13. Bluejeans & Moonbeams

14. Unconditionally Guaranteed

15. Strictly Personal

16. The Spotlight Kid

17. Bat Chain Puller

18. Ice Cream for Crow

19. Clear Spot

20. Mirror Man

21. Safe as Milk

22. Lick My Decals Off, Baby

23. Doc at the Radar Station

24. Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

25. Trout Mask Replica

here's a download link to the full beat club session in 1972

https://mega.nz/folder/IrFyxThL#oNqyGn6T930c3r85WfqYdQ

Turns out distant cousins are not in limited supply.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Vliet-135

I feel like every other band with as much significance has been so thoroughly documented as to how it's played, but when you look for it, there's almost no accurate covers or lessons for anything past Safe as Milk. For example, in vary different genres, there's a site dedicated to Pavement tabs, one for Polvo, and I think two for Elliott Smith. I can almost figure out single not versions of some riffs, but it would take a real lesson or a cover I can watch to really get timing down. I know there are some good covers for the guitar instrumentals like Peon and the like all in one video, but I'd like to learn both guitar parts of full band songs.

I love this free jazz-esque, highly syncopated and practiced madness yet still manages to remain within the blues tradition. What are some other good bands?

...and no Spotify, Zappa sounds nothing like CB.

Hi All,

As the title suggests, my Dad loved Beefheart back in the day, I've got a couple of his records and I'm listening to them on and off.

A little different to what I usually listen to, but I'm buzzing off it to be honest.

Which albums would you suggest if you had a top 3 and why? Cheers

This list is the product of a lot of sweaty Beefheart nights. Was curious if anyone else would be stupid enough to take the time to do this. During what must have been my 60th listening or so, I decided to use a rating system to calculate my ranking of the tracks on Trout Mask Replica. So I started listening to the record every day (including sometimes the instrumentals only), and ranking each song. 

1. Veteran’s Day Poppy  
2. Pachuco Cadaver  
3. Steal Softly Thru Snow  
4. When Big Joan Sets Up 
5. The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)  
6. Hair Pie: Bake 1  
7. Hair Pie: Bake 2
8. She’s Too Much For My Mirror
9. Pena
10. My Human Gets Me Blues
11. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
12. Dali’s Car
13. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
14. Elle Guru
15. China Pig
16. Old Fart At Play
17. Hobo Chang Ba
18. Sugar ‘n Spikes
19. Dachau Blues
20. Bill’s Corpse  
21. Wild Life
22. Moonlight on Vermont
23. Frownland
24. Fallin Ditch 
25. Orange Claw Hammer  
26. Ant Man Bee
27. Well 
28. The Dust Blows Forward ‘n the Dust Blows Back 

There isn't an uninspired or non-innovative track on this album but everyone has a subjective ranking of their favorite and least favorite songs. Also, I hate to tack the spoken word tracks towards the bottom, but since they lack the sophistication that a full band piece would bring imo they have to go there. Sorry.

I’m curious what you all think of the list as I’m sure everyone has their own strong opinions on what the definitive ranking should be. Remember this is my subjective list so there are no wrong answers!

A friend has a white elephant for her birthday every year, which brings out some interesting artsy people. I had already drawn my present - a creepy baby doll holding an even creepier baby doll. But my wife noticed there were some presents under the table that nobody had picked, and the hosts said, ah everybody take whatever. She grabbed one that appeared to be records. And this was in it.

The corner is cut out, and the appearance it had when I looked at it, was that it had not been opened since being cut. The cover, insert and inner were kind of fused together. Upon opening it, the vinyl does appear to be completely unplayed.

And I am pleased to notice a real lively 3-D quality to it, compared to the popular CD edition. The sound is famously a bit muted and washed out but this is by far the best it has sounded to me. The bass occupies its own planet.

There was a music video of Captain Beefheart playing “Sure ‘Nuff Yes I Do” on a beach in the sun somewhere. The original was in colour. It was one of my favourite videos ever and it was an amazing performance. It didn’t even break a million views I don’t think but it was in my YouTube favorites for like seven years. But to my knowledge it’s one of the only times they tried to make a type of live/music video in the 60’s.

They play Sure Nuff, Electricity, and there’s snippets of either Im Glad or Autumns Child between live videos. It was a really great video that just vanished from YouTube and I’m unable to find it anywhere!

I can't find any versions with these drawings on discogs

Scooped up this gem in a Santa Barbara shop. But what is it. No record co. Imprint, generic brown paper cover and misspelled titles. Help?

Recently heard Trout Mask Replica for the first time, I was pretty apprehensive having heard a lot of Zappa albums and never really liking them much at all, plus TMR is known for being hard to listen to. I expected a gruelling experience but loved it from start to finish, the; because a bit obsessed and played it a few more time along with other Beefheart albums which are all great. I’m certainly not against obscure and abrasive music but I thought this might be too much.

Anyone else struggle to get into Zappa but love Beefheart? Am I approaching Zappa wrong?

Some other ways of looking at Trout Mask Replica:

Instrumental

Zoot Horn Rollo Side - right

Antennae Jimmy Semens Side - left

Instrumental Boost - the way Drumbo thought it should be.

Vocal Boost - MORE Captain, good for transcribing them lyrics.

This is a real concert review by a real hippie. I lived in Atlanta in this era and used to sell this paper on the street

Greetings fellow Beefheart fans! In listening to the Grow Fins box set, specifically disc 4, there is alot of recordings with a woman who sounds to be typing the entire time and having a conversation with Don; does anyone know who this woman is (interviewer, girlfriend, etc)? Thanks!

I'm just wondering what songs recorded on albums were never played live?

I think

Grown So Ugly
Autumn's Child
Tarotplane
25th century quaker
Ah Feel Like Ahcid
White Jam
Love Lies
Candle Mambo (as an aside just found this cover of it https://open.spotify.com/track/5zJDAh2rvmdItA3rQ5pmiJ?si=38bd883584cc410f)
Skeleton Makes Good

Any I've missed?