The Mothers Of Invention* – We're Only In It For The Money

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Label:	Verve Records – V-5045
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Mono
Country:	Australia
Released:	1968
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Parody

Tracklist

A1	Are You Hung Up	1:23
A2	Who Needs The Peace Corps	2:34
A3	Concentration Moon	2:32
A4	Mom And Dad	2:16
A5	Bow Tie Daddy	1:22
A6	Harry, You're A Beast	1:22
A7	What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?	1:03
A8	Absolutely Free	3:26
A9	Flower Punk	3:57
A10	Hot Poop	0:16
B1	Nasal Retentive Caliope Music	2:00
B2	Let's Make The Water Turn Black	1:54
B3	The Idiot Bastard Son	3:27
B4	Lonely Little Girl	1:10
B5	Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance	1:33
B6	What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise)	1:03
B7	Mother People	2:30
B8	The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny	6:30

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Phonogram Recordings Pty. Limited
Copyright © – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Made By – Phonogram Recordings Pty. Limited
Lacquer Cut At – ARC, Artarmon – MX156329

Credits

Arranged By, Composed By, Conductor – Frank Zappa
Artwork [Plaster Figures And All Other Artwork] – Cal Schenkel
Bass, Vocals, Other [Asthma] – Roy Estrada
Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Other [Indian Of The Group] – Jimmy Carl Black
Drums, Vocals, Other [Yak & Black Lace Underwear] – Billy Mundi
Executive-Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Edited By, Other [Weirdness] – Frank Zappa
Other [Cheerful Interruptions] – Dick Kunc
Other [Has Graciously Consented To Speak To You In Several Critical Area] – Eric Clapton
Other [Retired] – Don Preston
Other [Wants You To Turn Your Radio Around] – Spider
Photography By – Jerrold Schatzberg*
Piano, Woodwind, Other [Wholesome] – Ian Underwood
Producer – Frank Zappa
Saxophone, Other [Weirdness & Teen Appeal] – Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood*
Sounds [Snorks] – Dick Barber
Voice [Creepy Whispering] – Gary Kellgren
Voice [Telephone] – Suzy Creamcheese
Woodwind, Voice [Mumbled Weirdness] – Bunk Gardner

Notes

Mono equivalent of We're Only In It For The Money

One cover for mono and stereo (mono printed top right on reverse of sleeve):
Mono: V-5045
Stereo: V6-5045
Black/silver labels
Track B1, Nasal Retentive Caliope Music, is mis-spelled on label but, spelled correctly as 'Calliope' on cover.
Bottom of back cover states "Made and Distributed in Australia by PHONOGRAM RECORDINGS PTY. LIMITED
Distributors of Philips, Mercury, Fontana, Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft, Polydor, Archiv, Caedmon, Heliodor, Zodiac, MGM, and Verve

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): MX156329
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): MX156329
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): V5045-1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): V5045-2
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	We're Only In It For The Money (LP, Album, Stereo, MGM Pressing, Gatefold)	Verve Records	V6-5045X, V6-5045, V/V6 5045X	US	1968
Recently Edited	We're Only In It For The Money (LP, Album, Stereo, Loew's Incorporated Division)	Bizarre Records	710 012		1968
Recently Edited	We're Only In It For The Money (LP, Album, Mono, Gatefold)	Verve Records	VLP 9199, VLP. 9199	UK	1968
Recently Edited	We're Only In It For The Money (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Verve Records	V6 5045X, V6 5045, V/V6 5045X	Canada	1968
New Submission	We're Only In It For The Money (LP, Album, Repress)	Verve Records	V6-5045X, V6-5045	US	1968