CAPTAIN BEEFHEART~SAFE AS MILK~RARE 1st PRESS~RED BUDDAH STEREO LP~SHRINK~EXC! Product Description Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band ‎– Safe As Milk
Buddah Records ‎– BDS 5001

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS BEEFHEART CLASSIC FEATURING A BAND OF MERRY MEN INCLUDING RY COODER!
RED LABEL PRESSING!!!
NO QUOTE ON THE FRONT COVER FROM ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE!!

COVER IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SHRINKWRAP PARTIALLY INTACT!!
VINYL IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT WEAR!!
INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH PHOTOS AND CREDITS.
AMAZING FOR ITS AGE OF 48 YEARS!!!

THE BEAST COPY WE'VE SEEN IN OVER 20 YEARS!

Beefheart's first proper studio album is a much more accessible, pop-inflected brand of blues-rock than the efforts that followed in the late '60s -- which isn't to say that it's exactly normal and straightforward. Featuring Ry Cooder on guitar, this is blues-rock gone slightly askew, with jagged, fractured rhythms, soulful, twisting vocals from Van Vliet, and more doo wop, soul, straight blues, and folk-rock influences than he would employ on his more avant-garde outings. "Zig Zag Wanderer," "Call on Me," and "Yellow Brick Road" are some of his most enduring and riff-driven songs, although there's plenty of weirdness on tracks like "Electricity" and "Abba Zaba."

The making of Safe As Milk, the debut album of Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, is a long and convoluted story, revealed at length elsewhere upon the Web and in written accounts. However, some rudimentary details are worth having here for those wishing to submit.

Early US issues had red labels, followed by 'kaleidoscope' labels, then later black labels (under Arista).  First inner liners had a photo-montage.

The band recorded in the Spring of 1967 at Sunset Sound Studios, later for the finished work at RCA Studios, Hollywood, C.A., USA.
The band members were:
Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, publishing in his real name and performing by his alias. (Vocals, Harmonica & Bass Marimba).
Alex Snouffer, aka Alex St. Clair, also known as Alexis St. Clare Snouffer. (Guitar).
Jerry Handley (Bass Guitar).
John French, aka John 'Drumbo' French or simply Drumbo. (Drums & Percussion).
Ry Cooder (Guitar, Slide Guitar & Bass Guitar) [A subsequently disaffected member & not appearing in photos].
Session or Guest Musicians [that are known. Others were present]:
Taj Mahal (Percussion), Russ Titelman (Guitar), Milt Holland (Log Drums & Percussion), Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman aka Sam Hoffman (Theremin).
 
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