The Mothers Of Invention We're Only In It For The Money Vinyl LP Verve V6 5045X
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The Mothers Of Invention – We're Only In It For The Money

Label: Verve Records – V6-5045X, Verve Records – V6-5045 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, First Version, MGM Pressing, Gatefold Country: US Released: 1968 Genre: Rock Style: Avantgarde, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist
A1 Are You Hung Up 1:23
A2 Who Needs The Peace Corps 2:34
A3 Concentration Moon 2:32
A4 Mom & Dad 2:16
A5 Bow Tie Daddy 1:22
A6 Harry, You're A Beast 1:22
A7 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? 1:03
A8 Absolutely Free 3:26
A9 Flower Punk 3:57
A10 Hot Poop 0:16

B1 Nasal Retentive Caliope Music 2:00
B2 Let's Make The Water Turn Black 1:54
B3 The Idiot Bastard Son 3:27
B4 Lonely Little Girl 1:10
B5 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance 1:33
B6 What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) 1:03
B7 Mother People 2:30
B8 The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny 6:30


Companies
Record Label – Verve Records Record Company – MGM Records Record Company – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Produced For – Bizarre Productions Copyright © – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division Published By – Frank Zappa Music Published By – Third Story Music, Inc. Recorded At – Mayfair Recording Studios Recorded At, Remixed At– Apostolic Studios

Credits
Arranged By, Composed By, Conductor, Concept By [Conceived], Directed By [Executed], Producer, Other [Scientifically mutilated] – Frank Zappa Artwork [Plaster Figures And All Other Artwork] – Cal Schenkel Bass, Vocals, Other [Asthma] – Roy Estrada Conductor [Orchestral Segments] - Sid Sharpe Design [Packaging Concept] – Nifty, Tough & Bitchen Youth Market Consultants Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Other [Indian Of The Group] – Jimmy Carl Black Drums, Vocals, Other [Yak & Black Lace Underwear] – Billy Mundi Executive-Producer [For MGM-Verve] – Tom Wilson Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Edited By, Other [Weirdness] – Frank Zappa Other [Cheerful Interruptions], Engineer, Remix – Dick Kunc Other [Fashions] – Tiger Morse Other [Retired] – Don Preston Other [Wants You To Turn Your Radio Around] – Spider Photography By – Jerrold Schatzberg Piano, Woodwind, Other [Wholesome] – Ian Underwood Saxophone, Other [Weirdness & Teen Appeal] – Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood Sounds [Snorks] – Dick Barber Speech [Has Graciously Consented To Speak To You In Several Critical Area] – Eric Clapton Voice [Creepy Whispering], Engineer – Gary Kellgren Voice [Telephone] – Suzy Creamcheese Woodwind, Voice [Mumbled Weirdness] – Bunk Gardner

Notes
℗© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Printed in U. [S.A.]
inner gatefold: BIZARRE [logo];  Verve ® [logo]  V/V6 5045X
"THE PRESENT DAY COMPOSER REFUSES TO DIE" Edgard Varese July 1921
fifth Verve label(1960s). For non-jazz releases throughout the 1960s the commonly used label was the Blue 'T' design.
rimtext: MGM RECORDS-A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC.-Made in U.S.A.

There are no separation bands in between tracks, so both sides look like they only have one very long track.
Track B1, Nasal Retentive Caliope Music, is mis-spelled on label, but spelled correctly as 'Calliope' on cover.
Track B4 is listed as "Lonely Little Girl" on the label and as "It's His Voice on the Radio" on the inner gatefold.
Catalog no. V6 5045X on rear cover and spine; catalog no. V/V6 5045X on inner gatefold; catalog no. V6-5045 on labels.
In the text balloon on the cover Frank Zappa Says "Is This Phase One Of Lumpy Gravy?", making a reference to the album Lumpy Gravy.
Zappa intended to release this album with the 'Sgt. Pepper album' pastiche as the cover. This was vetoed and it became the inner spread, with the original inner concept becoming the cover (again a parody of said album, with band members on a yellow background, but a subtlety lost on the censors).
A thorough explanation of censorship and the differences between vinyl and CD versions of this album can be found here: http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/money.html 
The sideways stamped block shaped "S" in the runouts denotes a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division.


Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Label): (MGS 1250) Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Label): (MGS 1251) Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout, etched): V6-5045 SIDE-1 MGS-1250-REV  [stamped]:  S [block shaped]   13 Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout, etched): V6-5045 SIDE-2 MGS-1251-REV.   [stamped]:  S [block shaped]   12 Rights Society: BMI Pressing Plant ID (Sides 1 & 2 runout): [stamped]: Block-shaped "S";  [etched]: MGS


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