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1969 Straight CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ~ TROUT MASK + LYRICS INSERT = Acid PSYCH Zappa

Sold Date: December 29, 2013
Start Date: December 24, 2013
Final Price: $303.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 20
Seller Feedback: 12737
Buyer Feedback: 81

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    1969 EL CAPITAN at the APEX OF HIGH !

    ORIGINAL STRAIGHT RECORDS 1969 FIRST PRESS!

                                                

            the most unusual and challenging musical experience you'll have

                        

          

           CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

           and the MAGIC BAND

       TROUT MASK REPLICA

      

                              

            

\                                            USA - Straight Records - STS 1053

 

Both records are MINTY CLEAN and ALL PLAYS CLEAN....see all details below

100% TRUE FIRST PRESSING = 1969 Original ...the famous 2xLP set in thick gatefgold cover is complete with the sought after and rare 3 page pull out lyrics and BEEFHEART art work insert...includes both printed STRAIGHT Records inner sleeves

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RARE original 1969 first pressing 2xLP vinyl from 44 years ago in thick gatefold cover...the tour-de-force in the life and times of The Captain & his illustrious crew ...

A highly complex, completely disjointed free-jazz acid-funk-blues which predates no-wave by about a decade.

Amidst the chaos, one can trace, to cite a few examples, a disguised convoluted harmonic progression in "Hair Pie Bake 1", wild up-and-down dynamics in "Sweet Sweet Bulbs", the robotic nonsense "Neon Meat Dream Of A Octofish" - featuring a devilish guitar solo counter-effected by a clarinet on fire, the faux chamber music of "Dali's Car", the multi-layered delirium of "Pena" etc.

It's hard to actually tell, but actually each piece is quite different than the other. It's like each piece represents a different diagram in a geometrical parabola wihch in turn represents structured chaos, though sometimes things are far more playful as in the clownish funfair big-band exercise "Sugar 'n Spikes", or in the sketch "Ant Man Bee". And that is only the start, when the fried acid ramblings amid splattered avant-garde backdrops thrust forward in album highlights abounding, such as: Neon Meat Dream Of An Octofish, She's Too Much For My Mirror, Steal Softly Thru Snow, The Blimp, The Dust Blows Forward..., Dachau Blues, Moonlight In Vermont. and so on...hell, the whole album is one big spikey ball of fluster...

 Frownland 1:39
The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back 1:53
 Dachau Blues 2:21
 Ella Guru 2:23
 Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:57
 Moonlight on Vermont 3:55
B Pachuco Cadaver 4:37
 Bill's Corpse 1:47
 Sweet Sweet Bulbs 1:47
 Neon Meat Dream of a Octofish 2:25
B5 China Pig 3:56
 My Human Gets Me Blues 2:42
 Dali's Car 1:25
C 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
D 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

 

CONDITION: The Cover: gatefold cover is hard to find without shelf wear, this copy is all around solid with ONLY a bit of light shelf wear just starting, VG++ rating and that is really good for this wear-prone cover ... has no split seams, no bends, no writing and fresh original colors ... given the rarity and demand, is a definite collection keeper with no real need to upgrade with all considered....!!

The Vinyl: all 4 sides are glossy M- top clean & clear and plays quite enjoyable. The STRAIGHT labels are clean.

The triple fold lyrics inner sleeve are INCLUDED!

The rare triple fold out lyrics inner sleeve is CLEAN!

       

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

 

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

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