Mispress / Misprint:

Frank Zappa / Mothers Of Invention

Freak Out!

Zappa CD with Freak Out music, but with a double misprint:

The upper side of the CD is printed with the data of a "Raspberries" CD. But the music is "Freak Out". The booklet has the correct "Freak Out" print on the front and back. But the inner 6 pages belong to the above menti oned "Raspberries"-CD. The reason for the errors are probably the very similar catalogue numbers (see below)

Zappa-CD mit Freak Out Musik, aber mit einem doppelten Druckfehler:

Die Oberseite der CD ist mit den Daten einer "Raspberries"-CD bedruckt. Die Musik ist jedoch "Freak Out". Das Booklet hat auf Vorder- und Rückseite den richtigen "Freak Out" Aufdruck. Die inneren 6 Seiten gehören aber zur o.a. "Raspberries"-CD. Grund für die Fehler sind wohl die sehr ähnlichen Katalognummern (s.u.)

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First Misprint: the CD face is printed for the wrong release: The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation - The Very Best Of The Raspberries

The Raspberries' album is Zap CD1, Freak Out is CD ZAP 1

Second Misprint: Front and back of the booklet printed with "Freak Out", but the 6 inside pages are printed with info, pictures etc. of the Raspberries CD.

Erster Druckfehler: die CD-Oberfläche wird für die falsche Veröffentlichung bedruckt: The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation - The Very Best Of The Raspberries

Das Album der Raspberries ist Zap CD1, Freak Out ist CD ZAP 1

Vorder- und Rückseite des Booklet mit "Freak Out" bedruckt, aber die 6 Innenseiten sind mit Infos, Bildern usw. der Raspberries-CD bedruckt.

Frank Zappa / Mothers Of Invention

Freak Out!

Zappa Records ‎– CD ZAP 1

Much of this album was remixed from the original master tapes

CD, Album, Remastered, MPO Pressing

CD Made in France by MPO 1987

Printworks Made in England

1 Hungry Freaks, Daddy 3:28

2 I Ain't Got No Heart 2:35

3 Who Are The Brain Police? 3:33

4 Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder 3:39

5 Motherly Love 2:43

6 How Could I Be Such A Fool 2:12

7 Wowie Zowie 2:51

8 You Didn't Try To Call Me 3:17

9 Any Way The Wind Blows 2:56

10 I'm Not Satisfied 2:39

11 You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here 3:38

12 Trouble Every Day 5:49

13a Help, I'm A Rock 4:43

13b It Can't Happen Here 3:56

14 The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet 12:17

Marketed By – Today Croydon Ltd.

Manufactured By – Today Croydon Ltd.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Barking Pumpkin Records

Copyright (c) – Frank Zappa Music

Published By – Frank Zappa Music

Published By – Carlin Music Corp.

Pressed By – MPO

Mastered At – UMRK

Bass, Guitarrón, Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Roy Estrada

Composed By, Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Conductor – Frank Zappa

Cover, Design – Jack Anesh

Drums, Vocals [Also Sings In Some Foreign Language] – Jim Black

Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin

Lead Guitar [Alternate, With White Light], Rhythm Guitar [Alternate, With White Light] – Elliot Ingber

Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Performer [Bobby Pin & Tweezers] – Ray Collins

Performer [Featured On Hypophone] – Kim Fowley

Performer [The Mothers' Auxiliary] – Arthur Maebe*, Benjamin Barrett, Carl Franzoni, Carol Kaye, David Wells*, David Anderle, Edwin V. Beach, Emmet Sargeant, Eugene Di Novi*, Gene Estes, George Price, John Rotella, John Johnson*, Joseph Saxon, Kenneth Watson, Kurt Reher, Neil Le Vang*, Paul Bergstrom, Plas Johnson, Raymond Kelley*, Roy Caton, Virgil Evans, Vito*

Photography By [Cover Photo] – Ray Leong

Producer [Original] – Tom Wilson

Producer, Remix – Frank Zappa

Remix – Bob Stone

Digitally remastered 1987 U.M.R.K.

This release is very similar to Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention* - Freak Out! but with a notable misprint; the CD face is printed for the wrong release (this one The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation: The Very Best Of The Raspberries). Oddly, the misprint could have occurred for one of two reasons:

1) The CD is labelled for The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation which is also the name (Overnite Sensation) of a Frank Zappa album.

2) The more likely reason, I suppose, is the catalogue number which for The Raspberries' album is Zap CD1, Freak out is CD ZAP 1

Either way, you can see that The Raspberries album has the same CD face print as this release.

For years I thought this was a joke, but with the advent of Discogs, it has been possible to discover the truth! Investigating on the web, I found a reference to this release on this page: http://lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/freakout.html:

Misprinted THE RASPBERRIES' GREATEST HITS CD

The Freak Out! album once appeared on a misprinted CD of The Raspberries' Greatest Hits.

Stephen Bagger tells the story:

While shopping at the used CD store, I went to preview the handful of CDs I'd taken from the racks. By chance, the previous shopper had left a CD labeled "The Raspberries Greatest Hits" in the player. I didn't know that more than two Raspberries hits existed, so I decided to listen to the disk. Imagine my surprise when I heard the opening bars to "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" - surely this was a mistake? Yes, it was - the jewel case contained a bee-yootiful picture of Eric Carmen & The Raspberries in full pouty regalia, and the disk itself was silkscreened with a tracklist of Raspberry songs, but was encoded with the lovely skank of the MOI.

$6.00 (US) later, I was the proud owner of this musical bastard. I even called 818-PUMPKIN to ask if anyone there knew about someone selling ripoffs. The gentleman who answered seemed perturbed that I'd called to inform him of such unpleasantry as it had invaded his naptime (and I wasn't making a pu***ase).

This pressing was issued by ZAP! records in England. Has anyone else encountered this anomaly?

Harald Langer answers that, and has even more to add:

Yes. On Zappa's birthday last year [1995] there was a small party in Wetzlar/Germany hosted by Harald Koob, a CD dealer specialized in Zappa-related and "progressive rock" stuff. He organized a quiz where you could win some prizes (Zappa-related, you guessed it). When he announced the "Raspberries" CD as a last prize at the end of the party, he set up an evil grin and asked for the name of the orchestra that played on Lumpy Gravy. I smiled at him and replied that fierce grin and stammered the words "Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus" from my memory - and got the CD.

What's different is that my CD came (not shrinkwrapped) with the normal booklet and back cover, like the official Zappa Records CD. The CD has the following printed onto it (notice the spelling):

The Raspberries

Overnight Sensation

The Very Best Of The Raspberries

ZAP CD 1

Made in France by MPO

Original Sound Recordings

All Tracks published by MCPS.

This CD came to life due to an accident in the press factory. The very first Freak-Out! copies were wrongly labelled and they soon discovered the mistake.

SPARS Code: AAD

Matrix / Runout: ZAP 1 MPO 01 @