The MOFO Project/Object (Deluxe Edition)

Album History
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Released December 20065
See also: Freak Out! The MOFO

Players

• FZ (musical director, guitar & vocals)
• Ray Collins (lead vocalist, harmonica, tambourine, finger cymbals, bobby pin & tweezers)
• Jimmy Carl Black (drums, vocals "in some foreign language")
• Roy Estrada (bass, guitarron & "boy soprano")
• Elliot Ingber (alternate lead & rhythm guitar "with clear white light")
• The "Mothers' Auxiliary"

Tracks

Disc 1 Freak Out! Original Vinyl Stereo Mix (Version 1.1)*¹

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:33)
2. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:35)
3. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:26)
4. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (3:43)
5. Motherly Love (2:50)
6. How Could I Be Such A Fool? (2:17)
7. Wowie Zowie (2:56)
8. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:22)
9. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:56)
10. I'm Not Satisfied (2:42)
11. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:42)
12. Trouble Every Day (5:53)
13. Help, I'm A Rock (4:43)
14. It Can't Happen Here (3:59)
15. Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:23)

Disc 2 All Tracks Mono (except *² Stereo)

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Vocal Overdub Take 1 (3:47)
2. Anyway The Wind Blows - Vocal Overdub (2:53)
3. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Vocal Overdub Take 2 (3:48)
4. I Ain't Got No Heart - Vocal Overdub Master Take (2:27)
5. Motherly Love - Vocal Overdub Master Takes (3:09)
6. I'm Not Satisfied - 2nd Vocal Overdub Master Take 2 (Rough Mix) (2:38)
7. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Vocal Overdub Take 1 (Incomplete)/Take 2 (Incomplete) (1:58)
8. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Basic Tracks (3:40)
9. Who Are The Brain Police - Basic Tracks (3:42)
10. How Could I Be Such A Fool? - Basic Tracks (2:24)
11. Anyway The Wind Blows - Basic Tracks (2:48)
12. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Basic Tracks (3:43)
13. I Ain't Got No Heart^* - Basic Tracks (2:36)
14. You Didn't Try To Call Me^* - Basic Tracks (3:01)
15. Trouble Every Day - Basic Tracks (7:11)
16. Help, I'm A Rock - FZ Edit (5:48)
17. Who Are The Brain Police? (Section B)^* - Alternate Take (1:15)
18. Groupie Bang Bang^* - Unreleased track from Freak Out! Sessions (3:51)
19. Hold On To Your Small Tiny Horsies . . . ^* (2:08)

Disc 3 All Tracks Mono³

1. Objects (4:32)
2. Freak Trim (Kim Outs A Big Idea) (5:14)
3. Percussion Insert Session Snoop (3:18)
4. Freak Out Drum Track w/ Timp. & Lion (4:04)
5. Percussion Object 1 & 2 (FZ Edit) (6:01)
6. Lion Roar & Drums from Freak Out (5:36)
7. Vito Rocks The Floor (Greek Out!) (6:09)
8. "Low Budget Rock & Roll Band" (2:14)
9. Suzy Creamcheese (What's Got Into You?) (5:47)
10. Motherly Love (3:12)
11. You Didn't Try To Call Me (4:06)
12. I'm Not Satisfied (2:53)
13. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:37)
14. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (2:32)

Disc 4 All Tracks Stereo (except 5)⁴

1. Wowie Zowie (3:02)
2. Who Are The Brain Police? (Section A, C, B) (4:31)
3. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:37)
4. Cream Cheese (Work Part) (7:57)
5. Trouble Every Day (Single Edit) (2:39)
6. It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania Version) (3:19)

• Interviews excerpts:

7. "Pyschedelic Music" (2:34)
8. "MGM" (1:54)
9. "Dope Fiend Music" (2:06)
10. "How We Made It Sound That Way" (5:08)
11. "Poop Rock" (0:46)
12. "Machinery" (1:00)
13. "Pyschedelic Upholstery" (1:44)
14. "Psychedelic Money" (1:20)

• 1987 FZ Remixes

15. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:39)
16. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:58)
17. Hungry Freaks, Daddy(3:33)

• More Interviews excerpts:

18. "The 'Original' Group" (1:29)
19. "Necessity" (1:18)
20. "Union Scale" (1:46)
21. "25 Hundred Signing Fee" (1:12)
22. "Tom Wilson" (0:33)
23. "My Pet Theory" (2:18)
24. "There Is No Need" (0:43)

Release Notes

The Making Of Freak Out! (MOFO) is a FZ audio documentary.

Liner Notes

Credits:

• Arthur Maebe
• Benjamin Barrett
• Bob Stone - Remixing
• Carl Franzoni
• Carol Kaye
• Chris Riess - Liner Notes
• Dave Wells
• David Anderle
• David Fricke - Liner Notes
• Doug Sax - Remastering
• Edgard Varèse - Author
• Elliot Ingber - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Emmet Sargeant
• Eugene Dinovi
• Frank Zappa - Arranger, Art Direction, Author, Conductor, Executive Producer, Orchestration, Percussion, Producer, Remixing, Text
• Gail Zappa - Producer
• Gene Estes - Percussion
• George Price
• Jack Anesh - Cover Design
• Jim Black - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Joe Travers - Producer, Vault Research
• John "Snakehips" Johnson
• John Polito - Audio Restoration, Mastering
• John Rotella
• Joseph Saxon
• Ken Watson - Percussion
• Kim Fowley
• Kurt Reher
• Melanie Starks - Production Coordination
• Mothers' Auxiliary
• Neil Levang
• Paul Bergstrom
• Plas Johnson
• Ray Collins - , Finger Cymbals, Hair Stylist, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vocals
• Ray Leong - Cover Photo
• Raymond Kelley
• Roy Caton
• Roy Estrada - Bass, Guitarron, Soprano (Vocal)
• Sangwook "Sunny" Nam - Remastering
• Stan Agol - Remixing
• Terry Gilliam
• Tom Wilson - Producer
• Tracy Veal - Art Direction, Layout Design
• Val Valentine - Engineering Director
• Virgil Evans

Background Information

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
77	CD1: Freak Out! Version 1.1 CD2, 3 & 4: MOFO Audio Documentary Version 1.26	4	CD	Zappa ZR 20004	2006-12-115	0824302000427		US limited edition, Digipak with 60 page booklet. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 4121 ZR200041 1W 01 V IFPI L244 ZAPPA.COM D CD2: IFPI 4121 ZR200042 1W 01 V IFPI L244 ZAPPA.COM D CD3: IFPI 4121 ZR200043 1W 01 V IFPI L244 ZAPPA.COM D CD4: IFPI 4121 ZR200044 2W 01 V IFPI L244 ZAPPA.COM D

Notes

1. All Selections Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted by Frank Zappa. Produced by Tom Wilson. Director of Engineering by Val Valentine. Original Cover Design by Jack Anesh. Cover Photo by Ray Leong. With special appreciation to Ami & Tom, the world's most patient engineers, and to the Sunset-Highland Studios of T.T.G. Inc. All compositions by Frank Zappa (#4 is by FZ/Ray Collins) (C) 1966 Munchkin Music (P) 1966/2006 Zappa Records under exclusive license by the Zappa Family Trust. All rights reserved. Remastered 2006 by Doug Sax with Sangwook "Sunny" Nam in Ojai, California.
2. All Recordings Produced by FZ/17, 18, 19 by Tom Wilson. All tracks Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted by Frank Zappa. All selections by FZ published worldwide (C) 1966 Munchkin Music except titles 18 & 19 (C) 2006 Munchkin Music. (P) 2006 Zappa Records under exclusive license by the Zappa Family Trust. All rights reserved. Audio Restoration & Mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, Burbank, CA, 2006.
3. All Recordings by FZ (except Track 9), Tracks 1–8 Produced ba FZ. All Musics Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted/Performed by Frank Zappa. All FZ Titles published worldwide by Munchkin Music, ASCAP. Selections 1–9 (C) 2006 / 10–14 (C) 1966 Munchkin Music & (P) 2006 Zappa Records under exclusive license by the Zappa Family Trust. All Rights reserved. Audio Restoration & Mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, Burbank, CA 2006.
4. All Tracks Produced by FZ (except Track 7–14 & 18–21 are ZFT Masters.) All Musics Arranged, Orchestrated & Conducted by Frank Zappa. (C) 1966 Munchkin Music. All titles (P) 2006 (except Track 5, 1966 & Track 6, 1969) Zappa Records under exclusive license by the Zappa Family Trust. All Rights reserved. Audio Restoration & Mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, Burbank, CA 2006.
5. "We have it on good authority that MOFO will begin shipping today after 3:00 pm Easter Standard Time. Therefore, Pre-order closes today. Music is the Best!" — Gail Zappa on the Zappa Forum, December 11th, 2006. Shipment confirmation emails from Musictoday were sent on December 12th.
6. CD2 tracks 3, 5, 12, 13, 14, CD3 tracks 4, 8 and CD4 tracks 17, 24 & 25 are also available on The MOFO Project/Object.

See Also

• Freak Out!
• The MOFO Project/Object - 2 disc edition
• Official Announcement at Zappa.com
• Artwork Detailed Pictures