VG/VG+,NM                   Pressed By H.V. WADDELL CO
(cover/vinyls)

  • There are two lines of music publication details.

    MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN*MAYER, INC. - Made in U.S.A.

    "Freak Out - Hot Spots" map/poster offer printed on the inside of gatefold jacket. This ad was not on later issues, or was struck through.

    On the Side A label of this pressing, track A3 (Who Are The Brain Police?) does not have a writing credit (Zappa). It does have the publishing (Frank Zappa Music).

  • 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.)]

  • A4 appears on the label as "Go Cry On Somebody's Else's Shoulder".
  • C1 appears on the label as "Trouble Comin' Every Day".

  • Side D title uses "Tableaus" spelling on label and "Tableaux" spelling on sleeve.

  • This is the west coast pressing from H.V. Waddell in Burbank, CA. Identifier is the "deep groove" pressing ring. 

  • Matrix / Runout (side A): V-6-5005-2 A RECORD 1  SIDE 1 66
  • Matrix / Runout (side B): V-6 5005-2 B RECORD 1  SIDE-2 66
  • Matrix / Runout (side C): V-6-5005-2-C RECORD 2 SIDE-3 66 sw 12-7-71
  • Matrix / Runout (side D): V-6-5005-2-D RECORD 2 SIDE-4 66 sw 12-7-71

  • Official Release #1

    Early US sleeves had a small "Hot-Spots Freak Map" promo on the inside spread. There is a typographical error in the text of this for the venue “Bido Lido's”, which is printed “Bido Lito's”. Post-1967 sleeves were reprinted without this ad, upon expiry of map availability. (As the map was mail-order and not included, its inclusion with a valid release does not make that particular copy unique – although the rarity of the original map does greatly enhance its value and sellers need to be mindful of commenting on whether it is included. Caution: reproductions of the map are also in circulation.)
    Vinyl catalog numbers have 2 IDs: V for mono & V6 for stereo.
    Vinyl US sleeves came with 3 catalog numbers: V-5005-2, V6-5005-2 & V6-5005-2X
    Vinyl US sleeve inner spreads also came with 2 generic mono/stereo imprints: V/V6-500502 & V/V6-5005-2, which may contain either mono or stereo issues.
    Early US labels, pressed by MGM RECORD MFG DIV (MGM/Verve plant, Bloomfield) have V6-5005-2 & the 3rd Story Music credit in 2 lines, with crediting as (Zappa).
    Contracted-out pressings & later US labels have V6/5005-2 & the 3rd Story Music credit in 3 lines, with crediting as (F. Zappa) or (Frank Zappa).
    For both mono & stereo, the slash “/” on label catalog numbers is common to later issues, which include the addition of the Sunset Boulevard address in the radial text following PolyGram acquisition in 1972.



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