MINTY ORIG = 1967 Orig MOTHERS OF INVENTION FRANK ZAPPA Absolutely FREE psych

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   M- TOP CLEAN 1967 *STEREO* Original first pressing

             MOTHERMANIA Freakout PSYCH Masterpiece

       THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

                ABSOLUTELY FREE                      

                      USA - Verve Records - V6 5013 - STEREO

Rare to be found TOP MINTY CLEAN...in "STEREOPHONIC" format ....

Original 1967 *STEREO* first pressing vinyl in gatefold cover of the 2nd Mothers Of Invention album, issued a year after the epic FREAK OUT!

Yes, in fact "Absolutely Free" was sandwiched between Freak Out !, Zappa's 1966 debut with the Mothers of Invention, and We're Only in It for the Money, arguably his artistic zenith. Absolutely Free is a continuation of the weird freakiness--both in sounds and concepts--introduced on Freak Out! "Plastic People" and "America Drinks & Goes Home" continue the artist's lampooning of Middle American values, while this time out, Zappa also seems obsessed with the fruits and vegetables that "keep you regular" ("The Duke of Prunes," "Call Any Vegetable"). The music here jumps from avant-garde jazz snippets to gritty garage rock to operatic vocals in a manner that was truly innovative at the time; in fact, it often sounded like true musical insanity. The definitive highlight here, however, is "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," a seven-and-a-half minute mini-operetta that initially ridicules America's suburban culture of the era before comically looking at the repressed sexual perversions hiding underneath that same culture. With its 13-year-old "Teenage Queen" ("who's rockin' and rollin' and acting obscene"), the Lolita-like obsession of the brown-shoed gentleman in the title, the track was a precursor to the naughty sexual themes later found in Zappa tracks -- themes that became Zappa's artistic stock in trade.

• Plastic People 3:42
• The Duke Of Prunes 2:13
• Amnesia Vivace 1:01
• The Duke Regains His Chops 1:50
• Call Any Vegetable 2:20
• Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin 7:00
• Soft-Sell Conclusion 1:40
• Big Leg Emma 2:32
• Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? 2:37
• America Drinks 1:53
• Status Back Baby 2:54
• Uncle Bernie's Farm 2:11
• Son Of Suzy Creamcheese 1:34
• Brown Shoes Don't Make It 7:30
• America Drinks & Goes Home 2:46
• FZ--guitar, vocals
  Ray Collins--vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
  Jim Fielder--guitar, piano
  Don Preston--keyboards
  Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
  Roy Estrada--bass, vocals
  Jim Black--drums, vocals
  Billy Mundi--drums, percussion
  +
  John Balkin--bass

CONDITION: The Cover: Thick gatefold cover is solid all over; "EX" (excellent) to M- NICE Clean solid shape, no split seams, no bends and no writing... overall collection worthy final copy ....

The Vinyl: is all glossy CLEAN M- play graded: excellent audio with no problems  = collection worthy greatness within...with clean VERVE labels

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