''The Lumpy Money Project/Object'' is a

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Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

. Released posthumously on January 23, 2009 as Official Release #85, it compiles the releases '' Lumpy Gravy'' and ''

We're Only in It for the Money ''We're Only in It for the Money'' is the third album by American rock music, rock band the Mothers of Invention, released on March 4, 1968, by Verve Records. As with the band's first two efforts, it is a concept album, and satirizes left-wing po ...

'' with previously unreleased material, with the overall package serving as an audio documentary of the production of the two albums, which share conceptual continuity themes. It is project/object #2 in a series of 40th Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries, following '' MOFO'' (2006).

Content

The first disc consists of the 1967 version of ''Lumpy Gravy'', released by

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on 4-track cartridge to

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and radio stations before

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, Zappa's label at the time, forced Capitol to halt distribution of their version of the album, and the 1968 mono mix of ''We're Only in It for the Money''. The second disc consists of two remixes prepared by Zappa in 1984, with overdubs by drummer

Chad Wackerman Chad Wackerman (born March 25, 1960) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer, who has played with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. He has worked as a band member, session musician, sideman, and bandleader. He is the older brother o ...

and bassist

Arthur Barrow Arthur Barrow (born February 28, 1952) is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Early life Barrow was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1952 and grew up in ...

. The ''Lumpy Gravy'' remix derives from the 1968 edit; this third version of the album had not been released in full; an excerpt appeared in a sampler for '' The Old Masters'' box set. The second remix, of ''We're Only in It for the Money'' had previously been released on

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in 1986. The third disc consists of studio assembly material and interviews with Zappa discussing the albums, as well as the single version of "Lonely Little Girl".

Track listing

Credits

All Music produced/composed & performed/conducted by Frank Zappa.
''The Lumpy Money Project/Object'' Compiled & Produced by Gail Zappa & Joe Travers
Liner notes:

David Fricke David Fricke (born ) is an American music journalist who serves as the senior editor at ''Rolling Stone'' magazine, where he writes predominantly about rock music. One of the best known names in rock journalism, his career has spanned over 40 ye ...

Conceptual & Continuous Stuff & Text: Gail Zappa
Production Manager: Melanie Starks
Solar Dominance: Jupiter
Cover Art, Package Design & Layout: Michael Mesker
FZ Portrait Photo:

Linda McCartney Linda Louise, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Paul McCartney and Wings, Wings tha ...

Mastering & Audio Restoration engineer, Discs One and Three: John Polito
Mastering, Disc Two: Bernie Grundman

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lumpy Money Project Object Frank Zappa compilation albums 2009 compilation albums Zappa Records albums Compilation albums published posthumously