MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'ABSOLUTELY FREE' LP US VERVE 1967 GATEFOLD ST FRANK ZAPPA
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£ 48 Sold For
Mar 3, 2024 Sold Date
Feb 22, 2024 Start Date
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Description

FROM 1967 ON THE US VERVE RECORDS LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING LP BY FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ENTITLED "ABSOLUTELY FREE" (V6-5013) 
STEREO. EARLY PRESSING. 
Absolutely Free (#1 In A Series Of Underground Oratorios) 19:34 A1 Plastic People 3:40 A2a The Duke Of Prunes 2:12 A2b Amnesia Vivace 1:01 A2c The Duke Regains His Chops 1:45 A3a Call Any Vegetable 2:19 A3b Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin 6:57 A3c Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side #1 1:40 The M.O.I. American Pageant (#2 In A Series Of Underground Oratorios) 18:35 B1 America Drinks 1:52 B2 Status Back Baby 2:52 B3 Uncle Bernie's Farm 2:09 B4 Son Of Suzy Creamcheese 1:33 B5 Brown Shoes Don't Make It 7:26 B6 America Drinks & Goes Home 2:43

Companies, etc.

  • Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division

Credits

  • Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Performer – Frank Zappa
  • Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
  • Engineer [Remix] – David Greene
  • Engineer, Recorded By – Ami Hadani
  • Layout, Artwork By [Cover Art, Collages], Liner Notes – Zappa*
  • Musician – Billy Mundi, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Jim Black*, Jim Sherwood*, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada
  • Photography By [Front] – Alice Ochs
  • Photography By [Other] – Jerry Deiter, Marshal Harmon
  • Producer – Tom Wilson (2)

Notes

Released in a gatefold cover.
Side A is ''un-banded'': the tracks are NOT separated by wider grooves. (See images)
First cat.nr. on cover, second on labels.
Label sides printed as "Side 1" & "Side 2"
(other version/s with 'A' & 'B')
"WAR means WORK for ALL" is visible above "BUY AMERICA" flag. (See images)

Runouts are etched, except stamped MGM block "S".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in side A runout): MGM block "S" stamp
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): V6-5013 SIDE 1 MGS-672 - RE-1 [Block "S"]
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): V6-5013 SIDE 2 MGS-673

  • HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR

  • GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE

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  • SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND EXCELLENT++

  • CONDITION
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  • COMPLETE WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
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  • RECORD IN EXCELLENT++ CONDITION

  • WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN


  • A VERY NICE COPY


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