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The Mothers of Invention : Absolutely Free
A chronological listing of Frank Zappa music issued on vinyl records and compact discs.
Copyright © 2003-2024 by Carl Bennett. All Rights Reserved.

••• = Essential tracks.

Release Date

Record Label
[Country]
Catalog Number Format /
Sides
Album Title /
Track Listing
Audio /
Matrix
26 March or 26 May? 1967 Verve [US] V 5013 [mono] (blue and silver label);
V65013 [stereo] (blue and silver label)
33-1/3 RPM
LP
Absolutely Free Mono and Stereo

Cover design, art, layout, notes, etc.: Frank Zappa
Cover photograph: Alice Ochs

Side One 1. Plastic People (3:42)
2. The Duke of Prunes (2:13)
3. Amnesia Vivace (1:01)
4. The Duke Regains His Chops (1:50)
5. Call Any Vegetable (2:20)
6. Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin (7:00)
7. Soft-Sell Conclusion and End of Side One (1:40)
unknown
Side Two 1. America Drinks (1:53)
2. Status Back Baby (2:54)
3. Uncle Bernie’s Farm (2:11)
4. Son of Suzy Cheamcheese (1:34)
5. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (7:30)
6. America Drinks and Goes Home (2:46)
unknown

Frank Zappa: guitar and vocals; Ray Collins: vocals, tambourine, prune; Jim Fielder: guitar; Don Preston: keyboards; Bunk Gardner: woodwinds; Roy Estrada: bass; Jimmy Carl Black: drums; Billy Mundi: drums and percussion; Jim ‘Motorhead’ Sherwood: soprano and baritone saxophones; with James Getsoff: violin; Marshall Sosson: violin; Alvin Dinkin: viola; Armond Kaproff: cello; Don Ellis: trumpet; John Rotella: contrabass clarinet; Lisa Cohen: the voice of Suzy Creemcheese; Herb Cohen: cash register machine; Terry Gilliam and girlfriend: voices.

Produced by Tom Wilson. Director of engineering: Val Valentin. Recording engineer: Ami Hadani. Remix engineer: David Greene. Recorded at Sunset-Highland Studios of TTG on 15-18 November 1966. All songs written by Frank Zappa.

 
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