CAPT. BEEFHEART TROUT MASK REPLICA NM- 2LP STRAIGHT WLP

$

170

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND : TROUT MASK REPLICA

Two Vinyl LP grade Near Mint minus ~ ORIGINAL from 1969 ~ White Promo Labels & Promo Sticker

Straight Records/Bizarre STS 1053 ~ With lyric booklet & special inner sleeves

Heavy Gatefold Cover grades Near Mint minus (see below for more details)

There is a small red & white, rectangular Promo sticker attached to the front cover, bottom right. The sticker is mainly intact but has minor flaking in one corner. Original package includes an incredible six-page fold out booklet with photos, drawings & the complete lyrics. The booklet is in Excellent shape with faint tan-spotting on the back.

THE MAGIC BAND are : Zoot Horn Rollo, Antennae Jimmy Semens, The Mascara Snake and Rockette Morton

All songs written by Capt. Beefheart ~ LP was produced by FRANK ZAPPA

LPs sight-grade NEAR MINT minus [i.e. almost like-new] with very few signs of play or wear. Upon very close inspection there might be one or two very faint, strictly cosmetic surface marks but the near-perfect labels would suggest that these records were very seldom spun.

The wonderful and bizarre open-up cover is intact with no hole punches, slices, cut corners, writing, stamps etc.

The original thick stock, gatefold cover grades NM- with slight ring/shelf wear. Spine is intact & legible with slight wear at the top & bottom (corners.) All seams are intact [rare] with very slight flaking. Inner cover [which features great photos of the five members] has slight ring wear but is otherwise near-perfect with vivid colors. The inner spine/seam is intact and sharp. Opening edge/Corners are fairly sharp.

The rare white & black STRAIGHT Records promo labels are very sharp with no spindle marks, writing etc.

The records come with their original black & white Straight Records inner sleeves in excellent condition.

A nice review : "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 and notated by the Captain, 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." ~ AMG

Here are the titles and times found on the actual labels of this classic double LP :

SIDE ONE :

1. Frownland 1:39 2. The Dust Blows Forward 'N the Dust Blows Back 1:53 3. Dachau Blues 2:21
4. Ella Guru 2:23 5. Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:57 6. Moonlight in Vermont 3:55

SIDE TWO :

1. Pachuco Cadaver 4:37 2. Bills Corpse 1:47 3. Sweet Sweet Bulbs 1:47
4. Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish 2:25 5. China Pig 3:56 6. My Human Gets Me Blues 2:42 7. Dali's Car 1:25

SIDE THREE :

1. Hair Pie: Bake 2 2:23 2. Pena 2:31 3. Well 2:05 4. When Big Joan Sets Up 5:19
5. Fallin' Ditch 2:03 6. Sugar 'N Spikes 2:29 7. Ant Man Bee 3:55

SIDE FOUR :

1. Orange Claw Hammer 3:35 2. Wild Life 3:07 3. She's Too Much For my Mirror 1:42
4. Hobo Changa Ba 2:01 5. The Blimp (mousetrapreplica) 2:04 6. Steal Softly Thru Snow 2:13
7. Old Fart At Play 1:54 8. Veteran's Day Poppy 4:30

The Bear says : "Here is an extremely nice, very collectible white label promo copy of this legendary 1969 album. The classic gatefold cover, the fascinating booklet and the LPs all remain in extraordinary condition. This well-preserved copy of TROUT MASK REPLICA would make a perfect addition to your priceless BEEFHEART collection. Go off on an extremely strange musical trip with the Good Captain and his magic buddies !!"

THE FINE PRINT :

SHIPPING & HANDLING (aka Postage & Packing) for this heavy double album :
IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. : $4.50 Media Mail or $6.50 Priority Mail. Alaska & Hawaii add $1.50
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Records are removed from jackets for shipping & are securely packed in polysleeves & sent inside thick cardboard album mailers. I am not responsible for lost or damaged domestic or overseas shipments, unless the buyer has insured them. Records are professionally sight-graded ~ sometimes play-graded. A Word to the Wise about record grading: Beware of sellers who claim their "used" record is in "Mint" condition. This is a fantasy. Only an unopened & therefore unplayed album can be said to be in actual "Mint" shape. Proper grading involves skill, knowledge and honesty. A very, very small percentage of opened albums are somehow "Unplayed". 'Nuff said. All CDs & DVDs up for auction are originals. International bidders are always welcome !!

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