The Zappa Family Trust and UMe have announced the upcoming re-release of five Frank Zappa albums on vinyl. Each of the LPs will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl on December 9.

The five records given the reissue treatment are 1967’s Lumpy Gravy, 1968’s We’re Only In It For The Money with The Mothers Of Invention and Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, 1970’s Weasels Ripped My Flesh (also with The Mothers Of Invention) and 1979’s Joe’s Garage. The reissue of Zappa’s first solo LP, Lumpy Gravy was pressed from a 1968 analog safety tape found in the ZFT vault. The 3-LP reissue of Joe’s Garage is an all-analog remastered version by Bernie Grundman using the 1979 quarter-inch safety master tapes from the vault.

Head here for complete details on the reissues and to pre-orders the LPs.

Lumpy Gravy Tracklist

Part One Part Two

We’re Only In It For The Money Tracklist

Are You Hung Up? Who Needs The Peace Corps? Concentration Moon Mom & Dad Telephone Conversation Bow Tie Daddy Harry, You’re A Beast What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? Absolutely Free Flower Punk Hot Poop Nasal Retentive Calliope Music Let’s Make The Water Turn Black The Idiot Bastard Son Lonely Little Girl Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? Mother People The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny

Cruising With Ruben & The Jets Tracklist

Cheap Thrills Love Of My Life How Could I Be Such A Fool Deseri I’m Not Satisfied Jelly Roll Gum Drop Anything Later That Night You Didn’t Try To Call Me Fountain Of Love No. No. No. Anyway The Wind Blows Stuff Up The Cracks

Weasels Ripped My Flesh Tracklist

Didja Get Any Onya? Directly From My Heart To You Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask Toads Of The Short Forest Get A Little The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Oh No The Orange County Lumber Truck Weasles Ripped My Flesh

Joe’s Garage Tracklist