TOP MONO 1967 Orig = MOTHERS OF INVENTION FRANK ZAPPA "Absolutely FREE" psych

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 MINTY CLEAN 1967 *MONO* Original VINYL

~first pressing~

+ BONUS LITTLE EVER SEEN 5x7 GLOSSY PHOTOGRAPH

PSYCH Masterpiece

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1. Yes, in fact "Absolutely Free" was sandwiched between
   Freak Out ! which was Zappa's 1966 debut with the Mothers of Invention, and We're Only in It for the Money, arguably his artistic zenith.
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   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-shoe 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

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1. 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
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3. 1. Absolutely Free   19:34
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4. Plastic People    3:40
   The Duke Of Prunes    2:12
   Amnesia Vivace    1:01
   The Duke Regains His Chops    1:45
   Call Any Vegetable    2:19
   Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin    6:57
   Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side #1    1:40
          
5.  The M.O.I. American Pageant    18:35
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6. America Drinks    1:52
   
7. Status Back Baby    2:52
   
8. Uncle Bernie's Farm    2:09
   
9. Son Of Suzy Creamcheese    1:33
   
10. Brown Shoes Don't Make It    7:26
    
11. America Drinks & Goes Home    2:43
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16. The cover: rated: M- THICK gatefold TOP COPY, rare to find clean + MONO first print ...no faded areas, just as released 59 years ago ...has no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: near M- very clean solid/weighty vinyl loooks clean plays with fantastic bold MONO audio and both mono blue Verve labels are clean

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