The Official Captain Beefheart Thread

Chives · 06-07-2012, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by stillunusual

Nice one - I recently got one of these....

Dayuuuuuuuuum, very nice! I'm not very familiar with Don's art but I'd definitely wouldn't mind having some around the house.

Sparky · 06-10-2012, 10:34 AM

original recordings for bat chain puller got released. never listened to shiny beast but will check this out fosho, i hear its one of his more traditional releases which sounds good to me

Holerbot6000 · 06-17-2012, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparky

original recordings for bat chain puller got released. never listened to shiny beast but will check this out fosho, i hear its one of his more traditional releases which sounds good to me

'Traditional' in the sense of being a return to Trout Mask/Decals territory after a four album run of rock records. Shiny Beast is a pretty weird damn record, and is a great warm-up for the even weirder Doc at the Radar Station. Both albums are absolutely essential.

I have not heard the 'official' Bat Chain, but someone told me that it is more of a gradual transition from the commercial stuff that came before it, with more of a blues feel and less edge than the Shiny Beast version.

I do wish the 'Zappa Family Trust' had released a vinyl version of Bat Chain. God knows there is a market for it. Sigh.

Chives · 06-18-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Holerbot6000

I do wish the 'Zappa Family Trust' had released a vinyl version of Bat Chain. God knows there is a market for it. Sigh.

Goddamn right. I would have rushed out and bought that first day, while with the CD relrease I've been debating about since it came out. I'll probably get the CD eventually but still a bit lame. I guess there are always original Bat Chain Puller bootlegs on vinyl, but those aren't the greatest...so I hear.

dreyinc · 07-04-2012, 05:38 PM

Zappa is King

Howard the Duck · 07-04-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dreyinc

Zappa is King

but Beefheart is God

Holerbot6000 · 07-05-2012, 09:04 AM

It's funny that some people are more Zappa-oriented and others are bigger on Beefheart. It's like preferring John Cale or Lou Reed. I wonder, if one identified a passel of such rivalries, how would we line up and would there be any striking similarities?

I'm a Beefheart/Cale man myself. (Sounds like a salad...)

Flyingpig437 · 07-05-2012, 02:45 PM

Tried to get into Decals a few days ago. Just doesn't seem to be a patch on the best bits of TMR. I'l have to listen to it a bit more see if it's got any magic to work on me after a few more listens.

Howard the Duck · 07-06-2012, 06:39 AM

check this out:-

Rjinn · 08-24-2012, 02:51 AM

Love CBatMB. Their catchiness maintains with edgy blues and a singer sounding like a quirky old man telling stories is the shniz.

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Sparky not really Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,223	original recordings for bat chain puller got released. never listened to shiny beast but will check this out fosho, i hear its one of his more traditional releases which sounds good to me

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dreyinc Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 3	Zappa is King

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Holerbot6000 Music Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: near a record store Posts: 327	It's funny that some people are more Zappa-oriented and others are bigger on Beefheart. It's like preferring John Cale or Lou Reed. I wonder, if one identified a passel of such rivalries, how would we line up and would there be any striking similarities? I'm a Beefheart/Cale man myself. (Sounds like a salad...)