ZAPPA 1967 MOTHERS OF INVENTION Absolutely FREE psych

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MOTHERMANIA Freakout PSYCH Masterpiece  

       1967 WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL 

     the Mothers Of Invention 

                                                               ABSOLUTELY FREE

    USA - Verve Records - V6 5013 - STEREO (WHITE LABEL PROMO)

SUPER RARE as an advanxce release WHITE LABEL PROMOTIONAL...

White label promos such as this are highly sought after, being limited and the first to be pressed off of the freshly cut masters back in '67, retaining the best sound quality, then shipped to select radio stations or media magazines for review ... most of the great white label promos have been long grabbed up in private collections...here, a spare copy....

1967 first pressing vinyl in gatefold cover of the 2nd Mothers Of Invention album, issued a year after the epic FREAK OUT!  

Yes, in fact "Absolutely Free" was sandwiched  between Freak Out !, Zappa's 1966 debut with the Mothers of Invention, and We're Only in It for the Money, arguably his artistic zenith. Absolutely Free is a continuation of the weird freakiness--both in sounds and concepts--introduced on Freak Out! "Plastic People" and "America Drinks & Goes Home" continue the artist's lampooning of Middle American values, while this time out, Zappa also seems obsessed with the fruits and vegetables that "keep you regular" ("The Duke of Prunes," "Call Any Vegetable"). The music here jumps from avant-garde jazz snippets to gritty garage rock to operatic vocals in a manner that was truly innovative at the time; in fact, it often sounded like true musical insanity. The definitive highlight here, however, is "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," a seven-and-a-half minute mini-operetta that initially ridicules America's suburban culture of the era before comically looking at the repressed sexual perversions hiding underneath that same culture. With its 13-year-old "Teenage Queen" ("who's rockin' and rollin' and acting obscene"), the Lolita-like obsession of the brown-shoed gentleman in the title, the track was a precursor to the naughty sexual themes later found in Zappa tracks -- themes that became Zappa's artistic stock in trade.

1. Plastic People 3:42
2. The Duke Of Prunes 2:13
3. Amnesia Vivace 1:01
4. The Duke Regains His Chops 1:50
5. Call Any Vegetable 2:20
6. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin 7:00
7. Soft-Sell Conclusion 1:40  
8. America Drinks 1:53
9. Status Back Baby 2:54
10. Uncle Bernie's Farm 2:11
11. Son Of Suzy Creamcheese 1:34
12. Brown Shoes Don't Make It 7:30
13. America Drinks & Goes Home 2:46

• FZ--guitar, vocals
  Ray Collins--vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
  Jim Fielder--guitar, piano
  Don Preston--keyboards
  Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
  Roy Estrada--bass, vocals
  Jim Black--drums, vocals
  Billy Mundi--drums, percussion
  +
  John Balkin--bass

CONDITION: The cover gatefold cover is VG+(+) only a little real light shelf wear (not bad, just light), otherwise in strong shape having a cool collectible look, no split seams, no bends and no writing...

The vinyl is all glossy clean, upper top levels VG++ (few light hairlines is all, plays excellent) ... CLEAN "Verve" WHITE PROMO LABEL labels

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record