The Lumpy Money Project/Object

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Album Info

Release Date: 2009

Label: Zappa Records

Disc 1, Tracks 1-9
Lumpy Gravy (Primordial) C & P 2008 ZFT
FZ's Original Orchestral Edit for Capitol Records.
Original tracking sessions at Capitol Studios,
Mono Version, 4-Track Master Tape Sequence
Source: ¼" Analog – Master Tape T-2719 dated 19 May 1967.

Disc 1, Tracks 10-28:
We're Only In It For The Money C & P 1968 ZFT
1968 Original Mono Mix.
This is NOT a fold-down mix from stereo to Mono.
This is a separate discreet mono mix created by FZ with Dick Kunc in 1968.
Source: ¼" Analog Master

Disc 2, Tracks 1-2:
Lumpy Gravy C 1968 P 2008 ZFT
1984 UMRK Remix
Although this version was never released, FZ did include a track entitled Lumpy Gravy (Excerpt) in a promotional disc for The Old Masters, Box One.
All 3:01 of it is here. This promo disc was serviced to radio station program directors.
Lucky them.
Source: 1630 Digital Master

Disc 2, Tracks 3-21:
We're Only In It For The Money C 1968 P 1986 ZFT
1984 UMRK Remix, originally released on CD, 1986
Source: 3324 Digital Master

Disc 3
All FZ recordings were transferred from original 2-Track analog tapes except tracks 4 through 6 & 13. All titles C & P 2008 except as noted:

3-1 Recorded on Sunday, 13 February 1967 at Capitol (Original multi-track masters are currently not in evidence.) This is an FZ construction. Small excerpts from this material appear in FZ's Masterwork, Lumpy Gravy. Source: ¼" stereo mixdown.

3-2 Recorded 21 February 1969 at The New School, NYC, during FZ Lecture/Q&A.

3-3 Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.

3-4 to 3-6 Recorded for Lumpy Gravy 14 March 1967 at Capitol. Mixed from the original 4-Tracks by Joe Travers, UMRK, 2008.

3-7 Interview excerpt, 22 October 1971, KBEY- FM, Kansas City.

3-8 In Lumpy Gravy, this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ.

3-9 Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.

3-10 Note: In Lumpy Gravy this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ. Recorded & mixed by FZ at Studio Z, Cucamonga.

3-11 West Village Apt. NYC, working on Lumpy Gravy, late 1967.

3-12 Alternate FZ building block of the Gary-Kellgren-whispering/JCB-dialog. Note: Includes the famously censored line infamously deleted by MGM from the Masterwork. Recorded at Mayfair.

3-13 From the original 8-Track Masters recorded at Mayfair. Mixed by Joe Travers at UMRK 2008.

3-14 Interview, Mixed Media, Detroit, 13 November 1967.

3-15 to 3-18 Recorded during the "Money" sessions, Mayfair, 6 September 1967.

3-19 Mayfair Studios 1967, Vocal Overdub session snippet as-is.

3-21 Interview with David Silver, Boston, 1969.

3-22 Recorded at Mayfair

3-23 to 3-26 Recorded during the Money sessions, Mayfair Studios 1967.

3-27 to 3-28 Released prior to the album in November, 1967. Curiously, FZ considered this thoroughly discrete construct (yes, that's right, this is a collage) potentially commercial.

*Lumpy Money does not provide any musician credits beyond Frank Zappa, but the original album releases (Lumpy Gravy and We're Only In It For The Money) provide a complete listing.

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