The Mothers Of Invention* – Freak Out!

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Label:	Verve Records – 2683 004
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	UK
Released:	Dec 1971
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	6:16
	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 Tableaux)	12:17
D1.1	Ritual Dance Of The Child-Killers
D1.2	Nullis Pretii (No Commercial Potential)

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
Marketed By – Polydor
Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd.

Credits

Bass Guitar, Guitarrón, Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Roy Estrada
Design [Cover] – Jack Anesh
Drums, Vocals [In Some Foreign Language] – Jim Black*
Engineer [Director] – Val Valentin
Engineer [Sound Engineer At T T G] – Tom Hidley
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Cello – Raymond Kelley*
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Clarinet, Saxophone – John Rotella
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Copyist – Roy Caton
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], French Horn – George Price
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], French Horn, Tuba – Arthur Maebe*
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Guitar – Neil LeVang
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Guitar [12 String] – Carol Kaye
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Percussion – Kenneth Watson*
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Piano – Gene DiNovi
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Piano [Uncredited] – Mac Rebennack
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Saxophone, Flute – Plas Johnson
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Trombone – David Wells*
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Trumpet – Virgil Evans
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Tuba – John Johnson*
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Violin – David Anderle
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Vocals [Hypophone] – Kim Fowley
Featuring [Mothers' Auxiliary], Voice Actor [Freak] – Vito Paulekas
Guitar [Uncredited], Vocals [Uncredited], Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Frank Zappa
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar [With Clear White Light] – Elliot Ingber
Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Effects [Bobby Pin & Tweezers] – Ray Collins
Photography By [Cover] – Ray Leong
Producer – Tom Wilson (2)

Notes

One of the earliest double album packages in the history of rock music [competing with 'Blonde On Blonde'], first released in USA July 1966.
This is the first UK double-album issue of the original recording (Stereo only) December 1971.
Labels have "TWO RECORD SET-RECORD No.#" in 1 line on right side of label / MADE UNDER LICENCE...
Records sided 1/2/3/4
Labels: MS Frank Zappa Music: 3 lines

Gatefold un-laminated cover: Verve logo to front & back.
2683 004 SELECT on back top-right & "Marketed by Polydor" bottom left. See images.
Vinyl (black/silver labels) packaged in punched poly-lined paper bags; 2352 023 & 2352 024 respectively.

Made in Gt. Britain

Barcode and Other Identifiers

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Matrix / Runout (LP1 Catalog number ): 2352 023
Matrix / Runout (LP2 Catalog number ): 2352 024
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped runout [variant 1]): 2352023 A//1∇420 113
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped runout [variant 1]): 2352023 B//1∇420 113
Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped runout [variant 1]): 2352024 A//1∇420 113
Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped runout [variant 1]): 2352024 B//1∇420 12 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped runout [variant 2]): 2352023 A//1∇420 1 1 2 06
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped runout [variant 2]): 2352023 B//1∇420 1 1 2 06
Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped runout [variant 2]): 2352024 A//1∇420 1 1 4 06
Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped runout [variant 2]): 2352024 B//1∇420 1 1 1 06
Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped runout [variant 3]): 2352023 A//1∇420 11 6 06
Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped runout [variant 3]): 2352024 B//1∇420 11 4 06
Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped runout [variant 3]): 2352024 A//1∇420 1 1 2 06
Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped runout [variant 3]): 2352024 B//1∇420 1 21 1 06

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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