His Magic Band* – Trout Mask Replica
Label: |
Straight – 2 STS 1053 |
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Format: |
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Blues |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| A1 | Frownland | 1:39 | |
| A2 | The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back | 2:04 | |
| A3 | Dachau Blues | 2:21 | |
| A4 | Ella Guru | 2:23 | |
| A5 | Hair Pie: Bake 1 | 4:57 | |
| A6 | Moonlight On Vermont | 3:55 | |
| B1 | Pachuco Cadaver | 4:37 | |
| B2 | Bills Corpse | 1:47 | |
| B3 | Sweet Sweet Bulbs | 2:17 | |
| B4 | Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish | 2:25 | |
| B5 | China Pig | 3:56 | |
| B6 | My Human Gets Me Blues | 2:42 | |
| B7 | Dali's Car | 1:25 | |
| C1 | Hair Pie: Bake 2 | 2:23 | |
| C2 | Pena | 2:31 | |
| C3 | Well | 2:05 | |
| C4 | When Big Joan Sets Up | 5:19 | |
| C5 | Fallin' Ditch | 2:03 | |
| C6 | Sugar 'N Spikes | 2:29 | |
| C7 | Ant Man Bee | 3:55 | |
| D1 | Orange Claw Hammer | 3:35 | |
| D2 | Wild Life | 3:07 | |
| D3 | She's Too Much For My Mirror | 1:42 | |
| D4 | Hobo Chang Ba | 2:01 | |
| D5 | The Blimp (Mousetrap Replica) | 2:04 | |
| D6 | Steal Softly Thru Snow | 2:13 | |
| D7 | Old Fart At Play | 1:54 | |
| D8 | Veteran's Day Poppy | 4:30 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Recorded At – Whitney Recording Studios
- Recorded At – The Magic Band House
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits
- Bass Clarinet, Vocals, Illustration [On Insert Sheet] – The Mascara Snake
- Bass Guitar, Narrator – Rockette Morton
- Design [Album Design], Photography By [Cover] – Cal Schenkel
- Drums [Uncredited], Translated By [Music Score, Uncredited] – John French
- Engineer, Technician [Electronic Modification Of Equipment] – Dick Kunc
- Liner Notes [Insert Sheet Poem] – Don Van Vliet
- Photography By [Inside & Back Cover] – Ed Caraeff
- Producer – Frank Zappa
- Slide Guitar [Glass Finger Guitar], Flute – Zoot Horn Rollo
- Slide Guitar [Steel Appendage Guitar] – Antennae Jimmy Semens
- Songwriter – Captain Beefheart
- Vocals, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone [Saxophones Played Simultaneously] – Captain Beefheart
Notes
1st press USA issue
'Straight' labels with a '2' prefix to STS 1053 cat# & the 'Straight'/'Bizarre' address on label radius text.
Works all contained in unlaminated gatefold sleeve.
(Pasted, no internal glue-tabs)
Errata on labels vs sleeve:
"Moonlight On Vermont" is printed wrongly as "Moonlight In Vermont" on label.
"The Blimp" is printed "The Blimb" (wrongly) & has "(Mousetrapreplica)" suffix on label.
Track A4: "Flesh Horn" is a Vliet affectation for the 'cupped hand'-to-the-mouth (hence flesh), used to create a 'vocalized horn' effect.
Tracks A6 & D8 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
Remaining tracks later recorded at Whitney Recording Studios (and within 'The Magic Band House')
Drummer, John 'Drumbo' French, was not credited on this album. (It is now accepted that his transcription of Beefheart's concepts/score for other band was fundamental in its production. See notes in 'Grow Fins' box set).
Has white spine that reads STS-1053 TROUT MASK REPLICA CAPTAIN BEEFHEART STRAIGHT
Label reads 2 STS 1053
'Straight' labels with a '2' prefix to STS 1053 cat# & the 'Straight'/'Bizarre' address on label radius text.
Works all contained in unlaminated gatefold sleeve.
(Pasted, no internal glue-tabs)
Errata on labels vs sleeve:
"Moonlight On Vermont" is printed wrongly as "Moonlight In Vermont" on label.
"The Blimp" is printed "The Blimb" (wrongly) & has "(Mousetrapreplica)" suffix on label.
Track A4: "Flesh Horn" is a Vliet affectation for the 'cupped hand'-to-the-mouth (hence flesh), used to create a 'vocalized horn' effect.
Tracks A6 & D8 recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders
Remaining tracks later recorded at Whitney Recording Studios (and within 'The Magic Band House')
Drummer, John 'Drumbo' French, was not credited on this album. (It is now accepted that his transcription of Beefheart's concepts/score for other band was fundamental in its production. See notes in 'Grow Fins' box set).
Has white spine that reads STS-1053 TROUT MASK REPLICA CAPTAIN BEEFHEART STRAIGHT
Label reads 2 STS 1053
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, A-Side runout, hand-etched): 2MS-2027 31041 STS-1053-1 o-1A
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, D-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-4 (RE) 31044-D 2MS-2021
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, B-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-2 o "P" 31042-B 2MS-2027
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, C-Side runout, hand-etched): 2MS-2027 31041-C 2 1 STS-1053-3 o 1A
Other Versions (5 of 96)
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Trout Mask Replica (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) | Straight | STS 1053, 2 STS 1053 | US | 1969 | ||
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Trout Mask Replica (2×LP, Album) | Straight | SMS 2222/3 | 1969 | |||
| Trout Mask Replica (2×LP, Album) | Straight | STS 1053, 2 STS 1053 | UK | 1969 | |||
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Trout Mask Replica (2×LP, Album, Auto-coupled) | Straight | STS 1053 | Canada | 1969 | ||
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Trout Mask Replica (Cassette, Album) | Straight | CST 10532 | US | 1969 |
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I don’t understand the obsession with this record. Overrated. I would bet that collectors who own it almost never play it.
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