CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'TROUT MASK REPLICA' Bizarre Blue Label.

	£		65
	$		86

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 'TROUT MASK REPLICA' Bizarre Label..

Condition is Used. (Please see photos)

Side 1 & 2 VG +
Side 3 & 4 VG (Both sides have light scuffs)

Slight tear on the top of the back cover.

Front cover has STRAIGHT in white letters.
Vinyl labels has BIZARRE on blue labels.

Generic white inners.

Notes

Reissue on 'Bizarre' label in 'Straight' gatefold sleeve.
White "StRaIGHt" logo on cover with cat# STS 1053.
Blue Bizarre labels with catalog 2MS 2027
(Unlike Straight, the Bizarre label of Zappa/Cohen did not have a cat# system and used that of Reprise)
Sequential discs, as label matrices.

Track A6: "Moonlight On Vermont" on sleeve, "Moonlight In Vermont" on label.
A4 'Flesh Horn' is a Vliet affectation for hands cupped to mouth.

Other Identifiers

Other (Catalog# On Cover): STS 1053

Other (Catalog# On 'Bizarre' Labels): 2MS 2027

Matrix / Runout (A side): 2MS 2027- 31041- STS 1053-1 1A SXT

Matrix / Runout (B side): T 1 2-STS-1053-2 side 2 TH 2MS2027 31042

Matrix / Runout (C side): T 1 2-STS-1053-3 side 3 TH 2MS2027 31043

Matrix / Runout (D side): T 1 2-STS-1053-4-RE TH 2MS2027 31044

general www info on this release:

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band* - Trout Mask Replica
Genre:Rock
Style:Blues Rock, Avantgarde
Year:1969
Notes:"Trout Mask Replica" was the 3rd official 'Magic Band' album and 1st double vinyl on Zappa & Cohen's independent 'Straight' label. It was released in the fall of 1969 in the US & Canada (cover logo white), with a 6-page roll-fold insert, and without insert in the UK (cover logo black) and Germany. It was also released in the US later that year on 8-Track & Cassette.

When opened out, the 2-fold insert has a photo of a school-age Vliet on the left page, sketches by Vliet's cousin Victor Hayden (aka The Mascara Snake) center page, and a 'Manta Ray' poem on right page (front, back & inner facing page respectively, when folded). Lyrics are on the 3 reverse pages. US album issues can be identified by the Straight address on label; 5455 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles 90036. It was manufactured* & distributed in the UK by CBS and in Germany by Electrola Gesellschaft m.b.H. Köln. The Canadian issue was pressed (by Herbert S. Berliner's plant, Compo Company Ltd.*) in an unusual auto-coupled sequence; AC, BD** - which, annoyingly, requires 'shuffling' on turn-over.

In January 1970 the Reprise Records catalog 2 MS 2027 appeared on label issues in the US, using the original gatefold (with catalog 1053). Some issues appeared with blue 'Bizarre' labels. In Europe this became the Reprise Records 64024 catalog, which was then prefixed by 'K' in the 'Kinney' period of Reprise history. Releases then adopted the Warner Bros. & WEA (Warner Elektra Atlantic) identities thereafter.

Events surrounding band members in the recording of this album are revealed in the "Grow Fins" box set booklet, or elsewhere on the Web. However, it is worth noting the work John 'Drumbo' French did in transcribing and helping bring Vliet's concepts to fruition. He is not credited on the album. By the time the band toured on its release (appearing with its producer Zappa at BYG's seminal 5-day "Actuel Festival" in Belgium in October 1969†) he was replaced by Jeff Bruchell (referred to by Vliet as 'Drumbo' or 'Fake Drumbo' by others). Bass-player Marker, of 'Rising Sons (2)', appears on tracks Moonlight On Vermont and Veteran's Day Poppy - restringsd earlier at Sunset Sound. The remainder were restringsd (using the T.T.G. 16-track) at Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, or were field-recordings at the 'Magic Band' house.

*Manufacturers IDs on back covers.
**The 1972 Australian issue is in the correct AD, BC auto-coupled sequence. All other issues seem to be sequential AB, CD releases.
†Understanding how the band's activities 'fitted' in the music scene of the time is worthwhile by reading 'Profile' at this Discogs link: Actuel Festival.
Tracklist
Frownland 1:39 
The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back 2:04 
Dachau Blues 2:21 
Ella Guru 2:23 
Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:57 
Moonlight On Vermont 3:55 
Pachuco Cadaver 4:37 
Bill's Corpse 1:47 
Sweet Sweet Bulbs 2:17 
Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish 2:25 
China Pig 3:56 
My Human Gets Me Blues 2:42 
Dali's Car 1:25 
Hair Pie: Bake 2 2:23 
Pena 2:31 
Well 2:05 
When Big Joan Sets Up 5:19 
Fallin' Ditch 2:03 
Sugar 'N Spikes 2:29 
Ant Man Bee 3:55 
Orange Claw Hammer 3:35 
Wild Life 3:07 
She's Too Much For My Mirror 1:42 
Hobo Chang Ba 2:01 
The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) 2:04 
Steal Softly Thru Snow 2:13 
Old Fart At Play 1:54 
Veteran's Day Poppy 4:30 

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