CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Strictly Personal LP BLUE THUMB 1968re US reissue+gatefold
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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART and HIS MAGIC BAND
JERRY HANDLEY, JOHN FRENCH, ALEX ST. CLAIRE SNOUFFER, JEFF COTTON, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
Influential figure who fused disparate forms (free jazz, the avant-garde, blues, rock) into a highly original and nearly unclassifiable style.
Born Don Vliet, Captain Beefheart was one of modern music's true innovators. The owner of a remarkable four-and-a-half-octave vocal range, he employed idiosyncratic rhythms, absurdist lyrics, and an unholy alliance of free jazz, Delta blues, latter-day classical music, and rock & roll to create a singular body of work virtually unrivaled in its daring and fluid creativity. While he never came even remotely close to mainstream success, Beefheart's impact was incalculable, and his fingerprints were all over punk, new wave, and post-rock"STRICTLY PERSONAL"
<reissue, originally published in 1968 on Blue Thumb black label>
LP BLUE THUMB RECORDS STEREO BTS 8801
PRINTED IN U.S.A. 1970 REPRESSING
NOTES ABOUT THE LABEL & THE COVER:
This reissue was pressed during the short-term Krasnow distribution deal with Capitol,
when Capitol's 8800 series cat# was used. (Blue Thumb issue 21 onward + reissues)
Sleeve front, back and spine has BTS-8801
No Famous Music Corporation credit or Blue Thumb address (on the sleeve).
This reissue has a 'negative' inner spread image.
There are no Gulf-Western credits either on the sleeve or the label.
The labels are clear-white/grey coloured.
Label address in light blue: "Blue Thumb Records, Inc. - Beverly Hills, Calif."
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
GATEFOLD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
LABEL: BLUE THUMB - 'WHITE/GREY' LABEL & 'BLUE' THUMB LOGO - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: BTS 8801
Catalog on labels: BTS 8801 (BTS 1-8801 / BTS 2-8801)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): BTS - 1 - 8801 - J4 #2(5001)
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): BTS - 2 - 8801 - J4 (5002)
On labels: Stereo
All selections composed by Don Van Vliet
rim text reads "Blue Thumb Records, Inc. - Beverly Hills, Calif."
On Inside Sleeve: Producer-Bob Krasnow
Recorded April 25 through May 2, 1968 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, Calif. / All Songs
published by Rococo Music BMI
On Back Sleeve: STEREO BTS-8801
from my records collection
tracklisting
Side 1: AH FEEL LIKE AHCID - SAFE AS MILK
TRUST US - SON OF MIRROR - MAN MERE MAN
Side B: ON TOMORROW - BEATLE BONES N' SMOKIN STONES
GIMME DAT HARP BOY - KANDY KORN
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Considered by many to be a substandard effort due to the circumstances of its release
(producer Bob Krasnow, the owner of Blue Thumb, the label which debuted with this album,
remixed the album while Don Van Vliet and crew were off on a European tour, adding extraneous
sound effects like heartbeats and excessive use of psychedelic-era clichés like out-of-phase
stereo panning and flanging), 1968's Strictly Personal is actually a terrific album, every bit
the equal of Safe As Milk and Trout Mask Replica. Opening with "Ah Feel Like Ahcid," an a cappella blues
workout with its roots in Son House's "Death Letter," the brief (barely 35 minutes) album is
at the same time simpler and weirder than Safe As Milk had been. Working without another
songwriter or arranger for the first time, Captain Beefheart strips his idiosyncratic blues down to the bone,
with several of the songs (especially "Son of Mirror Man/Mere Man") having little in the way of lyrics
or chords beyond the most primeval stomp. Krasnow's unfortunate sound effects and phasing
do detract from the album at points, but the strength of the performances, especially those
of drummer John French, make his efforts little more than superfluous window dressing.
Strictly Personal is a fascinating, underrated release...(AllMusic)
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