Having just completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such matters—in this, ahem, “map of my musical sensibility”!
I also want to nominate 25 MORE friends whom I’d love to see post their own sets of “25 albums that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me”! (Though of course NO ONE should feel the least bit obligated to do so.)
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, though I AM planning to craft and post a summary essay once this madness reaches its Ballardian “terminus”!
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my indefatigable EPB editor, Ricky, has been re-posting these daily album selections—in an expansive layout where you can view ALL the variant album covers and aural media formats AT ONCE—plus a link to one song I’ve chosen to spotlight from each recording!
If you’ve missed any albums along the way, wish to revisit a particular selection, or would simply enjoy listening to the songs, you’ll find it MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EAST PORTLAND BLOG than to attempt such an endeavor via Facebook!
To simplify matters further, here’s a direct link to the “Tom Kipp” section of EPB, which presently contains/archives over 200 of my posts (on a wide variety of subjects!), going back to June 25th, 2010:
https://www.eastportlandblog.com/category/tom-kipp/
Today I nominate: John Maltos
Day 54:
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Verve Records, US, LP, 1968)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Verve Records, US, re-sequenced 8-Track cartridge, 1968)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Verve Records, US, cassette tape w/ sides 1 & 2 reversed, 1968)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Verve Records, Australia, original LP w/ intended SERGEANT PEPPER’S parody front cover art, 1968)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Verve/MGM Records, US, LP reissue, 1974)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Barking Pumpkin Records, US, LP reissue, 1985)
Frank Zappa: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY/LUMPY GRAVY (Rykodisc, US, compact disc reissue w/ LUMPY GRAVY album added as a bonus—controversial/anemic new drum & bass parts overdubbed onto the original recordings, 1986)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Rykodisc, US, definitive compact disc reissue of original 1968 master recording, 1995)
Frank Zappa: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY/LUMPY GRAVY (TA-MUSICA Records, Russia, cassette tape reissue w/ LUMPY GRAVY album and six additional bonus cuts, unofficial release, 2000)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (SomeWax Recordings, Russia, compact disc reissue, unofficial release, 2004)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, US, Ultradisc II 24kt Gold compact disc reissue, 2005)
The Mothers of Invention: WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY (Zappa Records, US, mono LP reissue/limited edition picture disc (4 variations) for “Black Friday Record Store Day”, 2018)
Purchased: July 1979 at Kat’s Swap Mart in Great Falls, MT (original Verve LP).
– Tom Kipp
Day 54:
The Mothers of Invention: “Absolutely Free” (1968)
