1969 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TROUT MASK REPLICA MUTANT BIZARRE BLUE LABELS FRANK ZAPPA

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1969 - CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND - TROUT MASK REPLICA - - RARE U.S.A. BIZARRE RECORDS BLUE LABEL MUTANT PRESSING, NOT ON THE NORMAL STRAIGHT AND LATER REPRISE RECORDS LABEL - TAKE A LOOK AT THE LABELS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE OVER-PRINTED AREAS - HOWEVER SOME IGNANT MCNUGENTS CLAM THAT THIS BIZARRE RECORDS BLUE LABEL WAS THE FIRST PRESSING AND THAT CAPTAIN BEEFHEART GOT PISSED OFF THAT FRANK ZAPPA WAS PORTRAYING HIM AS A HORRIBLE FREAK AND PUT HIM ON THE BIZARRE RECORDS LABEL INSTEAD OF HIS STRAIGHT RECORDS LABEL WITH ALL THE NORMAL ARTISTS LIKE ALICE COOPER. WELL FIRST OF ALL LARRY, TROUT MASK REPLICA WAS FIRST RELEASED ON FRANK'S STRAIGHT RECORDS LABEL A FEW MONTHS BEFORE HE EVEN SIGNED HIS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH WARNER BROS RECORDS. YOU CAN SEE ON THIS BIZARRE RECORDS BLUE LABEL PRINTED "DISTRIBUTED BY WARNER BROS. - SEVEN ARTS RECORDS. SECOND OF ALL NOW I WONDER WHY ANYBODY WOULD THINK THAT AN ALBUM WITH SOME GUY WEARING A FISH ON HIS HEAD COULD POSSIBLY BE A HORRIBLE FREAK? HEY, IT'S NOT EVEN A TROUT, IT'S A CARP THAT ALBUM COVER ARTIST CAL SCHENKEL TOLD HE PURCHASED AT THE FAIRFAX MARKET IN LOS ANGELES. - BY THE WAY, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM SOME PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE TERRIBLEST SH*T THEY'VE EVER HEARD, WHILE OTHER PEOPLE CLAIM IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER MADE. THIS BIZARRE RECORDS BLUE LABEL IS FAR MORE RARE THAN THE FIRST STRAIGHT RECORDS TROUT MASK REPLICA ALBUM RELEASE - BIZARRE RECORDS BLUE LABEL - 2MS 2027 - SEE THE PHOTOS THAT MUCH LIKE YOUR SQUID EATING THE DOUGH IN THAT POLYETHYLENE BAG CAN BE ENLARGED - SO ROLL YER CARDBOARD BALLS ON UP THERE 'N LOOK AT EM' - OK LARRY?

SIDE ONE POOTS FORTH: FROWNLAND - THE DUST BLOWS FORWARD 'N THE DUST BLOWS BACK - DACHAU BLUES - ELLA GURU - HAIR PIE: BAKE 1 - MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT.

SIDE TWO OOZES OUT: PACHUCO CADAVER - BILLS CORPSE - SWEET SWEET BULBS - NEON MEATE DREAM OF A OCTAFISH - CHINA PIG - MY HUMAN GETS ME BLUES - DALI'S CAR.

SIDE THREE FLUSHES DOWN: HAIR PIE: BAKE 2 - PENA - WELL - WHEN BIG JOAN SETS UP - FALLIN' DITCH - SUGAR 'N SPIKES - ANT MAN BEE.

SIDE FOUR WIPES UP: ORANGE CLAW HAMMER - WILD LIFE - SHE'S TOO MUCH FOR MY MIRROR - HOBO CHANG BA - THE BLIMP - STEAL SOFTLY THRU SNOW - OLD FART AT PLAY - VETERAN'S DAY POPPY.

HEAVY CARDBOARD ALBUM COVER HAS SOME RING WEAR ON THE FRONT. A FEW INCHES SEAM SPLITS ON THE TOP SEAMS STARTING FROM THE RECORD SLOT. STILL A NICE COVER. RARE MUTANT BIZARRE RECORDS USA BLUE LABELS INSTEAD OF STRAIGHT OR REPRISE THAT SOME IGNANT MCNUGETS CLAIM WAS THE FIRST PRESSING, BUT ARE ACTUALLY MORE RARE THAN THE FIRST PRESSINGS BOTH SOUNDED NICE. A LITTLE SURFACE NOISE HERE AND THERE BUT NOT CONSTANT. NO CLICKS. NO POPS. NO SKIPS. THERE'S A VISIBLE SURFACE MARK ON SIDE 3 AND A FEW MORE LIGHT ONES ELSEWHERE. BUT LIKE I SAID, NO CLICKS, NO POPS, NO SKIPS AND THEE'S NO CONSTANT SURFACE NOISE. IN FACT THOSE SCUFFS MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE CULPRITS OF ANY SURFACE NOISE AS THIS IS A 48 YEAR OLD RECORD AND ACTUALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE ANY NORMAL SURFACE NOISE YOU'D HEAR ON THOSE EARLY TROUT MASK REPLICA ALBUMS. BOTH RECORDS COME IN HIGH QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF INNER SLEEVE TO ELIMINATE ANY FUTURE SURFACE NOISE. BUT WAIT...., THERE'S EVEN MORE..., BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.

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HEY LARRY, YOU STILL HANGING AROUND WAY DOWN HERE? WELL SINCE YOU'RE HERE ANYWAY CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, STEVE VAI , TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RELATED ARTISTS THAN YOU COULD SHAKE YOUR STICK AT AND AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH I'VE ADDED SOME OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK ARTISTS FOR YOUR DANCING AND DINING PLEASURE SUCH AS: CAPTAIN BEYOND, BUBBLE PUPPY, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, JETHRO TULL, JIMI HENDRIX, KING CRIMSON, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, THE TUBES, NEKTAR AND MANY OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?