THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're Only In It For The Money 1968 UK *STEREO* - NM
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Feb 23, 2018 Sold Date
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're Only In It For The Money 1968 UK *STEREO* - NM

THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
We're Only In It For The Money

UK VERVE (SVLP 9199) FIRST *STEREO* PRESSING (October 1968)
AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL COPY - BEST I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE BLACK/SILVER VERVE LABELS WITH "SOLD IN THE UK..." STATEMENT
MATRICES: V6 5045 A-1 / V6 5045 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/R and 1/A
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FULLY LAMINATED INTERNAL FLIPBACK GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd."
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL DIE-CUT PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE WITH "PATENT APPLIED FOR" AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE

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 recognisable.
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, un-ironic protest "Mother People."
Regardless of how dark the subject matter, there's a pervasively surreal, whimsical flavour 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

Side 1: (play is continuous - no track breaks)
Are You Hung Up? (1:24)
Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:34)
Concentration Moon (2:22)
Mom & Dad (2:16)
Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
Harry, You're A Beast (1:21)
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
Absolutely Free (3:24)
Flower Punk (3:03)
Hot Poop (0:26)
Side 2: (play is continuous - no track breaks)
Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:02)
Let's Make The Water Turn Black (2:01)
The Idiot Bastard Son (3:18)
Lonely Little Girl (1:09)
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:32)
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (reprise) (1:02)
Mother People (2:26)
The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:25)

LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with just light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but harmless hairlines under bright light
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
A really fine example - some laminate cracking on the spine but otherwise clean and unmarked with a deep gloss

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