CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - STRICTLY PERSONAL 1st UK Press BLUE LIBERTY 1968
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND -
STRICTLY PERSONAL
LBS 83172
1st UK Press 1968
Machined matrices: A//1 B//1
After the stunning debut Safe as Milk failed to sell, this second album appeared on a different label – Liberty, again only very briefly. Beefheart was finding it very difficult to find a loyal label that would offer his music. This remains one of the most controversial in the Captain’s early catalogue mainly due due to the production of Bob Krasnow. Vastly divided opinions on its sound and use of phasing has always divided Beefheart fans. This is a strictly personal opinion, I think it sounds fantastic and makes a pretty strange band sound even more weird. But some think is obscured their real sound, including van Vliet himself.
This wonderful original album was a great prelude to Beefheart’s classic Trout Mask Replica which again was issued on a new label – Zappa’s newly formed Straight. Here Beefheart’s sound progressed still further from the debut and was now becoming even more obscure and challenging. The Captain was no ordinary artist and his music had few rules, his genius is at last being more and more recognised as time passes. This landmark album was the last not to include those outlandish names for The Magic Band, the members real names were correctly used. Weirdness however was the order of the day – just check out the inside cover pictures. A man fast approaching his creative heights and this stereo record does it great justice. Skillfully blending blues with psychedelia, I have never heard anything quite like this before.
A title bought by a very few, and ever fewer survive that will be even playable let alone enjoyable. This is a highly important recording, its twisted and at times difficult melodies quickly get into the subconscious and for those unfamiliar, it’s a wonderful experience. Only with Zappa’s total unrestricted artistic freedom did the Captain excel to even greater heights on his next masterpiece. To phase or not to phase? – who really cares, just enjoy this unique album for what it is.
Vinyl: VG. This is a copy with quite a few hairlines but it plays rather nicely albeit with an amount of background noise at times which is luckily not to the extent that it distracts from the main body of highly ingenious music. This stereo copy on the blue 1st press label is indeed very rare indeed. NO skips, NO jumps etc.
Gatefold Sleeve: VG+. An average condition sleeve with a crease towards the top right and wear to the right side edge. There are no tears or splits and the spine is still fully legible. Light storage wear on the top and bottom edges.
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