MOTHERS OF INVENTION WE'RE ONLY IN IT VERVE LP ZAPPA 68

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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION : WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY

This classic 1968 LP features these Mothers :
Frank Zappa ~ Ray Collins ~ Jimmy Carl Black ~ Roy Estrada ~ Billy Mundi
Don Preston ~ Bunk Gardner ~ Motorhead Sherwood ~ Ian Underwood

Stereo LP sight-grades Excellent with a few faint hairline marks. Vinyl is thick, black & heavy.

Open-up cover has no holes, slices or cut corners ~ # on cover is Verve V6 5045X ~ Includes groovy insert
This early issue is the rare Censored Version wherein the line "I will love the cops when they kick the **** out of me on the street" has been edited from the song "Who Needs The Peace Corps? ". The matrix # in the trail-off groove on SIDE ONE is : MGS 1250-REV.

Blue labels/Silver print ~ # on labels is V6/5045. The deep blue Verve labels are very sharp with a couple very faint spindle marks but no writing, stamps etc.

Original thick-stock gatefold cover grades VG+/VG++ with minor ring wear. Spine is intact & legible with flaking, tiny chips missing at the top & bottom. Most seams are intact with very slight flaking. Sadly, the top seam of the back cover has a 4-5 inch split beginning at the opening edge. Without this split seam the cover would grade EX. The incredible inside cover, with complete lyrics, personnel etc., is sharp w/ spine intact.

The LP comes with its original 1968 vintage Verve Records inner sleeve.

The package also includes the nifty Sgt. Pepper's-like insert "Between the Badges" (see scan). The insert is intact, vivid & sharp, (its all-white back has yellowed just a bit.) The color side is still glossy (no creases or pinholes.)

Here is an excellent review of the classic WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY :

""From the beginning, Frank Zappa cultivated a role as voice of the freaks — imaginative outsiders who didn't fit comfortably into any group. We're Only in It for the Money is the ultimate expression of that sensibility, a satirical masterpiece that simultaneously skewered the hippies and the straights as prisoners of the same narrow-minded, superficial phoniness. Zappa's barbs were vicious and perceptive, and not just humorously so: his seemingly paranoid vision of authoritarian violence against the counterculture was borne out two years later by the Kent State killings. Like Freak Out, We're Only in It for the Money essentially devotes its first half to satire, and its second half to presenting alternatives. Despite some specific references, the first-half suite is still wickedly funny, since its targets remain immediately recognizable. The second half shows where his sympathies lie, with character sketches of Zappa's real-life freak acquaintances, a carefree utopia in "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance," and the strident, unironic protest "Mother People." Regardless of how dark the subject matter, there's a pervasively surreal, whimsical flavor to the music, sort of like Sgt. Pepper as a creepy nightmare. Some of the instruments and most of the vocals have been manipulated to produce odd textures and cartoonish voices; most songs are abbreviated, segue into others through edited snippets of music and dialogue, or are broken into fragments by more snippets, consistently interrupting the album's continuity. Compositionally, though, the music reveals itself as exceptionally strong, and Zappa's politics and satirical instinct have rarely been so focused and relevant, making We're Only in It for the Money quite probably his greatest achievement... " ~ AMG

Here are the SONG TITLES & TIMES as shown on the actual labels of WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY :

SIDE ONE :

1. Are You Hung Up? 1:23 2. Who Needs the Peace Corps? 2:34 3. Concentration Moon 2:32 4. Mom & Dad 2:16
5. Bow Tie Daddy 1:22 6. Harry, You're a Beast 1:22 7. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? 1:03
8. Absolutely Free 3:26 9. Flower Punk 3:57 10. Hot Poop 0:16

SIDE TWO :

1. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music 2:00 2. Let's Make the Water Turn Black 1:54 3. The Idiot Bastard Son 3:27
4. Lonely Little Girl 1:10 5. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance 1:33
6. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise) 1:03 7. Mother People 2:30
8. The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny 6:30

All selections composed by Frank Zappa

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