Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers)

Tracklist

A1	Brown Shoes Don't Make It	7:26
A2	Mother People	1:41
A3	Duke Of Prunes	5:09
A4	Call Any Vegetable	4:31
A5	The Idiot Bastard Son	2:26
B1	It Can't Happen Here	3:13
B2	You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here	3:37
B3	Who Are The Brain Police?	3:22
B4	Plastic People	3:40
B5	Hungry Freaks, Daddy	3:27
B6	America Drinks & Goes Home	2:43

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Quality Records Limited
• Licensed From – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
• Published By – Frank Zappa Music
• Distributed By – Quality Records Limited

Credits

• Compiled By, Producer, Composed By – Frank Zappa
• Design [Cover] – Cal Schenkel
• Engineer – Ami Hadani, Dick Kunc, Gary Kellgren, Tom Hidley
• Liner Notes – Helmut Kopetzky
• Performer – Arthur Tripp*, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood, Jimmy Carl Black, Euclid James Sherwood*, Roy Estrada
• Producer – Tom Wilson

Notes

Mothermania:
Some tracks are a bit different to the original versions; all FREAK OUT! tracks are alternate stereo mixes; all WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY tracks are alternate mono mixes; and all ABSOLUTELY FREE tracks are the original Absolutely Free mixes (but "Call Any Vegetable" has been shortened).
A2; Mother People [new mono mix]
A4; Call Any Vegetable [edit]
A5; The Idiot Bastard Son [new mono mix & edit]
B1; It Can't Happen Here [new stereo mix & edit]
B2; You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here [new stereo mix]
B3; Who Are the Brain Police? [new stereo mix]
B5; Hungry Freaks, Daddy [new stereo mix]

Released in a gatefold cover.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Groove Side A): V6 5068 S'
• Matrix / Runout (Groove Side B): V6 5068 S2

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
V6-5068X	The Mothers Of Invention*	Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers) ‎(LP, Comp)	Verve Records	V6-5068X	US	1969
710 021	The Mothers	Mothermania - The Best Of The Mothers ‎(LP, Comp)	Verve Records	710 021	Germany	1969
V6-5068	The Mothers Of Invention*	Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers) ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Verve Records	V6-5068	Australia	1969
2317 047	The Mothers Of Invention*	Mothermania - The Best Of The Mothers ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Verve Records	2317 047	UK	1973
V6-5068	The Mothers Of Invention*	Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers) ‎(LP, Comp, Mono)	Verve Records	V6-5068	New Zealand	1969

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