Recording for We're Only in it for the Money began on March 6, 1967, with the basic tracking of "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" at TTG Studios which was then under the title of "Fillmore". The working title was inspired by a series of performance the Mothers of Invention held at the Fillmore Auditorium, finishing a day prior to the recording session. Zappa would then inaugurate a three-day recording stint at Capital Studios to record Lumpy Gravy from March 14-16, 1967. The band returned to New York in the following week, where Zappa became acquainted to then Cream guitarist Eric Clapton during an acoustic guitar led jam at his home. The band subsequently spent from April to June rehearsing and gigging locally in support of their previous album Absolutely Free, which released on May 26, 1967. Popular contemporaries such as guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and singer-songwriter Essra Mohawk, joined the Mothers of Invention during their New York shows.
recording for we're only in it for the money began on march 6 1967 with the basic tracking of "who needs the peace corps" at ttg studios which was then under the title of "fillmore" the working title was inspired by a series of performance the mothers of invention held at the fillmore auditorium finishing a day prior to the recording session zappa would then inaugurate a three-day recording stint at capital studios to record lumpy gravy from march 14-16 1967 the band returned to new york in the following week where zappa became acquainted to then cream guitarist eric clapton during an acoustic guitar led jam at his home the band subsequently spent from april to june rehearsing and gigging locally in support of their previous album absolutely free which released on may 26 1967 popular contemporaries such as guitarist jimi hendrix and singer-songwriter essra mohawk joined the mothers of invention during their new york shows