ZAPPA WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH GERMAN RAT TRAP COVER LP

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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH - INFAMOUS GERMAN RAT TRAP COVER LP  - MANUFACTURED IN GERMANY ON THE REPRISE RECORDS STEAMBOAT LABEL - RS - 2028.

WELL FOLKS, THIS IS THE INFAMOUS WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH GERMAN RAT COVER LP ISSUED THAT WAY ONLY IN GERMANY BACK IN 1970. HERE'S THE STORY: IT SEEMS THAT IN GERMANY THE REGULAR NEON PARK VERSION OF THE WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH COVER WITH THE GUY SHAVING WITH A RAZOR / WEASEL WAS DETERMINED TO BE TOO VULGAR AND EXCESSIVE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE VIRGIN MINDS OF THE CONSUMER IN GERMANY. SO THE GERMANS, ALWAYS KNOWN FOR THEIR CREATIVITY CAME UP WITH THIS SPECIAL RAT TRAP COVER WITHOUT EVER INFORMING ZAPPA ABOUT IT AND RELEASED IT. NOW IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT FRANK WENT ON A TOUR OF EUROPE IN 1970 AND WHILE IN GERMANY ON A TV SHOW, THE GUY SHOWED FRANK A COPY OF THIS RAT TRAP COVER. [ I HAVE THE VIDEO OF THAT GERMAN TV SEGMENT ], WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY FRANK GOT REALLY PISSED OFF, HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS RAT TRAP COVER BEING RELEASED AND WENT TO THE RECORD COMPANY OVER THERE SHORTLY AFTER THE TV SHOW AND THREATENED TO SUE THEM IF THEY DIDN'T STOP MANUFACTURING THAT COVER. OF COURSE THEY QUIT MAKING IT BUT NOT UNTILL A FEW HUNDRED WERE ALREADY ON THE SHELVES OF RECORD STORES THROUGHOUT GERMANY WAITING TO POLLUTE THE MINDS OF INNOCENT GERMAN CONSUMERS. AND YOU THINK THAT HITLER WASN'T ENOUGH? NOW THEY HAD TO DEAL WITH ZAPPA. IN ANY CASE THIS VERSION IS QUITE RARE. I HAVE BEEN A ZAPPA COLLECTOR FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND I'VE HAD SEVERAL COPIES OF THIS LP. THIS IS MY PERSONAL COPY AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IS THE BEST QUALITY.

LAMINATED COVER HAS A SLIGHT RECORD INDENTATION AND SOME MINOR CREASES. [ THEY ALL DID BECAUSE OF THE LAMINATION ], BUT THIS ONE IS STILL IN PRETTY NICE CONDITION AND STILL RETAINS IT'S SHINE, WHICH MEANS THAT ALL OF THE LAMINATION IS STILL PRESENT ON THE COVER.

THIS VINYL RECORD IS PRESSED ON HEAVY VINYL, SIDE ONE HAS A FEW VERY LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, BUT STILL IS A STRONG VG+, SIDE TWO HAS REALLY ONE DISTINCT SURFACE MARK AND ANOTHER VERY FAINT MARK THAT YOU'D NEED A BRIGHT LIGHT TO FIND. I'D STILL GRADE SIDE TWO AS VG. THE ONE MARK THAT IS VISABLE  DOESN'T EVEN CREATE ANY SURFACE NOISE THAT I COULD HEAR.  [ I PLAYED THAT ENTIRE SIDE FOLKS ], PLAYS GREAT, NICE COPY OF THIS RARE PRESSING. THE RECORD COMES IN A COLLECTORS TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE SO YOU CAN NOW FEEL JUST LIKE A MAJOR COLLECTOR. 

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