Editing We're Only in It for the Money (section)

== Packaging ==
[[File:Zappamoney2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The intended front cover of the album was a parody of [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. At the insistence of the record company, the image became part of the gatefold sleeve. Photograph by [[Jerry Schatzberg]].]]

Zappa's art director [[Cal Schenkel]] and [[Jerry Schatzberg]] photographed a collage for the [[album cover]], which parodied the Beatles' ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. Zappa spent [[US$]]4,000 ({{Inflation|US|4000|1968|r=-2|fmt=eq}}) on the photo shoot, which he stated was "a direct negative" of the ''Sgt. Pepper'' album cover. "[''Sgt. Pepper''] had blue skies&nbsp;... we had a thunderstorm."<ref name=Fricke/> [[Jimi Hendrix]], a friend of Zappa, took part in the photo shoot.<ref name=Fricke/>

Zappa phoned [[Paul McCartney]], seeking permission for the parody. McCartney told him that it was an issue for business managers,<ref name=Fricke/><ref name=Walley/><ref name=Slaven/> but Zappa responded that the artists themselves were supposed to tell their business managers what to do.<ref name=Walley/><ref name=Slaven/> Nevertheless, Capitol objected, and the album's release was delayed for five months.<ref name=Walley/><ref name=Penney>{{cite journal|last=Penney|first=Stuart|title=Frank Zappa – The Early Albums|journal=[[Record Collector]]|date=May 1987|volume=93|pages=38–44}}</ref> Verve decided to package the album with inverted [[cover art]]work, placing the parody cover as interior artwork (and the intended interior artwork as the main sleeve) out of fear of legal action.<ref name=Fricke/><ref name="Icons Of Rock 363"/> Zappa was angered over the decision; Schenkel felt that the ''Sgt. Pepper'' parody "was a stronger image" than the final released cover.<ref name=Fricke/> In recent years, the album has been reissued with the intended front cover.