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

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Label:	Verve Records – V/V6 5045X
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold
Country:	Canada
Released:	1968
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Musique Concrète

Tracklist

A1	Are You Hung Up?	1:23
A2	Who Needs The Peace Corps?	2:34
A3	Concentration Moon	2:32
A4	Mom & 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.

Engineered At – Mayfair Recording Studios
Engineered At – Apostolic Studios
Produced For – MGM
Produced For – Verve Records
Produced For – Bizarre Productions
Copyright © – Frank Zappa Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Third Story Music, Inc.
Manufactured By – Quality Records Limited
Distributed By – Quality Records Limited
Licensed From – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Credits

Artwork [Plaster Figures & All Other Artwork] – Cal Schenkel
Conductor – Sid Sharpe*
Costume Designer [Fashions] – Tiger Morse
Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Other [Indian Of The Group] – Jimmy Carl Black
Drums, Vocals, Other [Yak & Black Lace Underwear] – Billy Mundi
Electric Bass, Vocals, Other [Asthma] – Roy Estrada
Engineer [Mayfair Studios], Voice [Creepy Whispering] – Gary Kellgren
Engineer [Record & Re-mix, Apostolic Studios], Other [Cheerful Interruptions] – Dick Kunc
Executive-Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
Guitar, Piano, Lead Vocals, Other [Weirdness], Edited By, Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor, Producer, Concept By [Conceived] – Frank Zappa
Management – Herb Cohen
Other [Retired] – Don Preston
Other [Wants You To Turn Your Radio Around] – Spider
Photography By – Jerrold Schatzberg*
Piano, Woodwind, Other [Wholesome] – Ian Underwood
Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Other [All Purpose Weirdness & Teen Appeal] – Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood*
Sounds [Snorks] – Dick Barber
Speech [Has Graciously Consented To Speak To You In Several Critical Area] – Eric Clapton
Voice [Telephone] – Suzy Creamcheese
Woodwind [All], Vocals [Mumbled Weirdness] – Bunk Gardner

Notes

V6 5045X on spine and back cover.
V6 5045 on labels.
V/V6 5045X on inner gatefold.

The cover of this version reads "Printed in Canada" on the back cover, and "Manufactured and Distributed in Canada by Quality Records Limited" on the inside gatefold. Frank's speech balloon has just a black outline but no white background.
The Mothers - We're Only In It For The Money reads "Printed in Canada" on the back cover, but does not have the "Quality Records Limited" text on the inside gatefold.

This version has the Velvet Underground comment intact.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A Etching): V6-5045 S1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Etching): V6-5045 S2

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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