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Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention Mothermania (The Best of the Mothers) UK 1972 LP Verve Records Catalogue Number 2352 017

1st UK pressing with an unbanded, Black Label Verve LP with A1, B1 matrix numbers

Mothermania is a collection of previously released tunes culled from the first three Motheris of Invention albums. So why bother? Well, it's the only early collection actually compiled by Frank Zappa. Verve released a bunch of early compilations without permission, but more importantly, this is the only place you can hear some of these mixes and edits. Many of the tunes from Freak Out! appear in different mixes, while "It Can't Happen Here" plays through without the interruptions of the Freak Out! version. The We're Only In It For The Money tracks might be even more interesting. The backwards snippet that closes side one of the original WOIIFTM album was a censored verse from "Mother People," and Mothermania is the only place you can hear the original uncensored version of the song. The version of "Idiot Bastard Son" has an otherwise unheard instrumental introduction and a VERY different mix, and plays through without the edits and interruptions of the WOIIFTM version. Mothermania could hardly be called essential, but it does have some really interesting material that any hardcore fan of Zappa's early years would want to hear.

Tracklisting

Side 1

1. Brown Shoes Don't Make It

2. Mother People

3. Duke Of Prunes

4. Call Any Vegetable

5. The Idiot Bastard Son

Side 2

1. It Can't Happen Here

2. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here

3. Who Are The Brain Police

4. Plastic People

5. Hungry Freaks, Daddy

6. America Drinks & Goes Home

Sleeve VG (Scruffy). Record VG++ (few light scuffs, plays great)

P&P UK £4.00 Overseas at cost