Trout Mask Replica
Title
Trout Mask Replica
Other Artists:
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Van Vliet, Don (Captain Beefheart) - bass clarinet, tenor sax, vocal
Hayden, Victor (the Mascara Snake) - bass clarinet, vocal
Harkleroad, Bill (Zoot Horn Rollo) - glass finger guitar, flute
Cotton, Jeff (Antennae Jimmy Semens) - steel-appendage guitar
Boston, Mark (Rockette Morton) - bass, narration
French, John (Drumbo) - drums
Guests:
Underwood, Ian - alto sax
Moon, Doug - guitar
Preston, Don - piano
Estrada, Roy - bass
Tripp, Artie - drums
Zappa, Frank - vocals
Label:
Reprise
Binding:
Audio CD
Catalog Number:
927 196-2
Number of discs:
1
Release date:
1969
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Tracks
1. Frownland | Don Van Vliet
2. The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back | Don Van Vliet
3. Dachau Blues | Don Van Vliet
4. Ella Guru | Don Van Vliet
5. Hair Pie: Bake 1 | Don Van Vliet
6. Moonlight on Vermont | Don Van Vliet
7. Pachuco Cadaver | Don Van Vliet
8. Bills Corpse | Don Van Vliet
9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs | Don Van Vliet
10. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish | Don Van Vliet
11. China Pig | Don Van Vliet
12. My Human Gets Me Blues | Don Van Vliet
13. Dali's Car | Don Van Vliet
14. Hair Pie: Bake 2 | Don Van Vliet
15. Pena | Don Van Vliet
16. Well | Don Van Vliet
17. When Big Joan Sets Up | Don Van Vliet
18. Fallin' Ditch | Don Van Vliet
19. Sugar 'N Spikes | Don Van Vliet
20. Ant Man Bee | Don Van Vliet
21. Orange Claw Hammer | Don Van Vliet
22. Wild Life | Don Van Vliet
23. She's Too Much For My Mirror | Don Van Vliet
24. Hobo Chang Ba | Don Van Vliet
25. The Blimp | Don Van Vliet
26. Steal Softly Thru Snow | Don Van Vliet
27. Old Fart at Play | Don Van Vliet
28. Veteran's Day Poppy | Don Van Vliet
Music Information
This is perhaps one of the best-known Captain Beefheart albums, and can still be found as a CD. It is everything it is reputed to be: an incredible mix of influences crammed into a double-length album, with a sound that seems to exist outside of most musical styles. With that in mind, it's hard to listen to. A common response to this album (from what I've been told) is initial hatred. It has a very cacophonous sound, but after listening to it for a while, it sort of creeps up on you, and you find yourself loving it. It does take some determined listening, though. Regardless, it is a purchaseeveryone serious about music should make - just be prepared for a shock if you've been listening to more standard-format music. - © Justin C. Sherrill (reprinted with kind permission of the author).
Album Information
ZOOT HORN ROLLO: glass finger guitar, flute
ANTENNAE JIMMY SEMENS: steel-appendage guitar
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: bass clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax, vocal
THE MASCARA SNAKE: bass clarinet & vocal
ROCKETTE MORTON: bass & narration
DRUMBO: drums
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART plays tenor & soprano sax simultaneously on Ant Man Bee, simran horn & musette on Neon Meate Dream; ANTENNAE JIMMY SEMENS sing lead vocal on Pena & plays flesh horn on Ella Guru; special guest artist DOUG MOON plays guitar on China Pig;
Produced by FRANK ZAPPA Arranged by DON VAN VLIET
Engineered by Dick Kunc Album design: Cal Schenkel Photography: Ed Caraeff/Cal Schenkel Special electronic modifications on Captain Beefheart's band equipment by Dick Kunc Most recent in a long series of contract negotiations leading to an actual signing: Neil C. Reshen
All songs written by Captain Beefheart © 1969 Words & music copyrighted for the world by Beefheart Music Co. BMI
Added to the CD issue after the words "most recent...": CD design and restoration: Tom Recchion
A picture of the Mascara Snake and of Zoot Horn Rollo, from the gatefold interior of Trout Mask Replica.
