tracks

Plastic People
The Duke Of Prunes
Amnesia Vivace
The Duke Regains His Chops
Call Any Vegetable
Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side #1
America Drinks
Status Back Baby
Uncle Bernie's Farm
Son Of Suzy Creamcheese
Brown Shoes Don't Make It
America Drinks & Goes Home
Absolutely Free Radio Ad #1
Why Don’tcha Do Me Right? (1967 Single - Mono)
Big Leg Emma (1967 Single - Mono)
Absolutely Free Radio Ad #2
“Glutton For Punishment…”
America Drinks (1969 Re-Mix)
Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (1969 Re-Mix)
America Drinks & Goes Home (1969 Re-Mix)

notes

50th Anniversary Release, 180 Gram Double LP Edition
All analog mastering from the original 1967 tape at Bernie Grundmand Mastering, Hollywood CA 2017.
Includes "The Complete Libretto" booklet, previously available in 1967 by mail order.
Released in a gatefold cover.

© 1967 ℗ 2017, mmxvii Zappa Family Trust.
Published worldwide Munchkin Music.
This is Official Release #2.

Recorded the week before Thanksgiving, November 1966 in Los Angeles at the Sunset-Highland Studios of T.T.G. Inc.
Edited and re-mixed in New York City at the MGM Studios the following week.

1st disc label has no track titles. They are listed inside the gatefold cover.
2nd disc label has no track titles. They are listed in "The Complete Libretto" booklet.
Side D has laser-etched artwork, no tracks.

European pressings with a white label label attached over the etching on side D.
Furthermore, the page order of the libretto is completely wrong.
The corrected version is The Mothers Of Invention* - Absolutely Free.

Bonus section (Side C):
tracks C1, C4 & C5 © ℗ 2017, previously unreleased
tracks C2 & C3 © 1967 ℗ 1967, 2012, previously released
tracks C6 & C8 © 1967 ℗ 2017, previously unreleased
track C7 © 1967 ℗ 2016, previously released 50th Anniversary Release, 180 Gram Double LP Edition
All analog mastering from the original 1967 tape at Bernie Grundmand Mastering, Hollywood CA 2017.
Includes "The Complete Libretto" booklet, previously available in 1967 by mail order.
Released in a gatefold cover.

© 1967 ℗ 2017, mmxvii Zappa Family Trust.
Published worldwide Munchkin Music.
This is Official Release #2.

Recorded the week before Thanksgiving, November 1966 in Los Angeles at the Sunset-Highland Studios of T.T.G. Inc.
Edited and re-mixed in New York City at the MGM Studios the following week.

1st disc label has no track titles. They are listed inside the gatefold cover.
2nd disc label has no track titles. They are listed in "The Complete Libretto" booklet.
Side D has laser-etched artwork, no tracks.

Corrected Reissue of The Mothers Of Invention* - Absolutely Free, with black [not white] label attached over the etching on side D
and correct page order of the libretto.

Bonus section (Side C):
tracks C1, C4 & C5 © ℗ 2017, previously unreleased
tracks C2 & C3 © 1967 ℗ 1967, 2012, previously released
tracks C6 & C8 © 1967 ℗ 2017, previously unreleased
track C7 © 1967 ℗ 2016, previously released

credits

Artwork [Cover Art, Collages], Layout, Liner Notes – Zappa,
Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – Frank Zappa
Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ami Hadani
Engineer [Remix] – David Greene
Lacquer Cut By – BG,
Layout [Art & Package Restoration] – Michael Mesker
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Musician [The Mothers Today] – Billy Mundi, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Frank Zappa, Jim Black, Jim Sherwood, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada
Photography By [Additional] – Barry Feinstein, David Gahr
Photography By [Front Cover] – Alice Ochs
Photography By [Others] – Jerry Deiter, Marshal Harmon
Producer – Frank Zappa (tracks: C1, C4 to C8), Tom Wilson (2) (tracks: A1 to B6, C2, C3)
Production Manager – Melanie Starks
Reissue Producer [Produced For Release By] – Ahmet Zappa, Joe Travers
Remix – Dick Kunc (tracks: C6 to C8)
Transferred By [96K/24B Digital Transfers] – Joe Travers
Artwork [Cover Art, Collages], Layout, Liner Notes – Zappa,
Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – Frank Zappa
Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ami Hadani
Engineer [Remix] – David Greene
Lacquer Cut By – BG,
Layout [Art & Package Restoration] – Michael Mesker
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Musician [The Mothers Today] – Billy Mundi, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Frank Zappa, Jim Black, Jim Sherwood, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada
Photography By [Additional] – Barry Feinstein, David Gahr
Photography By [Front Cover] – Alice Ochs
Photography By [Others] – Jerry Deiter, Marshal Harmon
Producer – Frank Zappa (tracks: C1, C4 to C8), Tom Wilson (2) (tracks: A1 to B6, C2, C3)
Production Manager – Melanie Starks
Reissue Producer [Produced For Release By] – Ahmet Zappa, Joe Travers
Remix – Dick Kunc (tracks: C6 to C8)
Transferred By [96K/24B Digital Transfers] – Joe Travers

companies

Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
Licensed To – Universal Music Enterprises
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zappa Family Trust
Copyright (c) – Zappa Family Trust
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 44696
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 44697
Published By – Munchkin Music
Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
Edited At – MGM Studios NYC
Remixed At – MGM Studios NYC
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Record Company – Universal International Music B.V.
Licensed To – Universal Music Enterprises
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zappa Family Trust
Copyright (c) – Zappa Family Trust
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 44696
Pressed By – Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH – 44697
Published By – Munchkin Music
Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
Edited At – MGM Studios NYC
Remixed At – MGM Studios NYC
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering

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