Captain Beefheart
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Topic: Captain Beefheart
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Subject: Captain Beefheart
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 01:44
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Legendary personality in the RIO and Avant Prog scene. Light years ahead of his contemporaries, IMHO. Which is your personal favorite outing from the Captain and his Magic Band? GO!!! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 01:51
This will change almost on a daily basis for me..but seeing as I span Mirrorman last night I’m opting for that  ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 02:04
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Lick My Decals Off, Baby was kicking my ass last night. I'll always go for TMR. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 03:06
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Gotta go with Trout Mask. Love Lick My Decals Off Baby, and have a strong affinity for Ice Cream For Crow, Strictly Personal & Shiny Beast.
------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 03:10
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Did anyone here ever get Trout Mask Replica on vinyl back in the day? Doesn't have to be release day/month, but anyone remember walking into a record store, seeing the cover, and going "WTF is this?!". I'd LOVE to hear some stories! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 05:00
| Shiny Beast for me Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 07:01
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I think I had to go for 'Doc at the Radar Station', but very close. 'Trout Mask', Lick My Decals Off', and 'Clear Spot' are all contenders and a few others aren't few behind those. 'Doc' is an incredibly brilliant late career effort from a 60's artist. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Posted By: Braka1
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 07:03
Yeah, it wasn't quite 'back in the day' as in the 60's, but it was still in the vinyl era. I think I may have seen the cover before, but I remember first listening to it thru headphones in the store, and cracking up when the 'fast'n'bulbous' bit came on! Bought it on the spot. ------------- Believe me Pope Paul, my toes are clean |
Frenetic Zetetic wrote:Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 07:28
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Doc at the Radar Station for me. Followed by Trout Mask & Clear Spot. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 07:33
------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 07:41
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It's all about the trout. The rest is good for licking off decals at the radar station. Don't pull my bat -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 08:15
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Clear Spot....always and forever......but like all of them even some of the tracks on that weird thing called Trout Mask, ;) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 08:21
I started college at IU (Bloomington, Indiana) in '69....there were two guys in the dorm that loved weird music and they played TMR at night often. It was too out there for me to dig at the time ..they also liked Zappa, early Floyd and Beatles (White and Abbey) which I got into of course. I didn't really 'get' Beefheart until 72..Clear Spot. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 11:48
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Trout gets the nod . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 12:21
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Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 13:25
Capt. Beefheart: Music for people who hate music.  ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 13:47
| Trout is my biggest fav, but I voted Lick My Decals, because it`s really close to Trout and hasn´t got any votes. Doc, Ice cream & Strictly are my big faves, but I love all Beefheart albums, even Unconditionally & Bluejeans, because Beefheart is one of my really greats! |
Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 15:47
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Went to see the Doc at the Radar Station ------------- The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 15:50
My first was Doc. My second was TMR. I hate to say it but although I kept it in my collection, I cringe every time it comes up in rotation. It actually caused me to put off adding any others for quite a few years. For fans of the Captain, I'd highly recommend that you check out the Colonel - Bruce Hampton. Weird wild stuff. My third album to try and add to my collection is Safe As Milk, which I put a close second to Doc and TMR last. On a sort of side note, my first Zappa album was Bongo Fury, which of course prominently features the Captain and I really like that one. Go figure.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 18:04
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Safe as Milk is still my favorite, with a young Ry Cooder on lead guitar. A very crazy but accessible album, far better than Trout Mask in my estimation. One of the great albums of the Summer of Love, 1967.... Zig Zag Wanderer, Sure Enough n' Yes I Do, and the theremin-infused Electricity: ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 18:54
Piero Scaruffi in his Best Rock Albums of All Times puts Trout Mask Replic at number 1. ------------- "Happiness is real only when shared" |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 14 2020 at 23:14
In nineties I met one bandmate in a bus and finally he recorded me "Lick My Decals". He recorded first side of "Trout" in the end of cassette, "Moonlight in Vermont" was the one that hit really hard to me!! Then I got a second hand record seller, who sold me albums once or twice a year. One day he sold me "Trout", it was also that Reprise re-press, that time there wasn´t any discogs, so I didn´t know it was originally in "Straight"-label and got also insert (I already wanted original pressings, at least pressings with the original materials that time). Still got that reprise version, but going to some day find the one with insert!
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 15 2020 at 02:12
Ah, the college years. Hell of a time/year to be a freshman, no? 
ROCKETTE MORTON TAKES OFF AGAIN INTO THE WIND!!! What do you run on, Rockette Morton? "I run on beans. I run on laser beans."
Excellent! 
Excellent post! I was going to say, Beefheart had a couple minor semi national hits in the late 60's with some covers, before the Magic Band took over. I didn't realize you were in Finland until you mentioned it! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 15 2020 at 14:26
| The Captain was certainly one of the greatest visionaries in RIO and AG, so any album that wins would be fine with me. I'll vote for Trout Mask Replica, for very personal reasons, but I really love them all. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 16 2020 at 01:12
What are your thoughts on Rockette Morton Mark Boston as a bass player? The more interviews and documentaries I see the more I realize he and Zoot Horn Rollo are the real MVPs for those early sessions putting the songs together! Drumbo too obviously for transcribing Don's ideas to the band. What a wild period in the "Trout House"! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: February 16 2020 at 01:33
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Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: February 16 2020 at 05:58
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Shiny Beast swings my hips and melts my heart like few other records. Doc, Decals, Clear Spot and Mirror Man are close behind. And TMR=TMI! A bit too much fooling around and not enough beef! ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 16 2020 at 06:44
Yes, I think all the band members played a key role in the development f the music, which was quite obviousin the music they put out in that wonderful, magical period.
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Posted By: Hiram
Date Posted: January 22 2022 at 13:07
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Bump because everyone needs some Beefheart in their lives. Voted Safe as Milk. It's a lot "easier" than most of his later albums, but it was the first Beefheart I heard and has remained an all-time favourite. I could put it on almost anytime, whereas something like Spotlight Kid or Shiny Beast, while excellent, requires certain mood. Unpopular opinion: I think of Lick My Decals Off, Baby as an improved version of Trout Mask Replica.
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Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: January 23 2022 at 01:09
Not unpopular at all; anyone with ears can hear that album is a more refined version of the approach used on TMR! Those two are my favorite Beefheart records for a reason. Bellerin' Plain is one of my faves. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 23 2022 at 02:23
I also voted for Decals for the same reason. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |