Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Uncle Meat RARE UK Transatlantic LP + BOOK
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Description
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
UNCLE MEAT
(UK TRANSATLANTIC, TRA 197, 1969)
Beautiful copy of this rare Zappa album! UK pressings of early Mothers albums are incredible rare and desirable now, especially first pressings. The Transatlantic pressing of Uncle Meat is one of the most desirable, as the vinyl is the best quality of all the original pressings of Uncle Meat and sounds superb. The story as to how Zappa & The Mothers ended up on this folk label over here is interesting enough - Zappa had started his Bizarre label in the US in late 1968 and needed distribution in the UK. Bizarre was owned by Reprise over there and Reprise were distributed by Pye in the UK. Pye refused to handle this album due to the amount of swearing on the album (something Zappa usually got away with somehow), even though they had released the Wild Man Fischer album in 1968, which had far less commercial potential. Strangely, Transatlantic released it, who usually released folk albums. They also released two Fugs albums. This album would have cost quite a lot at the time and didn't sell much at all. It was not repressed in the UK on vinyl ever again and for years was high on collector's wants lists. What makes this copy even more special is that it also has the booklet, which only came with the first few hundred copies! These booklets were made in the US and sent over here, they came with all first US Bizarre pressings. There are also some Transatlantic copies that came with a different booklet which was used as their UK tour programme, but that's a whole other story... Good luck finding one of those! Overall, this is a nice copy of this classic and early first UK pressing. This very rarely turns up these days, especially in this lovely condition. This is very hard to find, get it while you can! Don't miss out!
Vinyls are in EX condition : look and sound great, really beautiful example, play with no flaws and has only one light mark on side 4!
Gatefold sleeve is in VG+ condition : some light wear but overall looks beautiful, really nice example, the spine has some wear and has split slightly at the top
Booklet is in EX condition : looks lovely for it's age, has one small mark on the front (see 7th pic)
Run-out grooves:
SIDE 1 - STRA 197 A1 stamped
SIDE 2 - STRA 197 B1 stamped
SIDE 3 - STRA 197 C1 stamped
SIDE 4 - STRA 197 D1 stamped
POSTAGE:
UK buyers -
LPs and 12"s - £3.50 and £1.50 eachafter
7"s - £1.50 and 50p eachafter
CDs - £1.25 and 50p eachafter
Worldwide buyers - PLEASE EMAIL ME BEFORE YOU BID FOR POSTAGE COSTS - I have put a set price on here as I have to, but prices do vary, especially if you are not in Europe
PAYMENT:
UK buyers can pay via Paypal or cheque
Worldwide buyers - Paypal only
Be sure to check my other auctions for similar items! Thanks for looking and good luck!
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