FRANK ZAPPA: FREAK OUT (ULTRA-RARE EARLY BLACK LABEL)

$ 47

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Jan 23, 2009 Sold Date

Jan 16, 2009 Start Date

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FRANK ZAPPA / THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: FREAK OUT

Verve/MGM V6-5005-2

LABEL VARIATION

There is very little or no information regarding “Freak Out” being on a black Verve/MGM label. The below was taken from Wikipedia and coincides with what our research has found regarding "Lumpy Gravy".

Lumpy Gravy -

“This was the only Zappa project to appear on the black Verve label in the U.S. At that time Verve's black label was used only for jazz and other "serious" works, while Verve's pop and rock releases used a blue label.”

The bottom of the label has Manufactured by MGM Records, Inc.

There is no ad for the map on the inside cover.

CONDITION:

Cover: VG (spine has wear, all else is M-)

Record(s) (2): M-

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

Freak Out! is the debut album by American experimental rock band The Mothers of Invention, released June 27, 1966 on Verve Records. Though often cited as one of rock music's first concept albums, the real unifying theme of the album is not musical, but a satirical attitude based on frontman Frank Zappa's unique perception of American pop culture. It was also one of the earliest double albums in the history of rock music.

The album was produced by Tom Wilson, who signed The Mothers, formerly a bar band called the Soul Giants, to a record deal in the belief that they were a white blues band. The album features vocalist Ray Collins, along with bass player Roy Estrada, drummer Jimmy Carl Black and guitar player Elliot Ingber, who would later join Captain Beefheart's Magic Band under the name Winged Eel Fingerling.

The band's original repertoire consisted entirely of cover songs. When Zappa joined the band, he not only changed their name but also expanded its music to include a wide range of original material. The musical content of Freak Out! ranges from rhythm and blues, doo-wop and standard blues-influenced rock to orchestral arrangements and avant-garde sound collages. Although the album was initially poorly received in the United States, it was a success in Europe. It gained a cult following in America, where it continued to sell in substantial quantities until it was prematurely discontinued in the early 1970s.

The album influenced the production of The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 1999, it was honored with the Grammy Hall of Fame Award, and in 2003, Rolling Stone ranked it among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2006, The MOFO Project/Object, an audio documentary on the making of the album, was released in honor of its 40th anniversary.

Tracks:

Side one

Hungry Freaks, Daddy – 3:32

I Ain't Got No Heart – 2:34

Who Are the Brain Police? – 3:25

Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder – 3:43

Motherly Love – 2:50

How Could I Be Such a Fool? – 2:16

Side two

Wowie Zowie – 2:55

You Didn't Try to Call Me – 3:21

Any Way the Wind Blows – 2:55