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                          ORIGINAL 1972  FIRST PRESS                                         ~CLEAN~

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                 USA - REPRISE RECORDS - MS 2115

Original 1972 first press...highly underestimated LP which seems to have gone undero/ver the radar for many collectors... this is the 1972 original housed in custom transparent-plastic flap-top cover ... The Magic Band, are finely tight, led by (Winged Eel Fingerling) Elliot Ingber (x-franternity Of Man, Mothers Of Invention) who plays incredible leads & slide guitar throughout ... the Captain in fine form ::::

Featuring the classic Magic Band line-up of Winged Eel Fingerling, Zoot Horn Rollo, Rockette Morton and Ed Marimba, there is such a wealth of weird and wonderful instrumental and lyrical invention, this music exists in a field of its own, undated and unchallenged  forty four years later Highlights include the great "Sun Zoom Spark" & "Low Yo Yo Stuff" aand elsewhere, so much more. There is plenty to love about "Clear Spot" regarding the Captain's growling dark version of blue-eyed soul, the gems are up & down both sides. That moment when Mr. Zoot Horn Rollo 'hits that long, lunar note and lets it float' in Big Eyed Beans, thee exciting psychedelic guitar blues opus, is one of the defining moments in Beefheart glory. Golden Birdies, the closer is a showcase for a wonderfully cryptic lyric with a sombre percussive soundtrack. Don Van Vliet, the Captain, gave up music for painting.  Somebody else can be the judge of whether that is the art world's gain, but Beefheart music forward was sorely missed when reflecting his brand of uncompromising weirdness and beauty. "Clear Spot" may exceed even the peaks mentioned above, particularly the dissonant swamp rock of the title track, "Clear Spot"


  Low Yo Yo Stuff
  Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
   Too Much Time
  Circumstances
  My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
  Sun Zoom Spark
  . Clear Spot
  Crazy Little Thing
  Long Neck Bottles
  Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
  Big Eyed Beans from Venus
  Golden Birdies

              

 

CONDITION: The cover: rated: M- in custom transparent flap-top plastic cover... all in strong shape with fresh appearance -- there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... VERY collection worthy ...

The vinyl: Rated: smoooth and clear, lots of shine, M- rating ...play back should not reveal alarming distracting surface problems ...  both Reprise labels are clean

                 

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

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