1968 ZAPPA RUBEN & D JETS DJ YELLOW PROMO LP W/ INSERTS

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1968 - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - - CRUISING WITH: RUBEN & THE JETS - 12" VINYL RECORD RECORD LP - RARE ORIGINAL U.S.A. PROMO DJ RECORD - INCLUDES THE HEAVY CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER THAT HAS NOT ONLY A DJ STICKER, BUT ALSO THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION STICKER WITH THE CATALOG NUMBER ON THE FRONT COVER SO THAT DJS WOULD KNOW WHO WAS REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS CRUDDY MUSIC - BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE...., BECAUSE THIS LP ALSO INCLUDES COPIES OF THE " HOW TO COMB & SET A JELLYROLL " AND " DETAILED BOP DANCE STEP INSTRUCTIONS " WHICH ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR GROOMING AND DANCIN' PLEASURE - VERVE RECORDS YELLOW LABEL PROMO - V6-5055-X - READ ALL ABOUT THIS PRESSING IN THE CRUD BELOW AND BE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL OF THE PHOTOS SINCE THERE'S NOTHING BETTER TO DO TONIGHT - OK LARRY? 

THE CRUD BELOW:

SIDE ONE CONTAINS: CHEAP THRILLS - LOVE OF MY LIFE - HOW COULD I BE SUCH A FOOL - I'M NOT SATISFIED - JELLY ROLL GUM DROP - ANYTHING.

SIDE TWO CONTAINS: LATER THAT NIGHT - YOU DIDN'T TRY TO CALL ME - FOUNTAIN OF LOVE - NO, NO, NO - ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS - STUFF UP THE CRACKS.

FIRST OF ALL LARRY, THE INSERTS ARE COPIES OF THE 1984 REPRINTED VERSIONS, WHICH ARE BASICALLY THE SAME AS THE 1968 VERSIONS EXCEPT FRANK ADDED HIS BARKING PUMPKIN RECORDS INFORMATION AND YEAR IN SMALL LETTERS AND NUMBERS. THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ONLY INCLUDED WITH THE USA WHITE LABEL PROMOS, AND LATER REPRNTED FOR THE OLD MASTER'S BOX SET VERION OF RUBEN BY FRANK IN 1984. SO WHY DON'T YOU SEE THE 1968 ORIGINAL VERSIONS BEING SOLD WITH SOME COPIES OF THE RUBEN AND THE JETS ALBUMS. IS IT BECAUSE THEY GOT LOST? 

NO LARRY. NOW SOME PEOPLE, YES SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THESE INSERTS WERE INCLUDED WITH EVERY SINGLE FIRST U.S.A. STOCK COPY ALBUM EVER RELEASED, BUT THAT'S NOT THE DEAL THAT WE'RE DEALING IN HERE. BECAUSE NOT ONLY WERE THE ORIGINAL INSERTS NEVER INCLUDED WITH THE STOCK COPIES, BUT THEY WERE ONLY INCLUDED WITH THE SPECIAL VERVE RECORDS WHITE LABEL PROMO LPS SENT TO RECORD STORES IN 1968 FOR IN STORE PLAY, AND WERN'T EVEN INCLUDED WITH THE 1968 VERVE RECORDS YELLOW LABEL DJ VERSION COPIES SENT TO RADIO STATIONS. HEY, THAT'S WHY YOU NEVER SEE 'EM BEING SOLD. YES, VERVE HAD A WHITE LABEL PROMO , AND A YELLOW LABEL PROMO VERSION SENT TO RADIO STATIONS. . HERE'S ANOTHER FUN FILLED FACT, BY THE TIME THAT THE RUBEN AND THE JETS ALBUM WAS RELEASED HERE IN THE U.S.A., NO MONO COPIES, NOT EVEN THE PROMOS WERE IN MONO. IN FACT, THE ONLY TRUE MONO COPY OF RUBEN THAT I'VE EVER SEEN WAS THE U.K. FIRST PRESSING. OH YEAH, THE ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSINGS ALL HAD THE PREFIX VLP FOR MONO, AND SLVP FOR STEREO, AND NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES THE OLD POOTER TRIES TO TELL YA THAT THOSE VERVE SELECT ZAPPA ALBUMS ARE THE ORIGINAL U.K. PRESSINGS, DON'T BELIEVE HIM. I THINK THERE MIGHT HAVE ALSO BEEN A MONO COPY OF THIS ALBUM RELEASED IN BRAZIL. I HAD ONE A LONG TIME AGO AND IT WAS SO BEAT UP THAT I HAD TO RETURN IT. BESIDES I THINK THAT IT WAS SIMPLY DOUBLE STEREO, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE SOUND FROM A STEREO COPY IS RECORDED IN BOTH CHANNELS. YEAH, THERE'S NO STEREO SEPERATION THAT WAY BUT IT'S STILL NOT A TRUE MONO MIX.  

A HEAVY CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER WITH THE AFORE-MENTIONED STICKERS ON THE FRONT.SOME LIGHT RING WEAR ON THE FRONT WITH A LITTLE MORE NOTICABLE RING WEAR ON THE REAR. HOWEVER YOU'LL BE THRILLED TO DISCOVER THAT INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD WHERE THE SONG LYRICS ARE PRINTED CONTAINS VERY LITTLE WEAR AT ALL. . ALSO NO SEAM SPLITS. A NICE 41 YEAR OLD ALBUM COVER FOR SOME NICE GIRL OR BOY. HOW 'BOUT YOU?   

NOW THIS RECORD SOUNDS NICE. I PLAYED IT ON MY DENON TURNTABLE WITH A MOVING COIL CARTRIDGE HOOKED UP TO A HEAD AMP AND HEARD VERY LITTLE SURFACE NOISE. THIS KIND OF CARTRIDGE TRACKS BOTH SIDES OF THE GROOVE AND HAS BEEN KNOWN IN A FEW ISOLATED CASES, GIVING THE LISTENER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT HAD BEEN GOING DOWN IN THE SOUND BOOTHS WITH THE GROUPIES DURING THE RECORDING SESSIONS . IN ANY CASE THE RECORD SOUNDS NICE, A LITTLE LIGHT SURFACE NOISE IN A FEW PLACES. ACTUALLY A LITTLE ON FOUNTAIN OF LOVE AND A LITTLE ON A COUPLE OF OTHER SONGS BUT NO CONSTANT NOISE, LIKE I SAID JUST A LITTLE LIGHT NOISE IN PLACES. HEY, ALL VINYL RECORDS HAVE SOME SURFACE NOISE AND THIS ONE'S 41 YEARS OLD. SOUNDS NICE FOR IT'S AGE. VISUALLY MOVING IT AROUND UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS THERE'S SOME SURFACE MARKS / SCUFFS, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE RECORD IS COVERED WITH 'EM AND I TOLD YOU WHAT THE RECORD SOUNDS LIKE ALREADY. THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SKIPS AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HEARING MUCH SURFACE NOISE ON SIDE ONE AT ALL. A RARE RECORD THAT CAN STILL BE ENJOYED. . ALSO, YOU'LL BE THRILLED TO DISCOVER THAT THE RECORD COMES WITH A COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE. BUT WAIT..., THERE'S MORE.. BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ YOUR VERY OWN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.

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