Sold Date: February 8, 2014
Start Date: February 1, 2014
Final Price: £63.00 (GBP)
Bid Count: 5
Seller Feedback: 525
Buyer Feedback: 62

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Non-UK bidders/buyers - Please scroll down to read the list of countries I am willing to mail to before placing a bid!!

The price quoted at the top of this listing is for postage within the UK only - 2nd class signed for with a value of up to £45.  If the record goes for more than this it will cost more to post - see below


Mothers of Invention Zappa 1967/8  WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY A1 B1 Verve

I bought this LP new in 1968 and am now selling it as my vinyl record collection has to go - not enough room to house it and I can't keep dragging it around when I move - it's too heavy!!

Interestingly the vinyl is dated 1967 and the sleeve is dated 1968

On the Verve Records label - MADE UNDER LICENCE FROM METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER INC. OWNERS OF THE TRADE MARK 'VERVE'

Matrix numbers:      Side 1 - V5045  A1
                                  Side 2 - V5045 B1

TRACK LISTING and audio review - I have been very critical - pump up the volume and turn down the treble and it sounds great.

SIDE ONE

1.   Are You Hung Up?  plays really well
2.   Who Needs The Peace Corps?  plays really well
3.   Concentration Moon  some faint surface noise
4.   Mom & Dad   some faint surface noise
5.   Bow Tie Daddy   some faint surface noise + 2 clicks
6.   Harry, You're A Beast  faint surface noise
7.   What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?  faint surface noise
8.   Absolutely Free  faint surface noise
9.   Flower Punk  plays really well
10. Hot Poop  plays really well

SIDE TWO

1.  Nasal Retentive Caliope Music  plays well
2.  Let's Make The Water Turn Black  plays well
3.  The Idiot Bastard Son  3 faint clicks
4.  Lonely Little Girl  plays well
5.  Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance  2 faint clicks
6.  What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)  a couple of faint clicks
7.  Mother People  plays well
8.  The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny a click near the start and a faint click near the end


Produced by Frank Zappa for Bizarre Productions

Arranged and conducted by Frank Zappa


MONO!!!

THE COVER   is in overall very good condition. The laminate is still very shiney both outside and inside.  There is wear on the corners.

The front:    is laminated.  There are a few wrinkles at the edges and the opening edge looks a bit grubby where the laminate stops short of going right to the edge by approx 3 mm.

The spine:   is in very good condition

The back:  is in very good condition, again the grubby edge where the laminate stops. A tiny section of the vinyl has lifted on the right hand side next to the spine approx 4cm from the top.

The inside:  is so shiney on both sides that it is very hard to photograph without getting reflections.  Over the years the glue has leached out of the folded over edge at the top causing the inside top edges to stick together.  Consequently there is some damage along these edges.  Please see the photos.  There is also an initial sticker at the bottom right of the left hand side.

THE VINYL:  spindle marks on both sides and another initial sticker on side 1. I've played it all the way through on both sides and there are no jumps or sticking points.  See audio review above by Track Listings.  There are sleeve scuffs and surface scratches on both sides.  Side One has a long scratch where the needle has gone knocked across the surface. [I used to get so annoyed with my hippie visitors who didn't look after my vinyl and banned several people from going anywhere near my stereo system.]  Also a couple of smaller scratches.   However none of this makes any difference to the way it plays.  This was always my favourite Zappa album and I really bought into the philosophy and his political comments.


Line-up / Musicians

- Frank Zappa / vocals, guitar
- Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
- Don Preston / keyboards
- Jimmy Carl Black / drums, vocals
- Ian Underwood / winds, keyboards
- Euclid James `Motorhead` Sherwood / winds
- Billy Mundi / drums
- Bunk Gardner / winds

If you live in the Canterbury/Herne Bay area you are welcome to collect or I could possibly deliver to a convenient venue.

POSTAGE:  I do not charge for packing materials, time spent packing or walking/driving to the Post Office!  Ebay are now taking a postage fee of 10% of whatever a seller charges.  (Thanks to all the greedy sellers who were deliberately making money on the postage they were charging buyers.) 

UK:   I send items with a value of up to £45.00 by 2nd class Recorded/Signed For to UK addresses.   I will only post an item if it has the correct amount of insurance. This means that the actual postage could be more than quoted at the top of this listing.  The following prices for posting one LP in a mailer with a cardboard stiffener are from the Royal Mail's website.

Value up to £45 - postage will be £3.70 for Second Class Signed For

Value between £45 and £100 - postage will be £6.95 for Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1 pm

INTERNATIONAL: I send items by Airsure if it is available, which means that international postage can be very expensive.  I will only post to countries that are listed on the Royal Mail's website as providing a signed for service at point of delivery.  

If you are happy to pay the Airsure postage, I am happy to post to the following countries for the price shown in red:

EU: - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Irish Republic, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
Value of up to £45 postage will be £12
Value of £45 to £500 postage will be £15

Europe: - Andorra, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Value of up to £45 postage will be £12
Value of £45 to £500 postage will be £15

Rest of the World: - Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, USA
Value of up to £45 postage will be £13
Value of £45 to £500 postage will be £15.50

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Please note: PAYPAL only.  I will post out as soon as possible after payment is received and will email once the item is despatched.

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