ZAPPA ABSOLUTELY FREE VERVE MONO WHITE LABEL PROMO LP

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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - ABSOLUTELY FREE - VERVE MONO WHITE LABEL PROMO LP DISTRIBUTED IN 1967 TO RECORD STORES AND CHAINS THAT CARRIED THE VERVE CATALOG FOR IN STORE PLAY - VERVE - V-5013. INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL VERVE INNER SLEEVE.

EVER WONDER WHY THERE ARE YELLOW AND WHITE LABEL PROMOS FOR THE SAME VERVE PRESSING? THE YELLOW LABEL PROMOS WERE SENT TO RADIO STATIONS TO PROMOTE THE ALBUM, THEIR COVERS USUALLY HAD A PROMO DJ STICKER ON THEM. THE WHITE LABEL PROMOS DIDN'T USUALLY HAVE A DJ STICKER ON THEIR COVERS AND WERE SENT FOR IN HOUSE PLAY AT LARGE RECORD STORES OR CHAINS THAT CARRIED THE VERVE CATALOG. IN THE CASE OF THIS 1967 ABSOLUTELY FREE LP, THERE EXISTS A YELLOW LABEL MONO PROMO AS WELL, BUT THERE WERE MUCH FEWER OF THE WHITE LABEL PROMOS MADE FOR RECORD STORES THAN FOR THE YELLOW LABEL VERSIONS THAT WERE SENT TO RADIO STATIONS [ MORE INTREST IN GETTING THE MOTHER'S CRAPPY MUSIC PLAYED ON THE RADIO THAN IN SOME STORE WHERE IF THE MUSIC HAS NOT BEEN PLAYED ON THE RADIO, NOBODY WILL BUY IT EVEN IF THEY HEAR IT BEING PLAYED WHICH IT PROBABLY DIDN'T VERY MUCH ANYWAY ] THE WHITE LABEL PROMO ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE MORE RARE FOR ALL ZAPPA VERVE PRESSINGS. BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT THE MGM / VERVE LION WHITE LABEL STEREO REISSUE.

THE HEAVY CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER HAS SOME WEAR IN SOME OF THE DARK AREAS ON THE FRONT AND LESS ON THE BACK. THERE'S A PIECE OF CLEAR TAPE IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER ON THE BACK THAT. OVER THE SEAM AND CAN BE SEEN FROM THE INSIDE BUT THE TAPE DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE TOP, ABOUT 1/4 OF THE WAY ACROSS. THERE'S A TINY SEAM SPLIT IN THE CENTER OF THE INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD BUT DOESN'T APPEAR TO GO ALL THE WAY THRU THE CARDBOARD, NO RING WEAR, PRETTY NICE THICK CARDBOARD COVER. THE ORIGINAL VERVE INNER SLEEVE HAS SOME CREASES AND A SMALL SEAM SPLIT ON THE BOTTOM. I'VE KEPT THE RECORD IN A COLLECTORS TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE FOR THE COMPLETE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I'VE HAD IT AND THIS COLLECTORS SLEEVE WILL OF COURSE BE INCLUDED WITH THIS ALBUM.

THE RECORD IS PRESSED ON HEAVY VINYL. I LOOKED AT BOTH OF THE SIDES UNDER A 100 WATT LIGHT BULB AND FOUND SEVERAL LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ON SIDE A AND A SUPER SMALL ONE THAT I ALMOST MISSED ON SIDE B. SOME LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS NEAR THE CENTER HOLE ON SIDE A, THIS RECORD IS VG+ GREAT SHAPE FOR BEING 37 YEARS OLD, STILL MANTAINS IT'S GLOSS AND PLAYS NICE AND LOUD WITH IT'S MONO MIX, MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE STEREO MIX WOULD BE.

SIDE ONE CONTAINS;  PLASTIC PEOPLE, THE DUKE OF PRUNES, AMNESIA VIVACE, THE DUKE REGAINS HIS CHOPS, CALL ANY VEGETABLE, INVOCATION & RITUAL DANCE OF THE YOUNG PUMPKIN, SOFT-SELL CONCLUSION & ENDING OF SIDE #1.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS;  AMERICA DRINKS, STATUS BACK BABY, UNCLE BERNIE'S FARM, SON OF SUZY CREAMCHEESE, BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT, AMERICA DRINKS AND GOES HOME.

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