THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Absolutely Free 1967 UK VERVE 1st *MONO* 1/G, 1/G
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£ 75
Sold For
Oct 20, 2014
Sold Date
Oct 10, 2014
Start Date
£ 20
Start price
12
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Great Britain
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Absolutely Free 1967 UK VERVE 1st *MONO* 1/G, 1/G
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTIONAbsolutely Free
UK VERVE (VLP 9174) FIRST *MONO* PRESSING (October 1967) OF FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS' SECOND ALBUM
VERY NICE COPY WITH A SUPERB LOUD *MONO* CUT - SEEN LITTLE USE
PRESSED ON WITH THE FIRST BLACK/SILVER VERVE LABELS WITH "SOLD IN THE UK..." STATEMENT AND EMBOSSED 'KT' TAX CODE ON SIDE TWO
MATRIX: V 5013 A-1 / V 5013 B-1
MOTHERS/STAMPERS: 1/G and 1/G (one of the first 300 off the press)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED FLIPBACK SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending" DATE CODED '6710' (1967, October)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE "PATENTS APPLIED FOR", "MADE IN ENGLAND" INNER SLEEVE
Frank Zappa's liner notes for Freak Out! name-checked an enormous breadth of musical and intellectual influences, and he seemingly attempts to cover them all on the second Mothers of Invention album, Absolutely Free.
Leaping from style to style without warning, the album has a freewheeling, almost schizophrenic quality, encompassing everything from complex mutations of "Louie, Louie" to jazz improvisations and quotes from Stravinsky's Petrushka.
It's made possible not only by expanded instrumentation, but also Zappa's experiments with tape manipulation and abrupt editing, culminating in an orchestrated mini-rock opera ("Brown Shoes Don't Make It") whose musical style shifts every few lines, often in accordance with the lyrical content.
In general, the lyrics here are more given over to absurdity and non sequiturs, with the sense that they're often part of some private framework of satirical symbols.
But elsewhere, Zappa's satire also grows more explicitly social, ranting against commercial consumer culture and related themes of artificiality and conformity.
By turns hilarious, inscrutable, and virtuosically complex, Absolutely Free is more difficult to make sense of than Freak Out!, but even if it isn't quite fully realised, Absolutely Free is still a fabulously inventive record, bursting at the seams with ideas.
Track Listing: (the play is continuous with no track breaks)
Side 1:
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)
Side 2:
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 (2:45)
LABELS: NEAR MINT
Clean, fresh, unmarked labels - less than a handful of light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces retain a their original deep glossy sheen with harmless hairlines visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: VERY GOOD/EXCELLENT+
Sounds great with warm and vibrant audio reproduction and an incredibly impressive crystal clear, loud and bright *MONO* cut and even though this copy looks like it has been seldom played my play-check at a volume found background on the run-ins/quiet sections (mostly on Side One) - nothing which spoilt my listening pleasure as (in my opinion) these imperfections are more than compensated for by the sheer brilliance of the sound on this 1967 original
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+
The G&L front laminated flipback cover is good and solid with no damage to the flipbacks and the laminated front has a very nice deep glossy sheen. There is also very, very little rub to the edges or spine - where all text is clear and bold - just slight browning to some creases on the spine
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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