Singer: The Mothers Of Invention
Title: Freak Out!
Label: Verve Records ‎– V6-5005-2, Verve Records ‎– V6/5005-2
Type: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Hot Spot Ad
Country: US
Date of released: Jun 1966
Category: Electronic, Rock
Style: Musique Concrète, Avantgarde, Symphonic Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental, Parody
Size MP3 zip: 1308 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1429 mb
Rating: 3.8✭
Format: MP3 AIFF RA WMA AIFF WAV MIDI VOC FLAC

Tracklist

A1	Hungry Freaks, Daddy	3:27
A2	I Ain't Got No Heart	2:30
A3	Who Are The Brain Police?	3:22
A4	Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder	3:31
A5	Motherly Love	2:45
A6	How Could I Be Such A Fool	2:12
B1	Wowie Zowie	2:45
B2	You Didn't Try To Call Me	3:17
B3	Any Way The Wind Blows	2:52
B4	I'm Not Satisfied	2:37
B5	You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here	3:37
C1	Trouble Every Day	6:10
Help, I'm A Rock (Suite In Three Movements)	(8:37)
C2.1	1st Movement: Okay To Tap Dance
C2.2	2nd Movement: In Memoriam, Edgar Varese
C2.3	3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here
The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet In Two Tableaus)	(12:17)
D1.1	I. Ritual Dance Of The Child Killers
D1.2	II. Nullis Pretii (No Commercial Potential)

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
• Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor, Leader – Frank Zappa
• Artwork, Graphics, Text By [Map Insert] – Frank Zappa
• Bass, Guitarrón, Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Roy Estrada
• Drums, Vocals [Also Sings In Some Foreign Language] – Jim Black*
• Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
• Instruments [Hypophone] – Kim Fowley
• Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar [Clear White Light] – Elliot Ingber
• Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Other [Bobby Pin, Tweezers] – Ray Collins
• Performer – Arthur Maebe*, Benjamin Barrett, Carl Franzoni, Carol Kaye, David Wells*, David Anderle, Edwin V. Beach, Emmet Sargeant, Eugene De Novi*, Gene Estes, George Price, John Rotella, Joseph Saxon, Kenneth Watson, Kurt Reher, Neil Le Vang*, Paul Bergstrom, Plas Johnson, Raymond Kelley*, Roy Caton, John Johnson*, Virgil Evans, Vito*
• Producer – Tom Wilson
• Written-By – F. Zappa*, A. Collins* (tracks: A4)

Notes

1st issue, with "Freak Out - Hot Spots" map/poster offer printed on the right-hand inside of the gatefold jacket.

The map was not produced until at least Dec 1966, thus not available until that date (and would have been retrospectively added by the album's owner.) FZ's signature can be seen on the montage, bottom right, as "FVZ 12/66".

"Tableaus" appears as part of the song title on the label for the track on Side D, "Tableaux" appears as part of the song title for the track on the inside of the gatefold.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): SIDE 1 MGS-296 V-6-5005-2 V65005-2 [crossed out] SE 4393-2 [crossed out] V-6 5005 [crossed out]
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): V-6 5005-2 SIDE-2 MGS-297-REV
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side C): V-6-5005-2 SIDE-3 MGS-298-REV
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side D): V-6-5005-2 SIDE-4 MGS-299-REV

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2683 004	The Mothers Of Invention*	Freak Out! ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, Gat)	Verve Records	2683 004	UK	Unknown
YSR 001	The Mothers Of Invention*	Freak Out! ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Yellow Snow Records	YSR 001	Luxembourg	2010
ZR 3834	The Mothers Of Invention*	Freak Out! ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Zappa Records	ZR 3834	Russia	2012
V6-5005-2, V6/5005-2, V/V6-5005-2	The Mothers Of Invention*	Freak Out! ‎(2xLP, Album, RP)	Verve Records, Verve Records, Verve Records	V6-5005-2, V6/5005-2, V/V6-5005-2	US	1966
TZAPPA 1	The Mothers Of Invention*	Freak Out! ‎(Cass, Album)	Zappa Records	TZAPPA 1	UK	1985

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