1968 FRANK ZAPPA LUMPY GRAVY USA MONO YELLOW LABEL PROMO LP MOTHERS OF INVENTION

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MAY 13TH 1968 - FRANCIS VINCENT ZAPPA - - CONDUCTS THE ABNUCEALS EMUUKHA ELECTRIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORUS WITH MAYBE EEN SOME OF THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - LUMPY GRAVY - A CURIOUSLY INCONSISTENT PIECE WHICH STARTED OUT TO BE A BALLET BUT PROBABLY DIDN'T MAKE IT - THIS IS THE RARE U.S.A. MONO YELLOW LABEL PROMO LP - SO BESIDES THE FACT THAT THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED 47 YEARS AGO, WHY IS THIS LP RARE YOU MIGHT BE SCRATCHING YOUR OVERSIZE RONDO HATTON STYLE OF BEMIS HEAD WHILE MUTTERING TO YOURSELF? WELL LARRY, IT'S BECAUSE THIS ALBUM WAS ONLY RELEASED IN THE U.S.A. IN MONO AS A PROMO, THERE WERE NO STOCK MONO PRESSINGS MADE - . SO WHY THEN IS MONO SO SPECIAL? BECAUSE UNLIKE THE TIME THAT YOU WERE SLOBBERING DRUNK AND FELL INTO ONE OF YOUR SPEAKER CABINETS SMASHING IT TO PIECES AND HAD TO LISTEN TO YOUR NEIL SEDAKA RECORDS THRU ONE SPEAKER FOR A WHILE, THE MONO MIX IS DIFFERENT THAN THE STEREO VERSION AND ALLOWS THE LISTENER TO HEAR STUFF THAT HAD BEEN OTHERWISE BURIED IN THE STEREO MIX. IT'S SPECIALLY TRUE WITH MUSIC / AUDIO THAT HAD BEEN LAYERED TOGETHER SUCH AS FRANK DID ON THIS ALBUM. MANY GEEZERS THINK THAT THE MONO VERSION OF THIS LP IS THE BEST - I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BETTER, BUT IT'S EAISER TO HEAR WHAT HAD BEEN GWINE ON IT THAT'S FOR SURE - VERVE RECORDS DISC JOCKEY YELLOW LABEL PROMO - V-8741 - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS AND READ ALL OF THIS MISERABLE STUFF - OK LARRY?  

SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: LUMPY GRAVY PART I.

SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: LUMPY GRAVY PART II.

NICE HEAVY CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER HAS A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF AILMENTS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH A NICE RUBBED OFF INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD AND "FC" WRITTEN AND ROBERT BALDWIN JUST COULDN'T HELP BUT RITE HIS NAME IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER ON THE BACK COVER. ALSO RING WEAR, EDGE WEAR, A LITTLE BIT OF TAPE, SMALL SEAM SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE BOTTOM SEAM, RING WORMS, MALARIA, RICKETS, THE CLAP AS WELL AS OTHER UNPRONOUNCEABLE DISEASES. NATURALLY DURING IT'S STAY IN MARYLAND IT'S CONTRACTED CRABS. BUT DON'T WORRY BECAUSE A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOUR PROTECTION.

I PLAYED BOTH SIDES OF THE RECORD FROM BEGINNING TO END ON MY DENON DP-1200 TURNTABLE WITH A DENON MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE GOING THRU A HEAD AMP BEFORE THE PRE-AMP. HERE'S THE DEAL, THERE'S A TICK OR CLICK IF YOU PREFER DURING THE "LIVING INSIDE OF A DRUM" MOSTLY SPOKEN PART. THAT'S THE WORST IT GETS. THERE'S VARIOUS SURFACE NOISE IN SOME OTHER PLACES BUT NO SKIPS AND THE RECORD DOESN'T STICK IN ONE PLACE ANYWHERE. THERE'S NO PLACE WHERE THE SURFACE NOISE OVERPOWERS THE MUSIC. THAT TICK OR CLICK COINCIDES WITH A SURFACE MARK IN THAT EXACT AREA. VISUALLY THERE'S OTHER SURFACE MARKS BUT THAT IS THE WORST ONE. IT'S NOT LIKE THE ENTIRE SURFACE IS COVERED WITH EM' THOUGH. IT'S A 47 YEAR OLD MONO PRESSING AND YOU CAN HEAR THIS MONO VERSION. THE RECORD COMES IN A COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF PLASTIC INNER SLEEVE.

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CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, STEVE VAI , TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS I'VE ADDED MANY OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK BANDS SUCH AS CAPTAIN BEYOND, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, KING CRIMSON, JIMI HENDRIX, JETHRO TULL AND OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE; SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY WHERE THE MUFFINS ARE ALWAYS FRESH AND JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS FOR A GEEZER SUCH AS YOURSELF. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?