What's a song you've found yourself listening to like crazy recently?

https://open.spotify.com/album/59QIOPSAr5E2ZKharqJUff?si=RXsXJyz0QQSeRlgym8RxrQ

I’m writing my dissertation on trout mask replica and im somewhat lacking in sources, most info comes from blogs and newspapers and I don’t know if they’re all reputable!

I‘ve read beefheart: through the eyes of magic, kevin courrier’s book on trout mask replica, and songs in the key of Z - im wondering if there’s any other good ones I can buy. As well, if there are any archives of documentaries about him or TMR because most ones on YouTube are poorly cropped or low quality, or have audio removed in parts.

If Don were alive today then he would be diagnosed with ADHD while in grade school, and then later OCD and BPD. He would hate the effects of the meds, but eventually the people who loved him would convince him that it was for the best, it was the only way he could stay stable enough to be a member of society. He'd spend the rest of his life in a medicated fog, before the effects of diabetes and obesity resulted in an early death. All hail progress.

I have listened to all the albums for sure a few times through but the higher up ones I have obviously listened to more but I'd like to hear your feedback so I can dive in again to them with your recommendations/favorite songs in mind. Thanks and rock on 🤘

1 Trout Mask Replica 2 Shiny Beast 3 Mirror Man 4 The Spotlight Kid 5 Clear Spot 6 Lick My Decals Off, Baby 7 Safe As Milk 8 Doc At The Radar Station 9 Strictly Personal 10 Bluejeans and Moonbeams 11 Ice Cream For Crow 12 Unconditionally Guarenteed

I bought this book 46 years ago, outside on the street, after a Magic Band concert at NYC’s Bottom Line. 1978. It has lots of lyrics, article reprints, and some drawings. It’s darned cool.

Heya! I really want to try to get into captain beefheart, but I feel like I’m starting in all the wrong places. I loveeeee frank Zappa soo much I’m obsessed with how busy and fulfilling his music is, but I wanted to branch out to some similar artists.

I tried to start with captain beefhearts earlier more accessible bluesy albums but they didn’t feel quite experimental enough to keep me hooked. I then explored his more experimental stuff and I found it really hard to wrap my head around!! Maybe too experimental for me to start off with without really knowing much of his discography and style.

My favourite frank Zappa album is one size fits all (probably the most common answer ever) and hot rats is close second (I know CBH did some of the vocals for Willie the pimp)

For reference, other musicians I love include; Steely Dan, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, and Kate Bush

If anyone can help me out that would be great :) if not that’s fine! I would just like to see where most of you would recommend starting. He may just not be for me! Which is also fine.

Edit: I loved clear spot! Very easy to listen to but also interesting, it kept me engaged all the way through. Lick my decals off baby is also great and I can hear the strikingly clear influence he’s had on Tom waits off the bat! Will update again once I work my way up to trout mask replica :)

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?