Captain Beefheart – 'Trout Mask Replica' 2x12" vinyl DOUBLE LP 1969 USA 1ST VG++
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Hello there. I'm selling my much loved vinyl collection that I've accumulated over the last 60 years because we have moved house and simply don't have the room anymore. These vinyl are in VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS condition. This RARE AMERICAN FIRST PRESSING was bought used and has been well looked after, although general wear and tear of the record sleeve comes with the age (if there are any minor scuffs to the record sleeve, they are illustrated in the photographs). The sleeve is in VERY GOOD PLUS condition. I would like it to go to a good home.
For multiple buys, this is the general rule of thumb for UK bidders:
International buyers - please message me for more info.
1 - 2 vinyl £3.49
3 - 4 vinyl £4.49
5 - 6 vinyl £4.99
7 - 8 vinyl £5.99
9 - 50 vinyl £9.99
These prices can obviously vary due to the weight of each album, but it's a good guideline.
All actions will run their course, just let me know when you're all done bidding/winning and I'll send you an invoice with reduced P&P.
Any questions, please ask away. . .
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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
Label: Straight – STS 1053, Straight – 2 STS 1053 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Pitman Press, Gatefold, Auto-Coupled Country: US Released: Oct 1969 Genre: Rock, Blues Style: Psychedelic Rock, Blues Rock, Art Rock, Avantgarde, ExperimentalTracklist
A1 Frownland 1:39 A2 The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back 2:04 A3 Dachau Blues 2:21 A4 Ella Guru Effects [Flesh Horn] – Antennae Jimmy Semens Effects [Flesh Horn] – Antennae Jimmy Semens 2:23 A5 Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:57 A6 Moonlight On Vermont Bass Guitar – Gary "Magic" Marker Bass Guitar – Gary "Magic" Marker 3:55 B1 Pachuco Cadaver 4:37 B2 Bill's Corpse 1:47 B3 Sweet Sweet Bulbs 2:17 B4 Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish Horn [Simran Horn], Musette – Captain Beefheart Horn [Simran Horn], Musette – Captain Beefheart 2:25 B5 China Pig Guitar – Doug Moon Guitar – Doug Moon 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 Lead Vocals – Antennae Jimmy Semens Lead Vocals – Antennae Jimmy Semens 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 Saxophone [Simultaneous Tenor & Soprano] – Captain Beefheart Saxophone [Simultaneous Tenor & Soprano] – Captain Beefheart 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) Narrator – Antennae Jimmy Semens Voice [Intro] – Frank Zappa Narrator – Antennae Jimmy Semens Voice [Intro] – Frank Zappa 2:04 D6 Steal Softly Thru Snow 2:13 D7 Old Fart At Play 1:54 D8 Veteran's Day Poppy Bass Guitar – Gary "Magic" Marker Bass Guitar – Gary "Magic" Marker 4:30Companies, 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
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing variant denoted by a "P" stamp in runouts.1st press USA issue, with auto-coupled discs,
'Straight' labels with a '2' prefix to STS 1053 cat# & the 'Straight'/'Bizarre' address on label radius text.
Vinyl in black 'Straight' liners with 'Bizarre' address.
6-page, 2-fold white paper insert printed single-color black (folds to 12"x12"), lyrics within. Front has half-tone photo of school-age Don Vliet inside a panel, with legend; "Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart". Back & inner spread has line illustrations by "The Mascara Snake" [Vliet's cousin]. Inside facing-page has handwritten 'Manta Ray' poem which is under-signed 'Don Van Vliet'.
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.
[The intro voice is that of Zappa, recorded via a telephone link to Zappa's studio - with Antennae Jimmy Semens narrating from Vliet's script over the 'phone from the 'Magic Band house'. A field-to-studio recording, on which was resident on a tape channel the members of The Mothers performing the drum-passage to "Charles Ives" aka "Didja Get Any Onya?"]
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 members was fundamental in its production. See notes in 'Grow Fins' box set).
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, A-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-1 "P"
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, D-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-4 P
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, B-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-2 "P"
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, C-Side runout, hand-etched): 2-STS-1053-3 "P" ?
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