LP: TROUT MASK REPLICA - Capt. Beefheart (Straight Records, Frank Zappa prod)
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AllMusic Review (5 of 5) by Steve Huey [-]
Trout Mask Replica is Captain Beefheart's masterpiece, a fascinating, stunningly imaginative work that still sounds like little else in the rock & roll canon. Given total creative control by producer and friend Frank Zappa, Beefheart and his Magic Band rehearsed the material for this 28-song double album for over a year, wedding minimalistic R&B, blues, and garage rock to free jazz and avant-garde experimentalism. Atonal, sometimes singsong melodies; jagged, intricately constructed dual-guitar parts; stuttering, complicated rhythmic interaction -- all of these elements float out seemingly at random, often without completely interlocking, while Beefheart groans his surrealist poetry in a throaty Howlin' Wolf growl. The disjointedness is perhaps partly unintentional -- reportedly, Beefheart's refusal to wear headphones while recording his vocals caused him to sing in time with studio reverberations, not the actual backing tracks -- but by all accounts, the music and arrangements were carefully scripted by the Captain (aided by John "Drumbo" French), which makes the results even more remarkable. As one might expect from music so complex and, to many ears, inaccessible, the influence of Trout Mask Replica was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point. However, its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless future experiments in rock surrealism, especially during the punk/new wave era.
TracklistHide Credits
A1 Frownland 1:40 A2 The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back 1:53 A3 Dachau Blues 2:22 A4 Ella Guru Horn [Flesh Horn] – Antennae Jimmy Semens 2:27 A5 Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:59 A6 Moonlight On Vermont 3:59 B1 Pachuco Cadaver 4:40 B2 Bill's Corpse 1:49 B3 Sweet Sweet Bulbs 2:21 B4 Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish Horn [Simran Horn], Musette – Captain Beefheart 2:26 B5 China Pig Featuring, Guitar – Doug Moon 4:03 B6 My Human Gets Me Blues 2:47 B7 Dali's Car 1:27 C1 Hair Pie: Bake 2 2:23 C2 Pena Lead Vocals – Antennae Jimmy Semens 2:34 C3 Well 2:08 C4 When Big Joan Sets Up 5:18 C5 Fallin' Ditch 2:08 C6 Sugar 'N Spikes 2:30 C7 Ant Man Bee Saxophone [Tenor & Soprano Simultaneously] – Captain Beefheart 3:57 D1 Orange Claw Hammer 3:35 D2 Wild Life 3:10 D3 She's Too Much For My Mirror 1:41 D4 Hobo Chang Ba 2:02 D5 The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) 2:05 D6 Steal Softly Thru Snow 2:19 D7 Old Fart At Play 1:51 D8 Veteran's Day Poppy 4:32Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Reprise Records Inc.
- Record Company – Bizarre/Straight Records
- Record Company – Bizarre Records Inc.
- Published By – Beefheart Music Co.
- Mastered At – Customatrix
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
- Bass Clarinet, Vocals – The Mascara Snake
- Bass Guitar, Narrator – Rockette Morton
- Design [Album Design] – Cal Schenkel
- Engineer, Effects [Special Electronic Modifications On Captain Beefheart's Band Equipment] – Dick Kunc
- Guitar [Glass Finger], Flute – Zoot Horn Rollo
- Guitar [Steel Appendage] – Antennae Jimmy Semens
- Other [Contract Negotiation & Signing] – Neil C. Reshen
- Photography By – Cal Schenkel, Ed Caraeff
- Producer – Frank Zappa
- Songwriter – Captain Beefheart
- Vocals, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Captain Beefheart
Notes
This is a transitional issue (2nd pressing) where a Reprise cat. # 2MS 2027is introduced on the pink Sraight labels, but Reprise is not yet credited as a label or as a
company anywhere on the release.
"TI" etched in the run-out areas indicates a pressing variant
by Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute.
The gatefold sleeve remains unchanged from previous versions
with white "StRaIGHt" logo, and original STS 1053 cat. #.
Has same label design as before with Wilshire Blvd, address at bottom.
However, the text layout is different from other similar versions;
Side indication appears in the 3 o'clock position, stereo at 6 o'clock
Track A6: "Moonlight On Vermont" on sleeve, "Moonlight In Vermont" on label.
This version does NOT employ auto-coupling
as used on previous editions. (1st pressings).
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