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==Players==  
 
==Players==  
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THE MOTHERS TODAY:  
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[[The Mothers]]:
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* [[Frank Zappa]] guitar, piano, lead vocals, weirdness & editing
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*[[Frank Zappa]] (guitar, piano, lead vocals, "weirdness & editing")
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* [[Ian Underwood]] piano, woodwinds, wholesome
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*[[Dick Barber]] ("snorks")
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* [[Don Preston]] keyboards
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*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] ("Indian of the group", drums, trumpet, vocals)
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* [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood]] soprano & baritone saxophone, all purpose weirdness
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*[[Roy Estrada]] (electric bass, vocals, "asthma")
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* [[Bunk Gardner]] all woodwinds, mumbled weirdness  
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*[[Bunk Gardner]] (all woodwinds, "mumbled weirdness")
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* [[Roy Estrada]] electric bass, vocals, asthma
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*[[Billy Mundi]] (drums, vocal, "yak & black lace underwear")
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* [[Billy Mundi]] drums, vocal, yak & black lace underwear  
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*[[Don Preston]] (keyboards)
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* [[Jimmy Carl Black]] Indian of the group, drums, trumpet, vocals
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*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood]] (soprano & baritone saxophones, "all purpose weirdness")
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* [[Pamela Zarubica]] aka [[Suzy Creamcheese]] telephone
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*[[Ian Underwood]] (piano, woodwinds, "wholesome")
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* [[Dick Barber]] SNORKS
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*[[Pamela Zarubica]] aka [[Suzy Creamcheese]] ("telephone")
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* [[Arthur Barrow]] 1984 mix new bass tracks
 
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* [[Chad Wackerman]] 1984 mix new drum tracks
 
  
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ALSO:  
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Also:
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* [[Gary Kellgren]] creepy whispering
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*[[James "Spider" Barbour|Spider]] ("is the one who wants you to turn your radio around")
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* [[Dick Kunc]] cheerful interruptions
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*[[Eric Clapton]] ("has graciously consented to speak to you in several critical area")
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* [[Eric Clapton]] has graciously consented to speak to you in several critical area
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*[[Gary Kellgren]] ("creepy whispering")
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* [[James "Spider" Barbour|Spider]] is the one who wants you to turn your radio around
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*[[Dick Kunc]] ("cheerful interruptions")
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* [[Ronnie Williams]] backwards voice
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*[[Sid Sharp]] (orchestral segments conductor)
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* [[Vicki]] telephone  
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*[[Vicki]] ("telephone ")
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*[[Ronnie Williams]] (backwards voice)
  
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ORCHESTRAL SEGMENTS conducted by [[Sid Sharp]].
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[[Wikipedia:Overdubbing|Overdubs]] on the 1984 [[Wikipedia:Remix|remix]]:
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*[[Arthur Barrow]] (bass)
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*[[Chad Wackerman]] (drums)
  
 
==Tracks==  
 
==Tracks==  

Revision as of 12:48, 4 June 2007

Album History
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We're Only In It For The Money
Released March 1968
See also:
The Old Masters, Box I
Threesome No. 1
Money Demos

Players

The Mothers:

Also:

Overdubs on the 1984 remix:

Tracks

  1. Are You Hung Up? (01:24)
  2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (02:34)
  3. Concentration Moon (02:22)
  4. Mom & Dad (02:16)
  5. Telephone Conversation (00:49)
  6. Bow Tie Daddy (00:33)
  7. Harry, You're a Beast (01:21)
  8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (01:03)
  9. Absolutely Free (03:24)
  10. Flower Punk (03:04)
  11. Hot Poop (00:27)
  12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (02:03)
  13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (02:01)
  14. The Idiot Bastard Son (03:19)
  15. Lonely Little Girl (01:10)
  16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (01:33)
  17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (00:57)
  18. Mother People (02:26)
  19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (06:25)

Release Notes

Originally released in September 1968.
Basic sessions: Mayfair Studios, NYC, August-September, 1967; Engineer: Gary Kellgren.
Final recordings & re-mix: Apostolic Studios, NYC, October, 1967; Engineer: Dick Kunc.
Orchestral segments: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, February, 1967.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Executive producer: Tom Wilson.
Photography: Jerrold Schatzberg.
Fashions: Tiger Morse.
Plaster figures & all other artwork: Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

Background Information

Cover art: the "Money List!"



Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Cover

We're Only In It For The Money (Ryko RCD 10503)

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
4 0
Demo
Acetate 		1? LP   Unreleased None   Bootlegs do exist
(see Money Demos)
1.1
Original
Stereo,
Heavily
Censored 		1 LP MGM Verve
V6-5045X 		1968-03-04 None   US edition. Blue Verve label.
1.2
Original
Mono,
Heavily
Censored 		1 LP MGM Verve
V-5045 		      US edition.
1.3
Original
Stereo
Partly
Censored 		1 LP MGM Verve
V6-5045X 		? None   US 2nd edition. Black Verve label.
2
Important
Remix,
Uncensored 		1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 7777-3 		1985-04-19     Included in The Old Masters, Box I set.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40024 		1986 0144314002425?
0014431002427?
(not printed) 		  US edition, AAD, coupled with Lumpy Gravy.
Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-CD40024 SOI01
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 13 		1988-12? 5016583601324   UK edition, coupled with Lumpy Gravy.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5023 		1994-10-26 4988112405264   Japanese edition, coupled with Lumpy Gravy.
1.3
Original
Stereo,
Partly
Censored 		1 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10503 		1995-04-18 0014431050343   US edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10503 		1995-04-18 0014431050329   US edition.
1 LP Rykodisc
RALP 10503 		1995-05-02 0014431050312?   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5104 		1995-09-25 4988112406988   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5239 		1996-05-24 4988112408395   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1206 		2001-09-21 4988112412620   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40582/3 		2002-03-21 None   Included in the Threesome No. 1 box set. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8736 DISCTRONICS RCD 10503 02
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10594 		2005-07-19 0014431059421   = VideoArts VACK 1206, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
1.3a[1]
Original
Stereo
Slight
Remaster,
Partly
Censored 		1 CD MFSL
UDCD 764 		2005-08-23 0821797076463   24 Karat Gold CD.

Notes

  1. According to the Zappa Patio, the MFSL UDCD 764 Gold CD was made from the Ryko tapes but has a different Equalization.
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