The Mothers Of Invention* – Freak Out!

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Label:	Verve Records – V/V6-500502
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Bloomfield Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1966
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Parody

Tracklist

A1	Hungry Freaks, Daddy	3:27
A2	I Ain't Got No Heart	2:30
A3	Who Are The Brain Police?	3:22
A4	Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder	3:31
A5	Motherly Love	2:45
A6	How Could I Be Such A Fool	2:12
B1	Wowie Zowie	2:45
B2	You Didn't Try To Call Me	3:17
B3	Any Way The Wind Blows	2:52
B4	I'm Not Satisfied	2:37
B5	You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here	3:37
C1	Trouble Every Day	6:10
	Help, I'm A Rock (Suite In Three Movements)	(8:37)
C2.1	1st Movement: Okay To Tap Dance
C2.2	2nd Movement: In Memoriam, Edgar Varese
C2.3	3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here
	The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet In Two Tableaus)	(12:17)
D1.1	I. Ritual Dance Of The Child Killers
D1.2	II. Nullis Pretii (No Commercial Potential)

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Pressed By – MGM Custom Pressing Division

Credits

Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Leader, Music Director [Musical Director] – Frank Zappa
Artwork, Graphics, Text By [Map Insert] – Frank Zappa
Bass, Guitarrón, Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Roy Estrada
Drums, Vocals [Also Sings In Some Foreign Language] – Jim Black*
Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Instruments [Hypophone] – Kim Fowley
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar [Clear White Light] – Elliot Ingber
Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Other [Bobby Pin, Tweezers] – Ray Collins
Performer – Vito*
Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
Written-By – A. Collins* (tracks: A4)

Notes

1st generation cover with the "Freak Out - Hot Spots" map offer printed inside gatefold.
MGM Bloomfield pressing indicated by the block-shaped "S" stamp in runouts.

Same label layout and pressing ring as: The Mothers - Freak Out! which has 2nd gen cover lacking the map offer.
Another very similar label variation exists with small pressing ring.

"Zappa" as credited on labels. "Third Story Music" credit printed on 2 lines.
"Return Of The Son..." song title is listed with "Tableaus" on label and "Tableaux" on cover, inside gatefold.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): ⎎
Pressing Plant ID (Scribed in runouts): MGS
Matrix / Runout (Label A): MGS 296
Matrix / Runout (Label B): MGS 297
Matrix / Runout (Label C): MGS 298
Matrix / Runout (Label D): MGS 299
Matrix / Runout (Runout A): V6-5005-2 SiDE-1 MGS-296-RE-4 12 ⎎
Matrix / Runout (Runout B): V6-5005-2 S-2 MGS-297 REV-RE-1 11 F.B.C. ⎎
Matrix / Runout (Runout C): V6-5005-2 SiDE-3 MGS-298-REV-RE-1 14 ⎎
Matrix / Runout (Runout D): V6-5005 SiDE-4 MGS-299-REV RE-1 13 ⎎

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Freak Out! (2×LP, Album, Mono, Hot Spot Ad)	Verve Records	V-5005-2	US	1966
Recently Edited	Freak Out! (2×LP, Album, Promo, Mono)	Verve Records	V/5005-2	US	1966
	Freak Out! (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Hot Spot Ad, H.V. Waddell Press)	Verve Records	V6-5005-2, V6/5005-2, V/V6-5005-2	US	1966
	Freak Out! (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Hot Spot Ad)	Verve Records	V6-5005-2, V6 5005-2	Canada	1966
Recently Edited	Freak Out! (2×LP, Album, Repress)	Verve Records	V6-5005-2, V6/5005-2, V/V6-5005-2	US	1966