Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Vault 36 Third Man Records NEW UNOPENED

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Third Man Records Vault Package #36, new, unopened, still sealed in the original mailing box. 

Third Man Record's Vault Description:

Easter Morning, 1969… Frank Zappa calls up Captain Beefheartand the Magic Band and tells them the album he is producing for them is done.The Captain instructs the band to dress in their Sunday best clothes beforethey all go to the studio and listen to the complete finished work for thefirst time. By all accounts, the experience tiptoed between celebratory anddownright religious.

Trout Mask Replica is a touchstone in the history ofrecorded music. The mix of dada absurdist blues and previously unexploredexperimental avenues has long been praised as one of the greatest albums of alltime. As so eloquently put by John Peel, "If there has been anything inthe history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a waythat people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then TroutMask Replica is probably that work.”

In full partnership with the Zappa Family Trust and tocelebrate the relaunch of the seminal Bizarre label imprint, Third Man Recordsis proud to announce its 36th Vault package focused squarely on CaptainBeefheart and the Magic Band's Trout Mask Replica.

Out of print on vinyl for nearly ten years, this remasterwas helmed by industry legend Bob Ludwig and cut by the estimable Chris Bellmanat Bernie Grundman Mastering. Utilizing crystalline-quality safety masters keptin the Zappa family vault for decades by the trustworthy Joe Travers, the audiohere is positively glorious. Every last skronk breathes full life into theroom. Every twisted guitar figure uncurls onto paths previously unpaved. Everylast bark and howl shines resolute through the vast emptiness of your mind.

Previous countless Trout Mask Replica repressings used scansof scans of scans of the cover image, but for Vault Package #36 the originalCal Schenkel cover photo has been tracked down and reproduced here at itsclearest — its resolution from the original release in 1969. If you’ve onlyever seen a jpg online or fuzzy, smeared-looking CD issues from the 90’s, beprepared to be wowed by the fully engaging spectrum this iconic image casts.This 2xLP is pressed on heavyweight 180-gram fruitcake fish-scale colored vinylfor that full-on frenetic feeling.

The French-only 7-inch single of “Pachuco Cadaver” b/w “WildLife” will also be included as part of this overreaching package. As the onlysingle ever pulled from this admittedly dense album, this is the first timeEVER that “Pachuco Cadaver” has been repressed and comes wonderfully housed ina replica glue-pocket picture sleeve and pressed on a white colored vinyl. ALLvinyl in this package is lovingly pressed at Third Man Pressing’sstate-of-the-art plant in Detroit, Michigan for that extra-special attention todetail.

Additionally, Third Man Records has undertaken the creationof the first ever replica trout mask. Much in the spirit of the cardboard cutoutsincluded in original copies of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album, this mask willbe a hit at Halloween parties and Duchampian celebrations for eons to come. Ifthat’s not enough, Third Man has commissioned an impressive, striking fabricpatch that reproduces the Trout Mask cover art, an insignia that will signifyany wearer as a follower in the Captain’s army.

And if that’s not enough, the revered illustrator JessRotter of Rotter and Friends has run the Trout Mask cover through herinimitable style and cooked up an inspired line-drawing rendering thatbeautifully graces a sturdy, durable tote bag to hold all these wonderfulsundries in.

Finally, as a testament to the inspiring life of Don VanVliet, Third Man has lovingly printed Jack White’s epitaph for the man inglorious, psychedelic silkscreen broadside wonderment. Fitting in the LP jacketand fitting as a tribute, this evocative poem was originally published in March2011 issue of MOJO Magazine.