The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free

Tracklist

Absolutely Free	19:34
A1	Plastic People	3:40
A2.a	The Duke Of Prunes	2:12
A2.b	Amnesia Vivace	1:01
A2.c	The Duke Regains His Chops	1:45
A3.a	Call Any Vegetable	2:19
A3.b	Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin	6:57
A3.c	Soft-Sell Conclusion & Ending Of Side # 1	1:40
The M.O.I. American Pageant	18:35
B1	America Drinks	1:52
B2	Status Back Baby	2:52
B3	Uncle Bernie's Farm	2:09
B4	Son Of Suzy Creamcheese	1:33
B5	Brown Shoes Don't Make It	7:26
B6	America Drinks & Goes Home	2:43

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Frank Zappa Music
• Published By – Third Story Music
• Manufactured By – MGM Records Division
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Credits

• Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Performer – Frank Zappa
• Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
• Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Ami Hadani
• Engineer [Remix Engineer] – David Greene
• Musician [Musicians] – Billy Mundi, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Jim Black*, Jim Sherwood*, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada
• Photography By [Front Cover Portrait] – Alice Ochs
• Photography By [Others] – Jerry Deiter, Marshal Harmon
• Producer – Tom Wilson

Notes

Categorys: 1st on cover, 2nd on labels.
Gatefold cover. "Clean American Version" printed inside-left, with '$1 libretto' offer.

Silver text on blue Verve labels with big ''T'' logo.
Sides as "Side 1" & "Side 2"
Matrix below label Categorys:
"(MG-672)" A-Side
"(MG-673)" B-Side
Address; "MGM Records - A Division of Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Inc - Made in U.S.A."

"Frank Zappa Music - BMI. A Division of Third Story Music".

Left of Zappa's head the title appears on the cover.

No printing on spine.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Run-out info [hand-etched] side A): V5013 Side 1 MG672
• Matrix / Runout (Run-out info [hand-etched] side B): V5013 Side 2 MG673
• Other (A-Side Matrix On Label): MG-672
• Other (B-Side Matrix On Label): MG-673

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V/V6-5013X, V6-5013	The Mothers Of Invention*	Absolutely Free ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Verve Records, Verve Records	V/V6-5013X, V6-5013	US	1967
RCD 10502	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention*	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention* - Absolutely Free ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10502	US	Unknown
V/V6-5013X-710 006, 710 006	The Mothers Of Invention*	Absolutely Free ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Verve Records, Verve Records	V/V6-5013X-710 006, 710 006	Germany	1967
0238352	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention*	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention* - Absolutely Free ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Zappa Records	0238352	UK & Europe	2012
RCD 10093	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention*	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention* - Absolutely Free ‎(CD, Album, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10093	US	1988

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