I`d agree that Safe As Milk is a good place to meet Beefheart for the first time, to gauge his development over the years.
I haven`t played the Decalsalbum for ages, but I remember it as being kind of patchy; some great tracks, some not so. One of the greats is Bellerin`Plain, with that crazy little guitar/xylophone duet and the stuff about the brakeman waving his long red underwear arm ! Thank you for reminding me of it.
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