1976 FRANK ZAPPA ZOOT ALLURES JAPAN WLP WHITE LABEL PROMO AUDIOPHILE LP + INSERT
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1976 - FRANK ZAPPA - ZOOT ALLURES - ORIGINAL JAPANESE WHITE LABEL PROMO 12" VINYL RECORD LP - WARNER BROTHERS WB SHIELD LABEL - P-10266W - AN OUTSTANDING SUPERIOR QUALITY JAPANESE PRESSING THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED - I DID PLAY IT AND IT SOUNDS GREAT - INCLUDES A HEAVY CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER - I'LL TELL YA', THEY DIDN'T MAKE THIS ALBUM THIS GOOD OVER HERE IN THE U.S.A. - ANOTHER THING THEY NEVER DID WAS PRINT THE LYRICS OF THE SONGS ON THE COVER AND NEVER INCLUDED A SONG LYRICS INSERT. BUT INCLUDED WITH THIS PRESSING IS THE ORIGINAL FOLD-OPEN SONG LYRICS INSERT PRINTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND JAPANESE. SO IF YOU HAD EVER LEARNED HOW TO READ EITHER ONE OF THOSE LANGUAGES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SING ALONG WITH THE SONGS AT YOUR NEXT BONGO PARTY OR WEENIE ROAST, AND SPEAKING OF SINGING ALONG, YEZ JUST MIGHT WANNA BE CAREFUL WITH WHOM YOU'RE SINGING ALONG WITH THESE DAYS - OK LARRY?
IS IT JUST ME OR DOES MITCH MILLER LOOK LIKE THE DEVIL? YEAH, IF YOU'RE A DINOSAUR GEEZER YOU KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT, HE HAD THAT SING ALONG WITH MITCH TV SHOW. WELL NOT ONLY WAS HE SCARY LOOKING, BUT HE WAS AN A&R MAN FOR MERCURY AND COLUMBIA RECORDS. THAT'S RIGHT, HE WAS A RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVE AND HE HATED ROCK 'N' ROLL. IN 1958 HE SAID "ROCK 'N' ROLL IS MUSICAL BABY FOOD. IT IS THE WORSHIP OF MEDIOCRITY, BROUGHT ABOUT BY A PASSION OF CONFORMITY". HUH? THEY SAY HE WAS BORN IN 1911 AND CROAKED IN 2010, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT. BECAUSE, NOW CHECK THIS OUT: A FEW YEARS AGO THEY FOUND SOME OLD PAPYRUS SCROLLS IN SOME CAVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WHEN THEY DECIPHERED THEM, TO THEIR AMAZEMENT THEY DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THEM SAID THAT THE DEVIL WOULD RETURN TO EARTH AS A RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVE. HEY, THEY WERE WEARING SANDALS AROUND BACK THEN AND RECORDS DIDN'T EVEN EXIST. SO HOW DID THEY KNOW THAT? WELL THE GOVERNMENTS BEEN KEEPING IT QUIET, THEY DON'T WANNA CREATE A WORLD WIDE PANIC. BESIDES, I HEAR THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO CHECK OUT IF MITCH REALLY DID CROAK, OR IF HE'S STILL LURKING AROUND SOMEWHERE. SO YEZ BETTER BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHO YEZ ARE SINGING ALONG WITH THESE DAYS. OK LARRY?
SIDE A POOTS FORTH: WIND UP WORKIN' IN A GAS STATION - BLACK NAPKINS - THE TORTURE NEVER STOPS - MS. PINKY.
SIDE B OOZES OUT: FIND HER FINER - FRIENDLY LITTLE FINGER - WONDERFUL WINO - ZOOT ALLURES - DISCO BOY.
HEAVY CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER LOOKS GREAT. NO SEAM SPLITS AND VERY LITTLE IF ANY RING WEAR.
BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD PLAY INCREDIBLE WHEN I PLAYED EM' ON MY DENON TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE. SO YOU'D THINK THEY'LL PLAY OK ON YOUR TURNTABLE WITH THE QUARTER TAPED TO THE TOP OF THE TONEARM. VISUALLY MOVING THE RECORD 'ROUND 'N 'ROUND UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB WHILE WEARING GEEZER TYPE OF READING GLASSES, I'M TELLING YA', IT LOOKS LIKE NOBODY HAD EVER PLAYED IT AND WHEN I DID I WASN'T SLOBBERING DRUNK, SO IT STILL LOOKS GREAT. THE RECORD ORIGINALLY CAME IN ONE OF THOSE JAPANESE TYPE OF PLASTIC INNER SLEEVES, PROBABLY ONE OF THE REASONS IT'S SURVIVED LOOKING SHARP FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS. SO WHAT I DID WAS SIMPLY PUT IT INSIDE OF ANOTHER PAPER INNER SLEEVE, SO YOU GET THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE THAT DID IT'S JOB GREAT, BUT NOW REINFORCED EVEN MORE. FINALLY, CHECK YOUR WATCH, BECAUSE IF YOU BUY THIS GREAT RECORD BEFORE MIDNITE TONITE, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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HEY LARRY, YOU STILL HANGING AROUND WAY DOWN HERE? WELL SINCE IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO TONITE SIMPLY CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER , STEVE VAI , PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RELATED ARTISTS AND GROUPS THAN YEZ CAN SHAKE YER STICK AT, AND AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH I'VE ADDED SOME COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK ARTISTS FOR YOUR DANCING AND DINING PLEASURE SUCH AS: CAPTAIN BEYOND, KING CRIMSON. JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD, THE TUBES, BULL ANGUS, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPAPARDI, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, AND MANY OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. WHERE THE BUNS ARE ALWAYS HOT AND THE MUFFINS JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS EVEN FOR SOME GEEZER FROM THE CRUSTATION PERIOD, BACK WHEN CRUSTY GEEZERS ROAMED THE EARTH. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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