The Lumpy Money Project/Object is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. 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 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).
Contents
Content
The first disc consists of the 1967 version of Lumpy Gravy, released by Capitol Records on 4-track cartridge to wholesalers and radio stations before MGM Records, 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 and bassist Arthur Barrow. 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 compact disc 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".
Personnel
All music produced/composed & performed/conducted by Frank Zappa
Disc one
Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
Original tracking sessions at Capitol Studios produced by Nick Venet
We're Only in It for the Money – 1968 original mono mix
Produced by Frank Zappa
Mix created by FZ with Dick Kunc in 1968
John Polito – mastering & audio restoration engineer, 2008
Disc two
Bernie Grundman – mastering, 2008
Disc three
Frank Zappa – construction (1, 28), Lumpy Gravy building block (3, 9, 12), VSO-control in Lumpy Gravy (8, 10), recording and mixing (10)
Joe Travers – mixing (4-6, 13)
Gary Kellgren – whispering (12)
JCB – dialog (12)
David Silver – interviewer (21)
John Polito – mastering & audio restoration engineer, 2008
Lumpy Money
Compiled & produced by Gail Zappa & Joe Travers
All musics & recordings from the Vault
Vaultmeisterment by Joe Travers for UMRK, 2008
Liner notes by David Fricke
Original art direction by NT&B (FZ)
Conceptual & continuous stuff & text by GZ
Production manager: Melanie Starks
Solar dominance by Jupiter
Cover art, package design & layout by Michael Mesker
FZ portrait photo by Linda McCartney