Beefheart: OP10

The Tragic Band albums (Unconditionally and Bluejeans) have always been the "ones to avoid."
At least, that's the way I see it.
Mirror Man is the first one I put on after I'd heard the news, on the other hand.

I really need to keep digging in deeper, right now my ten would be like half Trout Mask and half Safe As Milk. I kept passing up on a couple of his other albums at my local store, but, of course, they were all gone when I stopped in this week.

Here's the set from last night's show
1 Captain Beefheart/ A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond/ Doc At The Radar Station
2 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ zig zag wanderer/ Safe As Milk
3 Captain Beefheart /Kandy Korn /The Mirror Man Sessions
4 Charley Patton/ Green River Blues/ King of the Delta Blues
5 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band /Tupelo/ Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
6 Frnk Zappa (Featuring Captain Beefheart)/ Willie The Pimp/Hot Rats
7 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/My Human Gets Me Blues /Trout Mask Replica
8 Alan Mills/ Blow Boys Blow/ Songs Of The Sea
9 Pere Ubu /Dub Housing /Dub Housing
10 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band /Orange Claw Hammer /Trout Mask Replica
11 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band /Click Clack (1973 Live)/ Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
12 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/Dali's Car/ Trout Mask Replica
13 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band /Grow Fins /The Spotlight Kid
14 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ Clear Spot /Clear Spot
15 Randy Newman /Gone Dead Train Performance/ Ost
16 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ electricity /Safe As Milk
17 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ Korn Ring Finger/ Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
18 Ornette Coleman/What Reason Could I Give /Complete Science Fiction Sessions
19 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ I Love You You Big Dummy - Peon /Lick My Decals Off, Baby
20 Fire Engines /Get Up And Use Me (Version) /Hungry Beat
21 Captain Beefheart /Tropical Hot Dog Night /Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
22 Sam Greene And Group/ I Told You People Judgement Coming /The Real Bahamas
23 Joseph Spence /Don't Take Everyone To Be Your Friend /The Real Bahamas
24 Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band/ Odd Jobs (Band Demo) /Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
25 Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band /Safe As Milk/ Strictly Personal
26 Little Howlin Wolf/ Shangri La /Collected Singles Vol 1
27 The Fall /jerusalem/ I Am Kurious Oranj
28 Captain Beefheart/ Best Batch Yet /Doc At The Radar Station

"Apes Ma" to end.

Yeah, I goofed that up! Meant to play it.
I was wiped out by midnight.

Oh, I don't blame you at all...

Devo's cover of Satisfaction got left out.
There was an interview from the late 70s that I read in an issue of Ptolemaic Terrascope in which the interviewer (can't remember who now) was asking Don what he thought about some of the young blood who were exhibiting an influence. Pere Ubu and the Weirdos were mention, iirc, and then Beefheart was like "why did Devo think it was necessary to combine Ant Man Bee with the Rolling Stones Satisfaction?"

The two you are alluding to have a number of highpoints, and only "Bluejeans" has actual filler. (but it's got "ObsCrest", and the title track and and and...)

Oh, those highpoints of both together make for a really great single album, no question. I knew that there were exactly 12 studio albums in the catalog, so the implication that exactly two were dispensible made the choice seem a no-brainer. If that makes any sense.

Moonlight on Vermont
Frownland
Electricity
She's Too Much For My Mirror
Upon The My Oh My
Veteran's Day Poppy
I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back
Bat Chain Puller
Fallin' Ditch

Gimme Dat Harp Boy
Ashtray Heart
Moonlight In Vermont
Grow Fins
Long Neck Bottles
Electricity
Safe As Milk
Glider
Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles
Dropout Boogie

Captain Beefheart - Mirror Man
^^
this is such a great song. which album has stuff like this?

I've only heard the Pink Pop Festival youtube version so far (5:30s)
I'd probably like any songs like this

it is the title track of the album "Mirror Man", which was supposed to be his 2nd album but didn't come out in its intended form for years.

Pick up the Buddah reissue Mirror Man sessions.
Also check out Strictly Personal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfX5Ymxf4Rg

wd def include^

I finally got around to listening to the whole Mirror Man song and it's like southern fried krautrock :]

Wait till you hear Kandy Korn

oh, I've been listening to that for the past 4 minutes and it's great. I should be listening on my headphones

Zig Zag Wanderer
Electricity
Abba Zabba
Safe As Milk
Trust Us
Kandy Korn
Ella Guru
Moonlight on Vermont
When Big Joan Sets Up
Sugar 'n Spikes

4 minutes? Psh, it's just getting started!

^on the money! Kandy Korn is the definitive explosion of awesomeness inside your head!

Here are twenty-five!

Happy birthday!

Many happy returns, Don.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ml0Lx9l1hI

He had already retired when I spent the summer of 1987 searching record stores for an LP of Trout Mask Replica, and I remember feeling sad when I thought how he really made so few records. That's one reason why I have still held off hearing Bluejeans, Doc and Ice Cream.

You've never heard "Doc at the Radar Station"? You've got to rectify that immediately.

Lots more info incl. links on Captain Beefheart

I'm listening to it to celebrate his 80th! The other two, maybe for his 90th and 100th...