Frank Zappa Lumpy Gravy LP Vinyl Verve Records V6-8741 Gatefold 1968

Label:
Verve Records – V6-8741, Verve Records – V/ V6 8741
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, MGM Pressing
Country:
US
Released:
May 1968
Genre:
Electronic, Rock
Style:
Musique Concrète, Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde
A
Lumpy Gravy-Part I
Written-By – Frank Zappa
15:45
B
Lumpy Gravy-Part II
Written-By – Frank Zappa
15:56
Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Manufactured By – MGM Records Division
Record Company – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Pressed By – MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Mastered At – MGM Custom Pressing Division
Published By – Third Story Music
Bass – Bob West, Chuck Berghofer, Jimmy Bond, John Balkin, Lyle Ritts*
Conductor – Francis Vincent Zappa*, Sid Sharp*
Drums – Frankie Capp*, Johnny Guerin*, Shelly Manne
Engineer [Magnificently] – Dick Kunc
French Horn – Arthur Maebe*, Richard Parisi*, Vincent De Rosa*
Guitar – Al Viola, Dennis Budimer*, Jim Haynes (2), Tommy Tedesco, Tony Rizzi
Liner Notes [Put Together By] – Cal Schenkel
Percussion [Gongs, Bells, Vibes, Marimba, Timpani, Timbales & Assorted Insanity] – Alan Estes, Emil Richards, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman
Performer – Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*
Piano, Celesta, Electric Harpsichord – Lincoln Mayorga, Mike Lang, Paul Smith (5), Pete Jolly
Producer – Frank Zappa
Strings – Alexander Koltun, Arnold Belnick, Bernard Kundell, Harold G. Bemko*, Harry Hyams, James Getzoff, Jerome A. Kessler*, Jesse Ehrlich, Joseph DiFiore, Joseph Saxon, Leonard Selic, Phillip Goldberg*, Ralph Schaeffer, Raymond J. Kelly*, Tibor Zelig, William Kurasch
Trombone – Kenneth Shroyer*
Trumpet – Jimmy Zito*
Woodwind [Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Eb Clarinet, Bb Ckarubetm Bass Clarinet, Contrabass, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Bass Sax, Bassoon & Contrabassoon] – Bunk Gardner, Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, John Rotella, Jules Jacob, Ted Nash (2)
Early stereo pressing variant of original US release.
Can be differentiated from the other similar versions by
an alternate typesetting layout used on labels.
First cat. # on front, spine & labels.
Second cat. # inside gatefold.
A curiously inconsistent piece which started out as a ballet but probably didn't make it.
In the text balloon on the back cover Frank Zappa Says : "Is this phase two of : We're only in it for the money?"
This release has a single pressing ring @ 31mm. It has a stamped "block-shaped" letter "S" in the runouts.
These characteristics are indicative of an MGM pressed record from their pressing plant that was in Bloomfield, N.J.
Etched in runouts show "MGS" denoting that it was mastered at this plant: MGM Custom Pressing Division
"Lumpy Gravy" regular vinyl releases were not issued with blue "Verve Records" labels at all. Just the black labels.
Excluding "promos" & "test pressings", just regular issues.
Releases from the Bloomfield plant are known to be called "East Coast" pressings.
Note inside gatefold, all the way to the right: "This Album Was Recorded In February Of 1967"
Runouts are etched except '12, 11, [block-shaped S]' are stamped.
Matrix / Runout: BMI
Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in runouts): [block-shaped S]
Matrix / Runout (Label A): MGS-1068
Matrix / Runout (Label B): MGS-1069
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): V6-8741 SIDE-1 MGS-1068-1 [block-shaped S]
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): V6-8741 SIDE-2 MGS-1069-1 [block-shaped S]
Notes: The cover and vinyl on this record have wear typical of a used record of the age of the release. There are minor imperfections on the vinyl that may translate into noise based on the configuration of each individual turntable.  The cover may have some wear.   Please be sure to inspect the pictures in the listing to confirm that this record is in acceptable condition for you. And please ask questions before buying. I test play anything that has any small scratches or marks.