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| Released March 1968 | |
| See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box I The Lumpy Money Project/Object Threesome No. 1 Money Demos | |
We're Only In It For The Money is a 1968 album by The Mothers of Invention. The cover of We're Only In It For the Money spoofed the cover of the Beatles' 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Players
- Frank Zappa (guitar, piano, lead vocals, "weirdness & editing")
- Dick Barber ("snorks")
- Jimmy Carl Black ("Indian of the group", drums, trumpet, vocals)
- Roy Estrada (electric bass, vocals, "asthma")
- Bunk Gardner (all woodwinds, "mumbled weirdness")
- Billy Mundi (drums, vocal, "yak & black lace underwear")
- Don Preston (keyboards)
- Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood (soprano & baritone saxophones, "all purpose weirdness")
- Ian Underwood (piano, woodwinds, "wholesome")
- Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese ("telephone")
Also:
- Spider ("is the one who wants you to turn your radio around")
- Eric Clapton ("has graciously consented to speak to you in several critical area")
- Gary Kellgren ("creepy whispering")
- Dick Kunc ("cheerful interruptions")
- Sid Sharp (orchestral segments conductor)
- Vicki ("telephone ")
- Ronnie Williams (backwards voice)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
Tracks
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
Zappa said that they began this album with the song "Mom & Dad".[1]
Cover art: the "Money List!".
Conceptual Continuity
Alternate Covers
Initial release
Originally intended as the picture inside the cover but used (because MGM feared litigation by EMI) as the outer sleeve image for the initial release.
Subsequent issues
Later releases would switch the cover images back as originally intended.
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[2] |
1 | LP | MGM Verve V6-5045X |
1968-03-04 | None | US edition. Blue Verve label. Matrix # Side1: V6-5045 SIDE-1 MGS-1250-REV F 34 (stamped) · Side2: V6-5045 SIDE-2 MGS-1251-REV F 23 or 25 (stamped) · | ||
| 1 | LP | MGM Verve SVLP 9199 |
1968-06 or[3] 1968-10 |
None | UK edition. | |||
| 1.2 Original Mono, Heavily Censored[2] |
1 | LP | MGM Verve V-5045 |
1968-03-04? | None | US edition. | ||
| 1 | LP | MGM Verve VLP 9199 |
1968-06 or[3] 1968-10 |
None | UK edition. | |||
| 1.3 Original Stereo, Partly Censored[2] |
1 | LP | MGM Verve V6-5045X |
? | None | US 2nd edition. Blue or Black Verve label. | ||
| 1 | LP | MGM Verve/Polydor 2317 034 |
1972-06[4] | None | UK 2nd edition. | |||
| 2.1 Important Remix, Uncensored[2] |
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 | MSI RCD 40024 |
1990 | Japanese edition, AAD, coupled with Lumpy Gravy. Includes "The Book of We're Only In It For The Money", coupled with "In der Strafkolonie" (by Franz Kafka). | ||||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5023 |
1994-10-26 | 4988112405264 | Japanese edition, coupled with Lumpy Gravy. | |||
| 1.3 Original Stereo, Partly Censored[2] |
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10503 |
1995-04-18 | 0014431050329 | US edition. made from original edited master and other raw mix segments (for better sonics). 1993. | ||
| 1 | CS | Rykodisc RAC 10503 |
1995-04-18 | 0014431050343 | 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 = Rykodisc RCD 10503 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese | |||
| 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[5][6] Original Stereo Slight Remaster, Partly Censored[2] |
1 | CD | MFSL UDCD 764 |
2005-08-23 | 0821797076463 | 24 Karat Gold CD. | ||
| Unknown | 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1320 |
2008-05-21 | 4988112417649 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | ||
| 2.2 Important Remix, Improved Quality[7], Uncensored[2] |
1 | CD | Zappa ZR 20008 (CD1) |
2009-01-21 | n/a | US edition, included in The Lumpy Money Project/Object. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 4150 ZR200081 2A 01 V IFPI L245 | ||
| 1.4 Original Mono, Partly Censored[2] |
1 | CD | Zappa ZR 20008 (CD2) |
2009-01-21 | n/a | US edition, included in The Lumpy Money Project/Object. Matrix # CD2: IFPI 4121 ZR200082 2A 01 V IFPI L245 | ||
| 1.3 Original Stereo, Partly Censored[2] |
1 | CD | Zappa/UMe ZR 3837 |
2012-07-31 | 0824302383728 | US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[8]. Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master. | ||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/UMG Intl 0238372 |
2012-07-31 | 0824302383728 | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3837, manufactured in Germany. | |||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/Universal Music Japan UICY-75353 |
2012-11-28 | 4988005737526 | Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese. | |||
| 1 | LP (180 g) |
Zappa/UMe ZR 3837-1 |
2016-12-09[9] | 0824302383711 | US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016. | |||
| 1 | LP (180 g?) |
Zappa/UMG Intl ZR 3837-1 |
2016-12-09 | 0824302383711 | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3837-1. | |||
| 4M | Unknown mono version | 1 | LP | Zappa/UMe BPR1232 |
2018-11-23 | 0824302383780 | US limited edition (4000 copies[10]), picture disc. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2018. | |
| 1 | LP | Zappa/UMG Intl BPR1232 |
2018-11-23 | 0824302383780 | EU edition, picture disc[11]. |
Notes
- ↑ Pop Chronicles interview, p. 7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 For details on censorship, see Phase 315 of WOIIFTM censorship by Harry de Swart. (DEAD LINK - Archived here)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Depending on the source, released June 1968 (Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720) or October 1968 (Zappa Patio).
- ↑ Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
- ↑ According to the Zappa Patio, the MFSL UDCD 764 Gold CD was made from the Ryko tapes but has a different equalization.
- ↑ "All [MFSL] releases are made from the first generation master tape and mastered at half-speed, allowing for an improved sound quality" — Wikipedia, MFSL article.
- ↑ Enhanced dynamic range and frequency response.
- ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
- ↑ Official announcement at zappa.com
- ↑ The US sticker mentions, 'This package randomly contains one of four different picture discs featuring unseen art from the Vault!'
- ↑ The UK/EU sticker mentions, 'This picture disc variant is exclusive to the UK & Europe and features unseen art from the Vault (different from the U.S. versions!)'
See Also
In 2008, a Dutch magazine Wah-Wah asked some people which record they would like to take to a desert island - for some unexplained reason. The Dutch philosopher, author and philosophy teacher at the University of Rotterdam Jos de Mul and the Belgian author Annelies Verbeke both chose this record.
