The Mothers – Absolutely Free

The Mothers

The Mothers –Absolutely Free

1967

Version Information

Label
Zappa Records
Catalog number
ZR 3835-1
Original year
1967
Version year
2017
Region
US
Format

1 x Vinyl
LP

1 x Vinyl
LP
Single Sided
Etched

Version notes

50th Anniversary Release, 180 Gram Double LP Edition
All analog mastering from the original 1967 tape at , 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 . 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.

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

Tracklist

Absolutely Free (#1 In A Series Of Underground Oratorios)

A1.Plastic People 3:42
A2a.The Duke Of Prunes 2:13
A2b.Amnesia Vivace 1:01
A2c.The Duke Regains His Chops 1:52
A3a.Call Any Vegetable 2:15
A3b.Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin 7:00
A3c.Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side #1 1:40

The M.O.I. American Pageant (#2 In A Series Of Underground Oratorios)

B1.America Drinks 1:53
B2.Status Back Baby 2:54
B3.Uncle Bernie's Farm 2:10
B4.Son Of Suzy Creamcheese 1:34
B5.Brown Shoes Don't Make It 7:30
B6.America Drinks & Goes Home 2:45

Bonus Section

C1.Absolutely Free Radio Ad #1 1:01
C2.Why Don’tcha Do Me Right? (1967 Single - Mono) 2:39
C3.Big Leg Emma (1967 Single - Mono) 2:32
C4.Absolutely Free Radio Ad #2 1:01
C5.“Glutton For Punishment…” 0:24
C6.America Drinks (1969 Re-Mix) 1:55
C7.Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (1969 Re-Mix) 7:27
C8.America Drinks & Goes Home (1969 Re-Mix) 2:42

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