RARE LP + PROMO PHOTO FRANK ZAPPA '67 MOTHERS OF INVENTION Absolutely FREE psych
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MOTHERMANIA Masterpiece
WHITE LABEL VERVE/MGM COLLECTIBLE
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
ABSOLUTELY FREE
\ USA - Verve Records - V6 5013 - STEREO (WHITE LABEL)
**** RE-LISTING FROM SOME WEEKS AGO WHEN A (NOW BLACKLISTED) BOZO "WON" AND DID NOT PAY ... THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST AND MANY BIDS.... second chance::::
RARE as a WHITE LABEL VERVE/MGM COLLECTIBLE...
This copy includes a rare glossy (((original))) promo photo...not a xerox or copy but a real uncirculated glossy ZAPPA and Miss Christine (GTO's) photograph from 1967 (mint!) = Fantastic - look!
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
- II
- 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
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John Balkin--bass
CONDITION: The Cover: Thick gatefold cover is solid, rated VG+(+) only a little light shelf wear (not bad, just light), otherwise in strong shape having a cool collectible look, no split seams, no bends and no writing...
The Vinyl: is all glossy clean M- plays with CLEAN excellent audio ... CLEAN "Verve" WHITE VERVE/MGM labels
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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