FRANK ZAPPA + Mothers of Invention We're Only in It for the Money NM PSYCH LP
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention: We're Only in It for the Money
Original German stereo issue on blue Verve 710 012 from 1967. This has the original mix, not the remix with added drum computers and new bass lines from 1987.
The laminated gatefold cover is in excellent condition and the record is in NEAR MINT condition.
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. [Rykodisc's 1987 reissue restored passages censored on the LP, but included re-recorded rhythm tracks and sounded quite different. Their 1995 re-reissue contained both the original music and content edits.] (allmusic.com)
Tracklist: A1 Are You Hung Up A2 Who Needs The Peace Corps A3 Concentration Moon A4 Mom And Dad A5 Bow Tie Daddy A6 Harry, You're A Beast A7 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? A8 Absolutely Free A9 Flower Punk A10 Hot Poop B1 Nasal Retentive Caliope Music B2 Let's Make The Water Turn Black B3 The Idiot Bastard Son B4 Lonely Little Girl B5 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance B6 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) B7 Mother People B8 The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
Credits • Artwork [Plaster Figures & All Other Artwork] – Cal Schenkel • Conductor [Orchestral Segments] – Sid Sharpe* • Drums, Trumpet, Vocals – Jimmy Carl Black • Drums, Vocals – Billy Mundi • Electric Bass, Vocals – Roy Estrada • Engineer [Record & Remix], Voice [Interruptions] – Dick Kunc • Engineer, Voice [Creepy Whispering] – Gary Kellgren • Executive Producer – Tom Wilson (2) • Noises [Snorks] – Dick Barber • Other [Fashions] – Tiger Morse • Other [Has Graciously Consented To Speak To You In Several Critical Area] – Eric Clapton • Other [Retired] – Don Preston • Other [Wants You To Turn Your Radio Around] – Spider (17) • Photography By – Jerrold Schatzberg* • Piano, Woodwind – Ian Underwood • Producer, Written-By, Arranged By, Edited By, Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa • Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood* • Voice [Telephone] – Suzy Creamcheese • Woodwind [All] – Bunk Gardner
Notes Released in a in gatefold cover with the group dressed in women's clothing on front and back cover.
Note : All the music heard on this album was composed, arranged & scientifically mutilated by Frank Zappa (with the exception of a little bit of surf music). None of the sounds are generated electronically... they are all the product of electronically altering the sounds of normal instruments. The orchestral segments were conducted by Sid Sharpe under the supervision of the composer.
"The present day composer refuses to die!" Edgard Varese, July 1921
Original American recording licensed and trademark registered by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (Verve-Series), New York, U.S.A.
Manufactured by Deutsche Grammophon, Hamburg.
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