CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TROUT MASK REPLICA INSANELY RARE '69 LP BIZARRE MISPRESSING NM

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·       CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND  - TROUT MASK REPLICA - 1969 BIZARRE RECORDS STEREO 2-LP SET (DOUBLE ALBUM) 2MS-2027 (THIS IS THE CATALOG NUMBER ON THE RECORD; THE COVER HAS ORIGINAL STRAIGHT RECORDS LOGO AND CATALOG NUMBER: STS-1053)

·       WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PRESSING IS THAT THE HAND-ETCHED MATRICES IN THE DEAD WAX INCLUDE BOTH ORIGINAL STRAIGHT MATRIX NUMBER STS-1053 AND THE SECOND STRAIGHT MATRIX NUMBER 2MS-2027, LEADING US TO BELIEVE THAT THIS BIZARRE PRESSING WAS ACTUALLY IN PRINT IN BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND STRAIGHT PRESSINGS AND THAT IT ACTUALLY PREDATES THE STRAIGHT PRESSING WITH THE MATRIX NUMBER 2MS-2027

·       GENUINE  U.S. PRESSING

·       A TRULY BIZARRE (MIS)PRESSING – THIS IS A MONSTROUSLY RARE TRANSITIONAL PRESSING ON FRANK ZAPPA'S BIZARRE LABEL – THE PRESSING WHICH TECHNICALLY SHOULD NOT EVEN EXIST, SINCE THE ORIGINAL PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM WERE RELEASED ON STRAIGHT LABEL (1969) AND THE SUBSEQUENT PRESSINGS WERE RELEASED ON REPRISE LABEL (1974).

·       THIS IS ONLY THE SIXTH OR SO BIZARRE PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM WE'VE FOUND IN DECADES OF COLLECTING.

·       THE RECORDS EVEN COME IN THE ORIGINAL STRAIGHT RECORDS COVER. NO BIZARRE COVER OF THIS TITLE WAS EVER PRODUCED.

·       THIS IS NOT AN IMPORT, RECORD CLUB RELEASE OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE) 

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.

 (►PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW)

(Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a "recycled" image from our previous auction. What you see is what you'll get.  GUARANTEED!)

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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.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEVE HUEY, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

For the uninitiated, allow us to briefly summarize the importance and the contents of this album. Simply put, this is one of the most wonderfully nutty, demented, degenerate, deconstructionist, unrepentantly dadaist, perversely human and humanly perverse albums Rock & Roll ever produced. Nothing of this sort has been (re)produced before or since, not even by the Cap Beefheart himself. Think of this as an aural equivalent of Kandinski, Malevich or Mondrian. Track listing: Frownland --- Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back --- Dachau Blues --- Ella Guru --- Hair Pie: Bake 1 --- Moonlight On Vermont --- Pachuco Cadaver --- Bills Corpse --- Sweet Sweet Bulbs --- Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish --- China Pig --- My Human Gets Me Blues --- Dali's Car --- Hair Pie: Bake 2 --- Pena --- Well --- When Big Joan Sets Up --- Fallin' Ditch --- Sugar 'N Spikes --- Ant Man Bee --- Orange Claw Hammer --- Wild Life --- She's Too Much For My Mirror --- Hobo Chang Ba --- Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) --- Steal Softly Thru Snow --- Old Fart At Play --- Veteran's Day Poppy.

For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship,  revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, this album was voted one of top-100 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted in 1987 by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio A&R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals   (click here  for the complete album listing)

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·       CONDITION:

·       RECORD

 (IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG++ and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial  and only moderately visually distracting (nothing significant).For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)            The records are pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.

(c)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER

THE COVER IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-         Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4  (front side) and 2 (back side); Inside gatefold has some minor light ring wear also.

-         Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine

-         Minor shelf wear noted on the seams (nothing significant)

-         Cover has two corners slightly worn / dinged  (nothing significant)

NO OTHER IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER:

-        No split seams

-        No cut-out (drill) holes.

-        No cut-out corners

-        No saw-marks or indents

-        No dirt/dust rubbing stains (friction marks caused by rubbing against other covers)

-        No yellowing from aging

-        No writing

-        No stamps

-        No peel-off marks

-        No stains

-        No mold or mildew spots

-        No stickers or labels

-        No water damage

-        No razor marks, scratches, pressure marks, lines, streaks, or  cuts.

-        No warping

-        No wax, glue, paint or liquid drops on the cover

-        No glue traces or wax residue.

-        No bar codes

-        No RIAA stamps or stickers. 

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