Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Vinyl Records

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FANTASTIC 180 GRAM GREY VINYL VERSION OF THIS LEGENDARY BROADCAST

LEGENDARY BROADCAST FEATURES RARE RECORDINGS OF ABBA ZABA, ORANGE CLAW HAMMER AND MANY MORE

The six bonus cuts here include both songs played during his 1980 Saturday Night Live appearance in November 1980, an ultra rare Orange Claw Hammer, recorded with Frank Zappa for a special radio show the two compiled and presented in 1975, plus three tracks going back to a 1971 broadcast, when he plays two tracks from the just released Lick My Decals Off Baby and one from its predecessor, the mighty Trout Mask Replica

Running at over 75 minutes in total this LP represents the oft forgotten power and dynamics of Beefheart in concert, and reminds us all just what an extraordinary performer the man christened Don Van Vliet really was.

Track Listing:
LP1
1. Nowadays A Woman’s Gotta Hit A Man
2. Abba Zaba
3. Hot Head
4. Ashtray Heart
5. Dirty Blue Gene
6. Best Batch Yet
7. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
8. Doctor Dark
9. Bat Chain Puller

LP2
1. Sheriff Of Hong Kong
2. Kandy Korn
3. Big Eyed Beans From Venus
4. When Big Joan Sets Up
5. Woe Is Uh Me Bop
6. Ballerin Plain
7. Orange Claw Hammer
8. Hot Head
9. Ashtray Heart

After Trout Mask Replica, which was critically acclaimed but sold poorly, each of the group's following three albums was slightly more conventional than the one before. However, Beefheart wanted more commercial success – hence his decision to work with the widely respected team of producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee who also created hits for artists such as The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon and Van Morrison. Clear Spot gathers together much of the lyrical material that Beefheart had created or formulated at the beginning of The Spotlight Kid recordings.

Track Listing:
1. Low Yo Yo Stuff 3:38
2. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man 3:45
3. Too Much Time 2:46
4. Circumstances 3:11
5. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains 2:57
6. Sun Zoom Spark 2:11
7. Clear Spot 3:35
8. Long Neck Bottles 3:17
9. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles 2:54
10. Big Eyed Beans From Venus 4:23
11. Golden Birdies 1:37

After Trout Mask Replica, which was critically acclaimed but sold poorly, each of the group's following three albums was slightly more conventional than the one before. However, Beefheart wanted more commercial success – hence his decision to work with the widely respected team of producer Ted Templeman and engineer Donn Landee who also created hits for artists such as The Doobie Brothers, Carly Simon and Van Morrison. Clear Spot gathers together much of the lyrical material that Beefheart had created or formulated at the beginning of The Spotlight Kid recordings.

Track Listing:
1. Low Yo Yo Stuff 3:38
2. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man 3:45
3. Too Much Time 2:46
4. Circumstances 3:11
5. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains 2:57
6. Sun Zoom Spark 2:11
7. Clear Spot 3:35
8. Long Neck Bottles 3:17
9. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles 2:54
10. Big Eyed Beans From Venus 4:23
11. Golden Birdies 1:37

Recorded in part as the follow-up to Safe as Milk, Beefhearts debut from earlier that year, the world-shattering material on It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper was rerecorded, truncated, and issuedwithout the Captains approvalas Strictly Personal in 1968. Mastered directly from the original analog tapes and featuring a wealth of unedited takes never before on vinyl, Sundazeds stunning gatefold double-LP release of this infamously enigmatic opus comes to you wrapped in a sharp outer sleeve bearing specially commissioned artwork by Frank Zappa/Straight Records illustrator Cal Schenkel replicating the albums planned 67 design; inside are rare photos and fascinating, exhaustive liner notes by Magic Band drummer John Drumbo French.

So here, then, is Captain Beefheart and His Magic Bands second album of gloriously disjointed avant-rock/blues and free-jazz skronk, presented just as natureand the Captainintended. Even after more than 40 years, this music is still hopelessly ahead of its timeor, as one-time Magic Band member Ry Cooder once described it, right on time.

Track Listing:
1. Gimme Dat Harp Boy
2. Dirty Blue Gene
3. Beatle Bones 'n' Smokin' Stones Pt. 1 & 2
4. Trust Us (take 9)
5. Safe as Milk (take 12)
6. Moody Liz (take 8)
7. On Tomorrow
8. Big Black Baby Shoes
9. Flower Pot
10. Korn Ring Finger
11. Safe as Milk (take 5)
12. Trust Us (take 6)
13. Moody Liz (take 16)

The fourth album by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, released in 1970 on Frank Zappa's Straight Records label. The follow-up to Trout Mask Replica (1969), it is regarded by some critics and listeners as superior, and was Van Vliet's personal favorite. Don Van Vliet said that the title is an encouragement to "get rid of the labels", and to evaluate things according to their merits rather than according to superficial labels (or "decals"). Musicians on the album were Don Van Vliet, vocals; Bill Harkleroad, guitar; Mark Boston, bass; Art Tripp, marimba, drums, and percussion; and John French, drums. French had been arranger and musical director on Trout Mask Replica. Van Vliet ejected French from the group—both figuratively and literally, by throwing him down a flight of stairs—shortly after Trout Mask Replica was completed, and these roles passed to guitarist Bill Harkleroad. French returned to the group shortly before recording began.

LP2
1. Doctor Dark
2. Bat Chain Puller
3. My Human Gets Me Blues
4. Sugar 'n' Spikes
5. Veterans Day Poppy
6. Dropout Boogie
7. Sheriff Of Hong Kong
8. Kandy Korn
9. Suction Prints
10. Big Eyed Beans From Venus

White Colored Vinyl Record

Track Listing:
1. Tarotplane 19:00
2. Kandy Korn 8:00
3. 25th Century Quaker 9:50
4. Mirror Man 15:38

This concept, however, was at some point abandoned, and many of the tracks from the sessions were left unfinished and without any vocals.

A number of the abandoned tracks were re-recorded in 1968, and released as 'Strictly Personal'. The original session tapes, however, remained the property of Buddha Records, who released them under the title 'Mirror Man' in 1971. In 1999, Buddha Records issued an expanded version of the album entitled 'The Mirror Man Sessions', which features five additional tracks taken from the abandoned tapes.

Music On Vinyl is proud to pay homage to the late Don Van Vliet by re-releasing these Mirrorman Sessions as a double album on 180 gram audiophile vinyl.

Track Listing:
LP 1
1. Tarotplane
2. 25th Century Quaker
3. Mirror Man
4. Kandy Korn 8:00

LP 2
1. Trust Us (Take 6)
2. Safe as Milk (Take 12)
3. Beatle Bones n' Smokin' Stones
4. Moody Liz (Take 8)
5. Gimme Dat Harp Boy

In response to repeated fan requests, French assembled an all-star cast of Magic Band veterans including Denny "Freebo Reelers" Walley/guitar, Garry "Mantis" Lucas/ guitar, Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston/bass and Michael Traylor/drums and brought them to the U.K. for several concert tours between 2003 and 2006. Freed from the confines of his drum kit, French stepped into the front man role, singing and playing harmonica. Exploring songs from the Magic Band's rich catalog, the group returned to these compositions with fervor, faithfully recreating them while simultaneously adding new sonic colors to the palette. Enraptured audiences across the empire reveled in the revived music, thrilled to hear the long-silent repertoire performed again.

This recording captures an especially memorable performance at the intimate Zodiac club in Oxford, England from June 6, 2005. Riding the momentum of two successful concerts in Portsmouth and Penzance, the group was careful to keep their focus and not become overconfident. That night, surrounded by an enthusiastic audience that included many friends and acquaintances, the band played a transcendent set. As French relates in the album's liner notes, "It was on this night when I was able to savor the words and music of Don Van Vliet and in a sense 're-discover' the greatness of the work. I could feel the power of the compositions as they rained down upon the crowd, and I found myself laughing all over again at many of the double-entendres, and euphemisms." How fortunate, then, that tape was rolling on this enchanted evening!

John French personally mixed these eighteen tracks for release, ensuring that the zeitgeist of this special show would be preserved for all time. Sundazed celebrates this prized addition to the Magic Band's discography, bringing it to you on 180 gram vinyl 2LP set for your listening pleasure.

Track Listing:
1. Gimme Dat Harp Boy
2. Dropout Boogie
3. Diddy Wah Diddy
4. Low Yo You Stuff
5. When It Blows Its Stacks
6. Kandy Korn
7. Harp Pie
8. On Tomorrow
9. China Pig
10. Steal Softly Thru Snow
11. Abba Zaba
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. Alice In Blunderland
14. Electricity
15. Evening Bell
16. The Floppy Boot Stomp
17. Big Eyed Beans From Venus
18. Mirror Man

1. Sure 'Nuff'N Yes, I Do
2. Zig Zag Wanderer
3. Call On Me
4. Dropout Boogie
5. I'm Glad
6. Electricity

Side Two

1. Yellow Brick Road
2. Abba zabba
3. Plastic Factory
4. Where There's Woman
5. Grown So Ugly
6. Autumn's Child

Side Three

1. Safe As Milk
2. On Tomorrow
3. Big Black Baby Shoes
4. Flower Pot

Side Four

1. Dirty Blue Gene
2. Trust Us
3. Korn Ring Finger

Autumn's Child
Call On Me

Also, Cooder's role in the recording process was "to translate the Captain's wilder nations to the rest of the band and generally acts as musical director". With him as a supervisor the sessions proceeded more or less smoothly and 'Safe As Milk' was recorded within a month.

Track Listing:
LP 1
1. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
2. Zig Zag Wanderer
3. Call On Me
4. Dropout Boogie
5. I'm Glad
6. Electricity
7. Yellow Brick Road
8. Abba Zaba
9. Plastic Factory
10. Where There's Woman
11. Grown So Ugly
12. Autumn's Child

LP 2
1. Safe As Milk (Take 5)
2. On Tomorrow
3. Big Black Baby Shoes
4. Dirty Blue Gene
5. Trust Us (Take 9)
6. Korn Ring Finger

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Now THIS is a soundtrack! No grunge bands covering cheesy '70s hits, no retro chic, no rap-techno-country-opera superstar crossovers, just an eclectic selection of tunes by some quality performers. You get obscure tracks from Dylan and Captain Beefheart, some sublime vocalizing from Yma Sumac and Nina Simone, and cuts from world-class artists like Moondog and Meredith Monk, whose creativity exceeds their popularity. The film music quota is covered by a slice of Mancini ("Lujon") and the perversity quota filled by the Gipsy Kings' version of "Hotel California." Did we mention the previously unreleased Elvis Costello cut and the Stones cover from late great Texas songwriting legend Townes Van Zandt?

This title is not eligible for discount.

Track Listing:
Side 1
1. Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
2. Captain Beefheart - Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
3. Elvis Costello - My Mood Swings
4. Yma Sumac - Ataypura
5. Piero Piccioni - Traffic Boom
6. Nina Simone - I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
7. Moondog with Orchestra - Stamping Ground
8. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In (To See What
Condition My Condition Was In)

Side 2
1. Meredith Monk - Walking Song
2. Gluck Das Mir Verblieb - from the opera "Die Tote Stadt"
3. Henry Mancini - Lujon
4. Gipsy Kings - Hotel California
5. Carter Burwell - Wie Glauben
6. Townes Van Zandt - Dead Flowers

Here is Volume 1 of material from those tapes, songs mainly from the Clear Spot era tour. The title, Translucent Fresnel, comes from a reworking of Beefheart's album Clear Spot as a Fresnel is a type of spotlight lens used in lighthouses. 180g double vinyl with gatefold sleeve.

Track Listing:
1. Suction Prints
2. Crazy Little Thing
3. Electricity
4. Golden Birdies
5. I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby
6. King Bee/Sugar Mama
7. Low Yo Yo Stuff
8. Mirrorman
9. Peon 2
10. Peon
11. Bass Solo
12. Suction Prints
13. Sugar 'N' Spikes

The third album by Captain Beefheart (a.k.a. Don Van Vliet) and his Magic Band, released in June 1969. Produced by Beefheart's friend and former schoolmate Frank Zappa, it was originally released as a double album on Zappa's Straight Records label. Combining elements of blues, avant-garde, free jazz and other genres of American music, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental music and a major influence on genres such as alternative rock and post-punk.

Most of Trout Mask Replica was recorded in March 1969 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, California. The lineup of The Magic Band at this time consisted of Bill Harkleroad and Jeff Cotton on guitar, Mark Boston on bass guitar, Victor Hayden on bass clarinet, and John French on drums and percussion. Beefheart played several brass and woodwind instruments (including saxophone, musette, and hunting horn) and contributed most of the vocal parts, with Zappa and various members of the band providing occasional vocals and narration. The well-rehearsed Magic Band recorded all instrumental tracks[a 1] for Trout Mask Replica in a single six-hour recording session; Van Vliet's vocal and horn tracks were laid down over the next few days. Upon release in the US, Trout Mask Replica sold poorly and failed to chart. It was more successful in the UK, where it spent a week on the charts, at #21

Track Listing:
1. Frownland
2. Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back, The
3. Dachau Blues
4. Ella Guru
5. Hair Pie: Bake 1
6. Moonlight On Vermont
7. Pachuco Cadaver
8. Bills Corpse
9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
10. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish
11. China Pig
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
13. Dali's Car
14. Hair Pie: Bake 2
15. Pena
16. Well
17. When Big Joan Sets Up
18. Fallin' Ditch
19. Sugar 'N Spikes
20. Ant Man Bee
21. Orange Claw Hammer
22. Wild Life
23. She's Too Much For My Mirror
24. Hobo Chang Ba
25. Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), The
26. Steal Softly Thru Snow
27. Old Fart At Play
28. Veteran's Day Poppy

The third album by Captain Beefheart (a.k.a. Don Van Vliet) and his Magic Band, released in June 1969. Produced by Beefheart's friend and former schoolmate Frank Zappa, it was originally released as a double album on Zappa's Straight Records label. Combining elements of blues, avant-garde, free jazz and other genres of American music, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental music and a major influence on genres such as alternative rock and post-punk.

Most of Trout Mask Replica was recorded in March 1969 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, California. The lineup of The Magic Band at this time consisted of Bill Harkleroad and Jeff Cotton on guitar, Mark Boston on bass guitar, Victor Hayden on bass clarinet, and John French on drums and percussion. Beefheart played several brass and woodwind instruments (including saxophone, musette, and hunting horn) and contributed most of the vocal parts, with Zappa and various members of the band providing occasional vocals and narration. The well-rehearsed Magic Band recorded all instrumental tracks[a 1] for Trout Mask Replica in a single six-hour recording session; Van Vliet's vocal and horn tracks were laid down over the next few days. Upon release in the US, Trout Mask Replica sold poorly and failed to chart. It was more successful in the UK, where it spent a week on the charts, at #21