MOTHERS OF INVENTION LP “Ruben & Jets” stereo ZAPPA ’68 sticker

$

50

Artist:  THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION

Title:   “Ruben & the Jets”

Label:   VERVE ~ # V6-5055.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is blue with silver text. 

Year:  1968.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Appears to have been played one or two times at most, and handled with care.  Labels are clean.  Fidelity is superb.  A gorgeous disc you will never need to upgrade. 

JACKET:  Gatefold jacket is NM- with nice bright artwork.  Front panel has “Mothers of Invention” hype sticker at the upper right.  Outer panels are clean and bright, with just a faint trace of ring wear.  Inside gatefold is clean and pristine.  A bit of minor wear on seams, spine & corner tips.  No writing, stickers, or cutout indications.  Overall a very fine jacket.       

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Cheap Thrills
• Love of My Life
• How Could I Be Such a Fool
• Deseri
• I’m Not Satisfied
• Jelly Roll Gum Drop
• Anything

Side Two:

• Later That Night
• You Didn’t Try to Call Me
• Fountain of Love
• No No No
• Anyway the Wind Blows
• Stuff Up the Cracks

Review:

“Frank Zappa loved '50s doo wop music. He grew up with it, collected it, and it was the first kind of pop music he wrote ("Memories of El Monte," recorded by the Penguins in 1962). Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, the Mothers of Invention's fourth LP, is a collection of such music, all Zappa originals (some co-written with MOI singer Ray Collins). To the unexperienced, songs like "Cheap Thrills," "Deseri," and "Jelly Roll Gum Drop" may sound like an average doo wop song. A closer look reveals unusual chord sequences, Stravinsky quotes, and hilariously moronic lyrics -- all wrapped in four-way harmony vocals and linear piano triplets. A handful of songs from the group's 1966 debut, Freak Out, were rearranged ("How Could I Be Such a Fool" and "Anyway the Wind Blows" give the weirdest results), and old material predating the Mothers was recycled ("Fountain of Love"). "Love of My Life" and "You Didn't Try to Call Me" became live staples.”

(courtesy François Couture, allmusic.com).

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