The Mothers of Invention - American Pageant (1969)
Zappa bootleg
Tracks info
1. Absolutely Free (3:27)
2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:28)
3. It Can't Happen Here (3:54)
4. Duke of Prunes (5:06)
5. Call Any Vegetable (4:21)
6. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:24)
7. Mother People (1:44)
8. Who Are the Brain Police? (3:22)
9. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:37)
10. Plastic People [Berry/Zappa] (3:40)
11. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:26)
12. America Drinks & Goes Home (2:43)
Total Time
Personel info
Musicians: the Mothers
Disc Review
http://lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/bootlegs/counterfeits.html#americanpageant
American Pageant / Musical Underground Oratorios / Nullis Pretii (LP/CD/MC)
Almost identical to the legitimate Mothermania vinyl compilation
Re-issued on the Universe label (UN 3 029), made in Switzerland, 1990
Length: ~40 min
Sound quality: CD "Remastered" from vinyl
Label: Duchesse No. CD352076/MC 252076 (EEC); LP 152076 (EEC 1989)
From Kristian Kier, February 1999
Issued with a small reproduction of the Mothermania cover on the cover (surrounded by Joe's Garage-style drawings) and a track listing very similar to Mothermania's. The order is different, and "Absolutely Free" has been added, and only some songs are the Mothermania versions. Roman Garcia Albertos has sorted it out for us:
Track 1 is directly from We're Only In It for the Money (non-censored version)
Tracks 2-3 are directly from the Freak Out! LP
Track 4 is directly from Absolutely Free, just as the Mothermania version was
Tracks 5-6 are the Mothermania versions
Track 7 is taken from We're Only In It for the Money (censored version), BUT it ends with "... holding you near me?", without the orchestral bit: with the last word, "me?", it edits to the Mothermania version
Tracks 8-9 are straight from Freak Out! - the original vinyl mix
Tracks 10-11 are directly from Absolutely Free, just as the Mothermania versions were
Track 12 is the vinyl version from Absolutely Free (different stereo image from the CD version)
The CD was issued in 1989 and remastered from vinyl (crackling). The Universe version has a different cover with a comic strip on it. (One of these issues may also have appeared with an alternative cover; on one back cover the belly button picture from Absolutely Free may appear.) The disc itself has been reported in three varieties - in lieu of pictures (which we have but don't publish), we will have to do with verbal descriptions (skip this part). All three have the track list on the lower section of the disc (below the round centre), but in different typefaces. Types 1 and 2 have a serif; type 2 slightly bolder. Type 3 has a sans-serif and lists the composer within parentheses behind each title. To the left of the centre, there is the compact disc logo; type 2 has "made in EEC" underneath, type 3 has "Made in Switzerland" underneath and "UN 3 029" above. To the right of the centre, type 3 has a GEMA mark, a (P) (C) 1990 below it and a STEREO further below. Types 1 and 2 have the legend "AMERICAN PAGEANT" high up to the right (higher than 2 o'clock), and CD 352076 a little below 3 o'clock. Type 1 has a KPA logo below "AMERICAN PAGEANT"; type 2 has ACUM/BIEM underneath the record number. Above the centre, type 3 has "The Mothers of Invention / AMERICAN PAGEANT / Nullis Pretii" below a Universe logo. Types 1 and 2 have the Duchesse crown logo at the top and Zappa's head (with pigtails) above "The Mothers of Invention" at 10:30.
A cassette issue from Duchesse has also been found, as well as a Japanese CD (the same package wrapped in an obi). There has also been a straight counterfeit (with bonus tracks) of Mothermania.
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