STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - TRANSPARENCY

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Great Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we wish a Happy 80th Birthday to former bassist/vocalist, Roy Estrada, best known for his work in Little Feat, Captain Beefhart's Magic Band, and the Mother's Of Invention. He is currently incarcerated in Texas as a sex offender, but as I've said before, even criminals get Birthdays on this page. With him on on minds, we find this compilation album from Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Transparency, turning on our table. The LP was released in 1975 on the Polydor label as a sampler after the company took over distribution of the Verve catalogue and reissued those albums. It collects tracks from Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For The Money, Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, Lumpy Gravy, and Freak Out ! . 

Why Don't You Do Me Right 2:33 (single)

Who Needs The Peace Corps 2:27 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

Concentration Moon 2:22 (from We're Only In It For The Money, different edit)

Mom And Dad 2:11 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

Bow Tie Daddy 1:30 (from We're Only In It For The Money, includes Telephone Conversation)

Harry You're A Beast 1:08 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? 0:59 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

Absolutely Free 3:14 (from We're Only In It For The Money, with fade out)

Cheap Thrills 2:14 (from Cruising With Ruben & The Jets)

Excerpt From Lumpy Gravy—The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus 4:16 (excerpt from Lumpy Gravy)

Wowie Zowie 3:10 (from Freak Out!)

Side Two

Flower Punk 2:58 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

Later That Night 2:54 (from Cruising With Ruben & The Jets)

Let's Make The Water Turn Black 1:39 (from We're Only In It For The Money, censored version)
Lonely Little Girl 1:07 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance 1:30 (from We're Only In It For The Money)

What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) 0:59 (from We're Only In It For The Money, with fade out)

America Drinks 1:49 (from Absolutely Free)

Status Back Baby 2:48 (from Absolutely Free)

Uncle Bernie's Farm 2:06 (from Absolutely Free)

Son Of Suzy Creamcheese 1:30 (from Absolutely Free)

Big Leg Emma 2:29 (single)

Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals, low grumbles, oo-wah and lead guitar (also drums, piano, bass)
Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums, trumpet, vocals, Indian of the group
Ray Collins – vocals, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, finger cymbals, bobby pin & tweezers
Roy Estrada – electric bass, bass & guitarrón, boy soprano, vocals, high weazlings, dwaedy-doo
Elliot Ingber – alternate lead & rhythm guitar with clear white light

Billy Mundi – drums, percussion, vocals, yak & black lace underwear
Don Preston – keyboards, retired 
Jim Fielder  – guitar, piano
Bunk Gardner – all woodwinds, mumbled weirdness

Ian Underwood – piano, woodwinds, wholesome
Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood – road manager, baritone saxophone, tambourine, soprano saxophone, all purpose weirdness & teen appeal

Jimmy Carl Black and/or Arthur Dyer Tripp III – lewd pulsating rhythm
Ian Underwood or Don Preston – redundant piano triplets
Bunk Gardner and Ian Underwood – tenor and alto saxes

Sid Sharp – conductor (under Frank Zappa's supervision) of the "Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra and Chorus"

Gene Estes – percussion
Eugene Di Novi – piano
Neil Levang – guitar
John Rotella – clarinet, bass saxophone
Carol Kaye – 12-string guitar
Kurt Reher – cello
Raymond Kelley – cello
Paul Bergstrom – cello
Emmet Sargeant – cello
Joseph Saxon – cello
Edwin V. Beach – cello
Arthur Maebe – French horn
George Price – French horn
Roy Caton – trumpet
Virgil Evans – trumpet
David Wells – trombone
Motorhead Sherwood – noises
Kim Fowley – hypophone
Mac Rebennack – piano
Paul Butterfield – vocals
Les McCann – piano
Jeannie Vassoir – voice of Suzy Creamcheese