The MOFO Project/Object

The MOFO Project/Object is an album by Frank Zappa. The album was announced by the Zappa Family Trust in mid-2006. It commemorates the 40th anniversary of Zappa's first album, Freak Out!. It documents the making of Freak Out! featuring previously unreleased material. It was released as a uniquely packaged 4-CD set. It is project/object #1 in a series of 40th Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries.

A more affordable 2-CD set was also released. CD2 tracks 2, 5, 11, 12, 13, 15 & 16 are unique to this 2-CD set release (these seven tracks do not appear on the four-disc box set). All the other tracks are available on The MOFO Project/Object 4-CD set.

The first CD of each set includes the original 1966 vinyl mix of Freak Out!. This mix has a shorter kazoo outro on "Who Are The Brain Police?"

Track listing

4-CD version

Disc 1

Original 1966 Stereo LP Mix of Freak Out!

None of these tracks have previously appeared in any format outside the Vault other than the configuration offered herein.

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Vocal Overdub Take 1"	3:47
2.	"Any Way the Wind Blows - Vocal Overdub"	2:53
3.	"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Vocal Overdub Take 2"	3:48
4.	"I Ain't Got No Heart - Vocal Overdub Master Take"	2:27
5.	"Motherly Love - Vocal Overdub Master Takes"	3:09
6.	"I'm Not Satisfied - 2nd Vocal Overdub Master, Take 2 (Rough Mix)"	2:38
7.	"You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Vocal Overdub Take 1 (Incomplete)/Take 2 (Incomplete)"	1:58
8.	"You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Basic Tracks"	3:40
9.	"Who Are the Brain Police? - Basic Tracks"	3:42
10.	"How Could I Be Such a Fool? - Basic Tracks"	2:24
11.	"Any Way the Wind Blows - Basic Tracks"	2:48
12.	"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Basic Tracks"	3:43
13.	"I Ain't Got No Heart - Basic Tracks"	2:36
14.	"You Didn't Try to Call Me - Basic Tracks"	3:01
15.	"Trouble Every Day - Basic Tracks"	7:11
16.	"Help, I'm a Rock - FZ Edit"	5:48
17.	"Who Are the Brain Police? (Section B) - Alternate Take"	1:15
18.	"Groupie Bang Bang"	3:51
19.	"Hold On to Your Small Tiny Horsies..."	2:08

Disc 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Objects"	4:32
2.	"Freak Trim (Kim Outs a Big Idea)"	5:14
3.	"Percussion Insert Session Snoop"	3:18
4.	"Freak Out Drum Track" (w/ Timp. & Lion)	4:04
5.	"Percussion Object 1 & 2 (FZ Edit)"	6:01
6.	"Lion Roar & Drums From Freak Out!"	5:36
7.	"Vito Rocks the Floor (Greek Out!)"	6:09
8.	"Low Budget Rock & Roll Band"	2:14
9.	"Suzy Creamcheese (What's Got Into You?)"	5:47
10.	"Motherly Love (Live)"	3:12
11.	"You Didn't Try to Call Me (Live)"	4:06
12.	"I'm Not Satisfied (Live)"	2:53
13.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Live)"	3:37
14.	"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (Live)"	2:32

Disc 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wowie Zowie"	3:02
2.	"Who Are the Brain Police? (Section A, C, B)"	4:31
3.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy"	3:37
4.	"Cream Cheese (Work Part)"	7:57
5.	"Trouble Every Day (Single Edit)"	2:39
6.	"It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania version)"	3:19
7.	"Psychedelic Music"	2:34
8.	"MGM"	1:54
9.	"Dope Fiend Music"	2:06
10.	"How We Made It Sound That Way"	5:08
11.	"Poop Rock"	0:46
12.	"Machinery"	1:00
13.	"Psychedelic Upholstery"	1:44
14.	"Psychedelic Money"	1:20
15.	"Who Are the Brain Police?"	3:39
16.	"Any Way the Wind Blows"	2:58
17.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy"	3:33
18.	"The 'Original' Group"	1:29
19.	"Necessity"	1:18
20.	"Union Scale"	1:46
21.	"25 Hundred Signing Fee"	1:12
22.	"Tom Wilson"	0:33
23.	"My Pet Theory"	2:18
24.	"There is No Need"	0:43

2-CD version

Disc 1

Original 1966 Stereo LP Mix of Freak Out!^[2]

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Trouble Every Day (Basic Tracks)"	7:10
2.	"Who Are the Brain Police?^[3]"	3:26
3.	"I Ain't Got No Heart (Basic Tracks)"	2:36
4.	"You Didn't Try to Call Me (Basic Tracks)"	3:00
5.	"How Could I Be Such a Fool?^[3]"	2:13
6.	"Any Way the Wind Blows - 1987 FZ Remix"	2:51
7.	"Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder (Vocal Overdub Take 2)"	3:46
8.	"Motherly Love (Vocal Overdub Master Takes)"	3:09
9.	""Tom Wilson""	0:33
10.	""My Pet Theory""	2:17
11.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Basic Tracks)^[3]"	3:28
12.	"Help, I'm a Rock - 1970 FZ Remix^[3]"	4:43
13.	"It Can't Happen Here - 1970 FZ Remix^[3]"	3:58
14.	"Freak Out Drum Track" (w/ Timp. & Lion)	4:03
15.	"Watts Riot Demo^[3]/Fillmore Sequence"	2:07
16.	"Freak Out Zilofone^[3]"	3:00
17.	"Low Budget Rock & Roll Band"	2:42

Credits

• Arthur Maebe
• Benjamin Barrett
• Bob Stone - Remixing
• Carl Franzoni
• Carol Kaye
• Chris Riess - Liner Notes
• Dave Wells
• David Anderle
• David Fricke - Liner Notes
• Doug Sax - Remastering
• Edgard Varèse - Author
• Elliot Ingber - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Emmet Sargeant
• Eugene Dinovi
• Frank Zappa - Arranger, Art Direction, Author, Conductor, Executive Producer, Orchestration, Percussion, Producer, Remixing, Text
• Gail Zappa - Producer
• Gene Estes - Percussion
• George Price
• Jack Anesh - Cover Design
• Jim Black - Drums, Percussion, Vocals
• Joe Travers - Producer, Vault Research
• John "Snakehips" Johnson
• John Polito - Audio Restoration, Mastering
• John Rotella
• Joseph Saxon
• Ken Watson - Percussion
• Kim Fowley
• Kurt Reher
• Melanie Starks - Production Coordination
• Mothers Auxiliary
• Neil Levang
• Paul Bergstrom
• Plas Johnson
• Ray Collins - Finger Cymbals, Hair Stylist, Harmonica, Tambourine, Vocals
• Ray Leong - Cover Photo
• Raymond Kelley (cello)
• Roy Caton
• Roy Estrada - Bass, Guitarron, Soprano (Vocal)
• Sangwook "Sunny" Nam - Remastering
• Stan Agol - Remixing
• Terry Gilliam
• Tom Wilson - Producer
• Tracy Veal - Art Direction, Layout Design
• Val Valentine - Engineering Director
• Virgil Evans

Notes and references

^ Allmusic review
^ "MoFo: The Making of Freak Out!". The Zappa Patio. Retrieved 2007-03-31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g This is one of seven tracks appearing on the two-disc edition of MOFO but not on the four-disc box set.

External links

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography

Official releases
(1966–1993)

1960s	Freak Out! Absolutely Free We're Only in It for the Money Lumpy Gravy Cruising with Ruben & the Jets Mothermania Uncle Meat Hot Rats
1970s	Burnt Weeny Sandwich Weasels Ripped My Flesh Chunga's Revenge Fillmore East – June 1971 200 Motels Just Another Band from L.A. Waka/Jawaka The Grand Wazoo Over-Nite Sensation Apostrophe (') Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All Bongo Fury Zoot Allures Zappa in New York Studio Tan Sleep Dirt Sheik Yerbouti Orchestral Favorites Joe's Garage Act I Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1980s	Tinsel Town Rebellion Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch The Man from Utopia Baby Snakes London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Them or Us Francesco Zappa Thing-Fish The Old Masters, Box I Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Does Humor Belong in Music? The Old Masters, Box II Jazz from Hell London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II The Old Masters, Box III Guitar You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Broadway the Hard Way You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1990s	The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Make a Jazz Noise Here You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 Playground Psychotics Ahead of Their Time The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
official releases

1990s	Civilization Phaze III The Lost Episodes Läther Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Have I Offended Someone? Mystery Disc Everything Is Healing Nicely
2000s	FZ:OZ Halloween Joe's Corsage QuAUDIOPHILIAc Joe's Domage Joe's XMASage Imaginary Diseases Trance-Fusion The MOFO Project/Object Buffalo The Dub Room Special! Wazoo One Shot Deal Joe's Menage The Lumpy Money Project/Object Philly '76
2010s	Greasy Love Songs "Congress Shall Make No Law..." Hammersmith Odeon Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison Carnegie Hall Understanding America Road Tapes, Venue #1 Finer Moments AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #2 A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack Joe's Camouflage Roxy by Proxy Dance Me This 200 Motels: The Suites Roxy the Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #3 The Crux of the Biscuit Frank Zappa for President ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary Chicago '78 Little Dots Halloween 77 The Roxy Performances Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary Halloween 73 The Hot Rats Sessions
2020s	The Mothers 1970 Halloween 81 Halloween 81 Highlights Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition The Mothers 1971 Zappa/Erie Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana Waka/Wazoo Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich Funky Nothingness Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Miscellaneous

Compilations	The *** of the Mothers* Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa Cucamonga Cheap Thrills Son of Cheep Thrills

Birthday Bundle series	2006 2008 2010 2011

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