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·       CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (WITH FRANK ZAPPA AS A PRODUCER) - TROUT MASK REPLICA – ORIGINAL 1969 STRAIGHT RECORDS STEREO DOUBLE ALBUM (2-LP SET) STS-1053

 

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

 

·       ULTRA-RARE TRUE FIRST PRESSING ON WHICH CATALOG NUMBER ON THE COVER (STS-1054) MATCHES THE CATALOG NUMBER ON THE RECORD LABELS; THIS IS NOT A SECOND PRESSING WHICH HAS A CATALOG NUMBER ON THE COVER NOT MATCHING THE ONE ON THE RECORD (STS-1054 ON THE COVER, BUT 2MS-2027 ON THE LABELS)

 

·       ORIGINAL PINK, ORANGE AND YELLOW ‘STRAIGHT’ LABEL

 

·       INCLUDES RARE ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED INSERT / BOOKLET

 

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

 

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

 

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

 

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

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Trout Mask Replica is Captain Beefheart's masterpiece, a fascinating, stunningly imaginative work that still sounds like little else in the rock & roll canon. Given total creative control by producer and friend Frank Zappa, Beefheart and his Magic Band rehearsed the material for this 28-song double album for over a year, wedding minimalistic R&B, blues, and garage rock to free jazz and avant-garde experimentalism. Atonal, sometimes singsong melodies; jagged, intricately constructed dual-guitar parts; stuttering, complicated rhythmic interaction -- all of these elements float out seemingly at random, often without completely interlocking, while Beefheart groans his surrealist poetry in a throaty Howlin' Wolf growl. The disjointedness is perhaps partly unintentional -- reportedly, Beefheart's refusal to wear headphones while recording his vocals caused him to sing in time with studio reverberations, not the actual backing tracks -- but by all accounts, the music and arrangements were carefully scripted by the Captain (aided by John "Drumbo" French), which makes the results even more remarkable. As one might expect from music so complex and, to many ears, inaccessible, the influence of Trout Mask Replica was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point. However, its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless future experiments in rock surrealism, especially during the punk/new wave era.

 

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE HUEY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

 

For the uninitiated, allow us to briefly summarize the importance and the contents of this album. Simply put, this is one of the most wonderfully nutty, demented, degenerate, deconstructionist, unrepentantly dadaist, perversely humane and humanly perverse albums Rock & Roll ever produced. Nothing of this sort has been (re)produced before or since, not even by the Cap Beefheart himself. Think of this as a musical equivalent of Kandinski, Malevich or Mondrian. Never mind the music (which itself is fabulous); JUST LISTEN TO THE TITLES:

 

Track listing: Frownland --- Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back --- Dachau Blues --- Ella Guru --- Hair Pie: Bake 1 --- Moonlight On Vermont --- Pachuco Cadaver --- Bills Corpse --- Sweet Sweet Bulbs --- Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish --- China Pig --- My Human Gets Me Blues --- Dali's Car --- Hair Pie: Bake 2 --- Pena --- Well --- When Big Joan Sets Up --- Fallin' Ditch --- Sugar 'N Spikes --- Ant Man Bee --- Orange Claw Hammer --- Wild Life --- She's Too Much For My Mirror --- Hobo Chang Ba --- Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) --- Steal Softly Thru Snow --- Old Fart At Play --- Veteran's Day Poppy.

 

For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship,  revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, this album was voted one of top-100 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted in 1987 by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals   (  for the complete album listing)

 

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·                               CONDITION:

 

·                               RECORD

 

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

 

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new. (PLEASE NOTE: SIDE 4 IS SLIGHTLY INFERIOR TO THE REMAINING THREE SIDES AND IS GRADED SEPARATELY AS VERY GOOD ++ (VG++)

 

(b)          The records come in their original stock inner sleeves

 

(c)           The album comes with its original 6-page (3-sheet) illustrated brochure / booklet

 

(d)          The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

 

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

 

 

·       COVER

 

THE COVER IS NEAR MINT !

 

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

 

-         Cover has JUST A HINT of ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (front side) and 1 (back side).

 

-         Cover has two bottom corners slightly worn / dinged (nothing significant)

 

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the bottom seam (nothing significant)

 

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY)

 

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

 

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

 

 

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