Captain Beefheart Trout Mask Replica Vinyl LP Third Man Records Vault Package 36

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Easter Morning, 1969… Frank Zappa calls up CaptainBeefheart and the Magic Band and tells them the album he is producing for themis done. The Captain instructs the band to dress in their Sunday best clothesbefore they all go to the studio and listen to the complete finished work forthe first time. By all accounts, the experience tiptoed between celebratory anddownright religious.

Trout Mask Replica is a touchstone in the history of recordedmusic. The mix of dada absurdist blues and previously unexplored experimentalavenues has long been praised as one of the greatest albums of all time. Asso eloquently put by John Peel, "If there has been anything in the historyof popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that peoplewho are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout MaskReplica is probably that work.”

In full partnership with the Zappa Family Trust and tocelebrate the relaunch of the seminal Bizarre label imprint,Third Man Records is proud to announce its 36th Vault package focused squarelyon Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica.

Easter Morning, 1969… Frank Zappa calls up CaptainBeefheart and the Magic Band and tells them the album he is producing for themis done. The Captain instructs the band to dress in their Sunday best clothesbefore they all go to the studio and listen to the complete finished work forthe first time. By all accounts, the experience tiptoed between celebratory anddownright religious.

Trout Mask Replica is a touchstone in the history of recordedmusic. The mix of dada absurdist blues and previously unexplored experimentalavenues has long been praised as one of the greatest albums of all time. Asso eloquently put by John Peel, "If there has been anything in the historyof popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that peoplewho are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout MaskReplica is probably that work.”

In full partnership with the Zappa Family Trust and tocelebrate the relaunch of the seminal Bizarre label imprint,Third Man Records is proud to announce its 36th Vault package focused squarelyon Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica.

Out of print on vinyl for nearly ten years, this remaster was helmed byindustry legend Bob Ludwig and cut by the estimable Chris Bellman at BernieGrundman Mastering. Utilizing crystalline-quality safety masters kept in theZappa family vault for decades by the trustworthy Joe Travers, the audio hereis positively glorious. Every last skronk breathes full life into the room.Every twisted guitar figure uncurls onto paths previously unpaved. Every lastbark and howl shines resolute through the vast emptiness of your mind.

Previous countless Trout Mask Replica repressings usedscans of scans of scans of the cover image, but for Vault Package #36 theoriginal Cal Schenkel cover photo has been tracked down and reproduced here atits clearest — its resolution from the original release in 1969.If you’ve only ever seen a jpg online or fuzzy, smeared-looking CD issues fromthe 90’s, be prepared to be wowed by the fully engaging spectrum this iconicimage casts. This 2xLP is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram fruitcakefish-scale colored vinyl for that full-on frenetic feeling.

The French-only 7-inch single of “Pachuco Cadaver” b/w “Wild Life” willalso be included as part of this overreaching package. As the only single everpulled from this admittedly dense album, this is the first time EVER that“Pachuco Cadaver” has been repressed and comes wonderfully housed in a replicaglue-pocket picture sleeve and pressed on a white colored vinyl.ALL vinyl in this package is lovingly pressed at Third ManPressing’s state-of-the-art plant in Detroit, Michigan for thatextra-special attention to detail.

Additionally, Third Man Records has undertaken the creation of the firstever replica trout mask. Much in the spirit of the cardboardcutouts included in original copies of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album, thismask will be a hit at Halloween parties and Duchampian celebrations for eons tocome. If that’s not enough, Third Man has commissioned an impressive, striking fabricpatch that reproduces the Trout Mask cover art, an insignia that will signifyany wearer as a follower in the Captain’s army.

And if that’s not enough, the revered illustrator Jess Rotter ofRotter and Friends has run the Trout Mask cover through her inimitablestyle and cooked up an inspired line-drawing rendering that beautifully gracesa sturdy, durable tote bag to hold all these wonderful sundries in.

Finally, as a testament to the inspiring life of Don Van Vliet,Third Man has lovingly printed Jack White’s epitaph for theman in glorious, psychedelic silkscreen broadside wonderment. Fitting in the LPjacket and fitting as a tribute, this evocative poem was originally publishedin March 2011 issue of MOJO Magazine.

While Trout Mask Replica kicks off the partnership with abang, do be on the lookout for even more avant-garde and mind-bending works inthe future coming from the Bizarre/Third Man unification. Minds will continueto be blown, barriers will be destroyed, verbiage will be significantly hype-worthy.