Frank Zappa MOTHERS "We're Only In It" 1968 Censored LP

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The Mothers of Invention / We're Only In It For The Money - Verve Records V6-5045 (Stereo)(US)(1968) ...This auction is for an original, early pressing of this special Record on U.S. vinyl.

 This record is the hard to find censored version with deleted lyrics on the songs "Who Needs the Peace Corps" and "Let's Make the Water Turn Black." Also included is the full-color Bonus sheet of cut-outs (Mint-).

Track listings and review below...

  The Record and Gatefold Cover are in nice (Very Good+) condition (cover shows wear but all corners, edges and seams are sharp [no split seams or writing] record shows wear but still sounds great). Record will include a high-quality resealable plastic outer record sleeve. Satisfaction Guaranteed.  For payment please use Paypal (other payments are no longer accepted due to eBay’s new policy. If that is a problem, please let them know and contact us to work something out). Payment and Shipping information is listed below but S/H charges will include actual postage rate (plus $1-2 for shipping supplies). All items are shipped worldwide (except Russia*). Specialized shipping is extra ~ Not responsible for uninsured items ~ Insurance (US prices only) is $2.50 for $5.00 to $200.00 in coverage (Foreign Insurance can be expensive and complicated) ...Thank you (*previous USSR bidders are accepted except ????? ?????? who is no longer a trusted/wanted bidder)  (Click the (me) file next to the feedback score for our seller profile)

Detailed item info:

Track listing
(Side One)
1. Are You Hung Up?
2. Who Needs the Peace Corps?
3. Concentration Moon
4. Mom & Dad
5. Bow Tie Daddy
6. Harry, You're a Beast
7. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
8. Absolutely Free
9. Flower Punk
10. Hot Poop

(Side Two)
1. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
2. Let's Make the Water Turn Black
3. Idiot Bastard Son, The
4. Lonely Little Girl
5. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
6. What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise)
7. Mother People
8. Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny, The

Details Contributing artists: Eric Clapton Producer: Frank Zappa Distributor: Verve Records (USA)
Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo
Album notes
Original censored lyrics version release on Verve (V6-5045X).
Full performer name: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, piano); Jimmy Carl Black (vocals, trumpet, drums); Roy Estrada (vocals, electric bass); Billy Mundi (vocals, drums); Ian Underwood (woodwinds, piano); Bunk Gardner (woodwinds); Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood (soprano & baritone saxophones); Suzy Creamcheese, Dick Barber.
Additional personnel includes: Gary Kellgren (vocals); Eric Clapton.
Recording information: Apostolic Studios, New York, NY (08/1967-10/1967); Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA (08/1967-10/1967); Mayfair Studios, New York, NY (08/1967-10/1967).
Author: Edgard Varèse.
Editors: Dick Kunc; Frank Zappa.
Photographers: Jerry Schatzberg; Jerrold Schatzber.
Arranger: Frank Zappa.

The early Zappa albums were treasured by the few and totally misunderstood by the majority. The brilliant SGT. PEPPER satire of the cover should have garnered extra sales, but no. Zappa's scathing wit homed in on modern middle-class America and West Coast hippies. The album offered 19 vignettes incorporating avant garde, doo-wop, some relatively conventional pop music and a lot of hilarious dialogue that was so hip it has never dated. Zappa made us confront the obvious, and the results were alarming. These issues are best demonstrated on "What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body," "Bow Tie Daddy," and "The Idiot Bastard Son."

Editorial reviews [M]ost of its songs poke fun at the commodification of pop counterculture....Despite the satire, it also works as one of the finest psych-rock albums of the period.
Uncut  

...the card-carrying classic. Zappa's scabrous disembowelling of the hippy dream pitches caustic lyrics over contemporary folk-rock and pop styles....the album works brilliantly as a whole...
Mojo  

5 Stars - Indispensable - ...a brilliant lampoon of flower-power so scathingly accurated he manages to prophesy the Kent State killings two years before they happened. Segues restlessly between pop, rock, doo-wop and musique concrete, all undercut by a vicious spoofing humour...
Q  (19950801)

Included in Q Magazine's Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time.
Q  (19990801)

...It predicted future Zappa endeavors, building a groove-fracturing spazz-rock tradition...
Spin  (20040101)