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Tracklisting & More Information
This was the first Mothers album to be released in the UK in its intended format, although it was a different edit to the original US pressings. This is the heavily censored version, more so than the US second pressing.
It has all the following censorships (the first three were the original US version, the other five were added for certain later versions):
Harry, You're a Beast:- The 'Don't come in me, in me' section was partially forwards, partially backwards, and shuffled as well. [01:06-01:13]. Due to the edit's complexity, it is likely Zappa's own work.
Mother People:- The lines 'Better look around before you say you don't care, / Shut your fuckin' mouth about the length of my hair, / How would you survive / If you were alive, / Shitty little person?' were cut out, and replaced with 'Lemme take a minute and tell you my plan, / Lemme take a minute and tell who I am, / If it doesn't show, / Think you'd better know, / I'm another person', taken from earlier in the song. [This happens at 00:58-01:03.] (However, the cut lines were still on the record, backwards, at the end of side one in a track called 'Hot Poop', but if you reverse the reversed version and listen to it, you'll find that even there, the word 'fuckin' has been edited out. The stereo balance on the 'Hot Poop' excerpt is also reversed compared with the actual song. This is also likely to be Zappa's own decision.
Concentration Moon:- The line 'Also, at the same time, I get to work with the Velvet Underground, which is as shitty a group as Frank Zappa's group' was cut from Gary Kellgren's whispering [01:13]. As at least some copies escaped without this edit & this edit is different on the heavily censored versions. It is possible that this was either a last-minute edit on the US master and/or a record company decision.
Who Needs the Peace Corps?:- The 'kick the shit out of me on the street' bit was censored.
Absolutely Free:- The word 'balling' was censored from 'I don't do publicity balling for you anymore' & the words 'flower power sucks' were cut, although the echoes of the word 'sucks' can still be heard under the following verse.
Let's Make the Water Turn Black - The lines 'And I still remember Mama with her apron and her pad / Feeding all the boys at Ed's Café' were inexplicably cut out. Apparently someone at Verve thought that the word 'pad' referred to a sanitary napkin!
Hot Poop - The backwards Mother People verse was cut so that Hot Poop was reduced to Gary Kellgren's whispering and a snork. Crazy obsessives will be thrilled to note that this snork is, in fact, a different snork than the one on the regular version.
This is a reverse print of the Sgt Pepper cover layout [as apparently someone with a surname starting 'McC' objected to the parody] with the group photo on the front & the lyrics & collage picture inside. The internal flipbacks are still secure & the bottom of the left inside has the 'Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd' text [later sleeves were matt & not made by G&L].
If you've not got it, you want it.
If you have it, then you need it as this is probably different to the one you already have.
If you already have this, but it's wrecked, then you really should upgrade your copy with this one.
If you think you don't want it & you haven't got it, then there's a hole in your collection that you really should fill with this to retain your standing in the community.
As to whether this is Phase One of Lumpy Gravy .... Watch this space!
Tracklisting :-
Are You Hung Up?
Who Needs The Peace Corps?
Concentration Moon
Mom & Dad Telephone Conversation
Bow Tie Daddy
Harry, You're A Beast
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
Absolutely Free
Flower Punk
Hot Poop
Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
Let's Make The Water Turn Black
The Idiot Bastard Son
Lonely Little Girl [titled 'It's His Voice On The Radio' on the sleeve]
Take Off Your Clothes When You Dance
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)
Mother People
The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
But then you already knew that, didn't you :-)
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