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You'll know comely ingenue Rholonne Déodoranté as th' IoF©'s Cosplay Religiousness Consultant Sister Whiplash, but did you know she's also Captain Beefheart's Only Girl Fan?! That's right, subscribers! If you see her with headphones over her snood, she's likely booglarizin' to th' Magic Band!
But which Beefheart song is doing her low yo-yo stuff today? The clews to the title are encypted in the above Foam-O-Graph© [above - Ed.]. I'll repeat that for those of you on drugs: THE ... CLEWS .... TO ... THE ... TITLE ... ARE ... ENCRYPTED ... IN ... THE ... ABOVE ... FOAM-O-GRAPH© [ABOVE - ED.].
If you think you're smart enough to have solved the puzzle [yeah, ri-ight - Ed.], leave a clew in the comments - don't name song directly!
Today's lucky prizewinners will be taking home not only a Limited Edition Legacy IoF© Adult Diaper Pack*, but these two swell long-playing record album L.P.s! Oh boy!
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The Dust Blows Forward is a stunning example of how to *cough* curate *cough* a retrospective compilation. A comprehensive career-long overview, it's the perfect introduction for the curious - it's fair to say if you still don't see what the fuss is about after this, you never will, ya schmuck. Even for the obsessive fan (such as je) there's a lot to savor - the best-ever take of Little Scratch, for one.
Out-takes is its exact opposite - a missed opportunity. Given the profligate richness of material available on bootlegs, the compiler came up with a mean and puzzling grab-bag of bits and pieces, including an inferior take of Little Scratch (compare and contrast) and, astonishingly, no version of Funeral Hill. Nuts and fooey on the conehead who thought this was a swell idea.
* No-Leke™ Adult Diapers (100% recycled, 60% effective) provided by Milty's Intimate Collectibles, Pipetown, WY.
EDIT: Lick My Vocals Off, Baby (which is - and you may be well ahead of me here - the backing tracks for the Decals album, plus fragmentary vocal interjections) is a fabulous addition to the music enthusisast's record library! Yes, dear friends, this swell recording is yours absolutely free - just a dollar! - if you subscribe to our Body Cavity Research Program in a comment (offer valid where state laws permit).
Leave clew, hint, allusion, or recondite reference, to song title! Don't name directly!
ReplyDeleteWhile pondering the clues, I'm listening to 'lick my decals off, baby'. Hmmm... - konrad useo
ReplyDeleteHere's another clue for you all - the yellow duck is a red herring.
DeleteGiraffe carafes?
ReplyDeleteColor me impressed! A worthy winner!
DeleteContainers, girls like
ReplyDeleteBabs gets to share the Adult Diapers with Steve Shark! What a time to be alive!
DeleteI'll clear a spot for them.
DeleteTell you what, it'll be easier if you have them during the week and I get them at the weekend.
DeleteSounds good, Steve!
DeleteHave your people call my people (Farshtunkener & Shlimazel), so we can dot the i's and cross the t's.
As long as there's a sanitary clause, I'm happy.
DeleteYou guys! *boxing feint*
DeleteIt's amazing how enthusiasm for entering this competition has tanked after the main prize has been snapped up.
ReplyDeleteAnyone seen Beefheart live? I saw him twice on the Clear Spot tour, and I was blown away - not by any "weirdness", but the awesome tightness and clarity of the band. I don't think I'd ever heard music that loud that sounded that good. They really were a Magic Band. The Captain forgot the words to Golden Birdies, and the audience helped him out, in joyous unison. He shook his head and laughed.
Saw The Captain several times, and every time the music was tighter than two coats of paint.
DeleteCould you paint some details, Babs? Years, venues, stuff like that? I have a pal - the lazy-ass Bendigo Wonglepong - who saw them in '65, when they were a blues/r n' b band.
DeleteSaw The Captain in the early 70s in Boston at Boston University and Harvard University. In Manhattan at Ungano's Nightclub, Ritz Theatre, Max's Kansas City and maybe The Town Hall?. In Bristol, England, at the Colston Hall (where my husband and I were arrested on suspicion of possession of cannabis).
Delete1980, in Manhattan at Club 57 and The Mud Club (which I think was his last show here)
They played Colston Hall (Bristol) in 72, 73, and 74 at least).
DeleteTo be fair to whoever compiled the outtakes album, it was part of a set of re-released albums and he probably had to compile whatever he was allowed access to that was left over from the album sessions. There seems no reason why it wasn't included, however. It's a stunning track.
ReplyDeleteOuttakes of Funeral Hill are available on Hoboism and the Brown Star Sessions.
I'd be amazed if he didn't have access to everything the bootleggers have, and more. I have a shitload outtakes from those sessions (maybe some duplicates, haven't checked). This was an opportunity to do something spectacular (box sets have been compiled from flimsier material), and we finished up with something gestural. From beefheart,com:
Delete"Fourteen tracks lasting 46 minutes 41 seconds, enough for a well filled vinyl album. That seems rather paltry … and there were no extra tracks on the CD version. Why do I think it’s paltry? Well, as most fans will know there are at least five or six CDs worth of outtakes from this period that could have been used and that’s well over 70 odd tracks (if you include backing tracks)! Where is the delightful ‘Well Well Well’ sung by Rockette Morton, the long slow version of ‘Circumstances’, the early instrumental of ‘Clear Spot’ and the fully-formed atmospheric ‘Funeral Hill’ to name a few? And, of course, the alternate versions of ‘Sun Zoom Spark’ … the box set has the same name after all!"
I did find the remastered albums to sound better, although a lot of people (including the beefheart,com writer) lament the "loudness". I couldn't care less - loudness and autotune were created by God to make me feel better.
Sister Déodoranté is most certainly not the only girl Beefheart fan. I present for your edification:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.beefheart.com/mama-kangaroos-philly-women-sing-captain-beefheart/
Here's the consolation prizes for youse bums what never even tried.
ReplyDeleteHere's the video content from Disc 4 of the "Grown Fins" rarities set.
ReplyDeletehttps://workupload.com/file/2yJBcgVzZFr
Cannes Beach, France, 1968 6:58
Electricity
Sure Nuff N Yes I Do
Amougies, Belgium, 1969 5:31
She's Too Much For My Mirror
My Human Gets Me Blues
Detroit, Michigan, 1971 12:51
When Big Joan Sets Up
Woe Is Uh Me Bop
Bellerin Plain
Paris, France, 1972 2:55
Click Clack
Thank 'ee! I had the original box, but don't have the digital files.
DeleteDecals promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRlmTzDyw7s
Mirror Man at Pink Pop Festival 74: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9UKANkpPLI Nice audio but mostly unrelated to performance video, featuring the much-derided but actually quite interesting "Tragic Band".
3 Beefheart books.
ReplyDeleteA biography by Mike Barnes
33&a third series - Trout Mask Replica
Beefheart (Through the Eyes of Magic) - John "Drumbo" French
https://workupload.com/file/mdDVfH8pNFp
A pal of mine is a pal of John French. That's how A-list I am.
DeleteC’est moi. Drumbo sends his regards to you all.
DeleteWas there ever a link for 'Lick My Vocals Off, Baby'? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI saw the Captain at New Years 1975-76. He and The Magic Band opened. Todd Rundgren was supposed to be next but he didn't show. He was replaced by Leon Russell at the piano. No band. Then the Captain came back out with Frank Zappa doing things that would later appear on Bong Fury. It was a great show but it lost it's momentum as Utopia was replaced by a guy at the piano.
I can feel the energy leakage from here (although that was a Thankless Gig for Russell).
DeleteHere's your Nix On The Vox, steVe:
https://workupload.com/file/TpMLCQPx4mY
Thanks Farq
DeleteThat show was in Los Angeles. I think with such a large local pool to draw from when they had a cancellation they would just get on the phone for a replacement. Probably why I saw Canned Heat so many times back then. And while I like Russell he just didn't fit in that slot.
In the U.K., Stray was the go-to band for replacement duties. They'd travel the length of the land for a support gig at a polytechnic dance. They were hard to avoid.
DeleteIt was Richard Digance for me - support act three times on the trot in 1975 or 76 or thereabouts.
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