
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FRANK ZAPPA/MOI "Freak Out!" 1967 UK VERVE 1st MONO
SOLD IN UK TEXT, KT CODE, G&L FLIPBACK, SOUNDS GREAT
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
Freak Out!
ORIGINAL UK VERVE (VLP 9154) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (March 1967) OF FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS' BRILLIANT DEBUT "Freak Out!" WHICH EVEN THOUGH WELL PLAYED STILL SOUNDS GREAT DELIVERING A CRISP, SHARP AND FRESH SOUND WITH LITTLE TO FAULT
PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER VERVE LABELS WITH "SOLD IN THE UK..." STATEMENT AND EMBOSSED 'KT' TAX CODE ON SIDE TWO
FIRST ISSUE MATRICES: V 5005 A-1 / V 5005 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/R and 1/G (one of the first 300-600 off the press)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" DATE CODED '6703' (1967, March)
One of the most ambitious debuts in rock history, Freak Out! was a seminal concept album that somehow foreshadowed both art rock and punk at the same time.
The record deconstruct rock conventions right and left, eventually pushing into territory inspired by avant-garde classical composers.
Yet the album is sequenced in an accessibly logical progression; the first half is dedicated to catchy, satirical pop/rock songs that question assumptions about pop music, setting the tone for the radical new directions of the second half.
"Hungry Freaks, Daddy," quickly posits the Mothers of Invention as the antithesis of teen-idol bands, often with sneering mockeries of the teen-romance songs that had long been rock's commercial stock-in-trade.
Despite his genuine emotional alienation and dissatisfaction with pop conventions, though, Frank Zappa was actually a skilled pop composer; even with the raw performances and his stinging guitar work, there's a subtle sophistication apparent in his unorthodox arrangements and tight, unpredictable melodies.
The perceptive Watts riot protest "Trouble Every Day," Zappa exchanges pop song structure for experiments with musique concrète, amelodic dissonance, shifting time signatures and studio effects.
It's the first salvo in his career-long project of synthesising popular and art music, high and low culture; while these pieces can meander, they virtually explode the limits of what can appear on a rock album, and effectively illustrate Freak Out!'s underlying principles: acceptance of differences and free individual expression. Zappa would spend much of his career developing and exploring ideas -- both musical and conceptual -- first put forth here; while his myriad directions often produced more sophisticated work, Freak Out! contains at least the rudiments of almost everything that followed, and few of Zappa's records can match its excitement over its own sense of possibility
Track Listing:
Side 1: Hungry Freaks, Daddy / I Ain't Got No Heart / Who Are the Brain Police? / Motherly Love / Wowie Zowie / You Didn't Try to Call Me / I'm Not Satisfied / You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
Side 2: Trouble Comin' Every Day / Help, I'm a Rock / The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet
LABELS: The labels are clean and unmarked with spindle traces and some wear around the spindle hole. This copy has clearly see many plays but not played on poor equipment to the point of distortion - it sounds great - VERY GOOD+ (please see detailed audio assessment below)
VINYL Visual: Both surfaces retain their original deep, glossy sheen but there are some general light marks/scuffs (in keeping with it's well played status) - but no scratches - VERY GOOD+
VINYL Audio: Sounds sensational and plays extremely well with warm and vibrant audio reproduction and an impressive crystal clear, loud and bright MONO cut. On playback at a loud volume (which is how I always listen to my LPs prior to listing, and it's always an immense pleasure to return to this wonderful LP) there are no scratches, no sticks or jumps, just the (very) occasional click/pop and some surface noise/crackle between the tracks but it still sounds great - all frequencies are bright and clear and there is no discernible groove-wear and no distortion. Critically graded VERY GOOD+++ for audio this is a very fine playing copy of this wonderful album - great stuff and very hard to find in it's original MONO format
SLEEVE: The G&L front laminated flipback cover is critically graded a VERY GOOD with some marking to the unlaminated back and wear to the opening edge. It is however, good and solid with no structural damage, the flipback sections are complete and the laminated front has a nice gloss
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