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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"

Produced by Bob Krasnow

1968      LP        LIBERTY RECORDS       MONO   LBL 83172

MADE IN ENGLAND     ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

First pressing were issued on the blue Liberty label

This version: Released in an unlaminated fold-out cover

 Barcode and Other Identifiers

LABEL:  LIBERTY -  LIGHT/DARK BLUE LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) LBL 83172    (rear) LBL 83172E

Catalog on labels: LBL 83172 (LBS 83172 A / LBL 83172 B)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): LBL 83172   A?1  420

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): LBL 831 72 B//1   420

On labels: Produced by Bob Krasnow

Arranged by Don Van Vliet

? 1968 (on labels the release date appears on the 3 o'clock circa)

rim text reads 'All rights.......Manufactured by Philips Records Ltd.'

On Inside Sleeve: Recorded April 25 through May 2, 1968 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, Calif. / All songs published by Lupus Music

On Back Sleeve: Liberty Records   Limited London W1

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

  grading

RECORD from VG(+) TO VG+ but  (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG 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)