Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

Being such a progressive album, it is hard to imagine that Trout Mask Replica arrived during the California music scene in 1969. Following shortly after "The Summer of Love", Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band maintained a psychedelic sound not unlike their contemporaries, The Mothers of Invention, etc. However, Captain Beefheart brought forth an even more discordant sound and experimentalism unlike anything heard before. One can simply read their surreal, avant garde lyrics to realize the extraordinary vision of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. While the Trout Mask Replica recordings sessions more than likely involved hallucinogenic substances, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band will continue to be a major influence amongst alternative artists.

Consisting of Members:

• Captain Beefheart
  • vocals, harmonica, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, musette, simran horn, hunting horn, jingle bells
• Zoot Horn Rollo
  • guitar, flute
• Antennae Jimmy Semens
  • guitar
    • vocals on "Pena" and "The Blimp"
• The Mascara Snake
  • bass clarinet, additional vocals
• Rockette Morton
  • bass guitar
• Drumbo
  • drums, percussion

Also appearing on the album:

• Doug Moon - guitar on "China Pig".
• Gary "Magic" Marker - bass guitar on "Moonlight on Vermont", "Veteran's Day Poppy"
• Frank Zappa - voice (not vocals) on "Pena", "The Blimp"
• Roy Estrada - bass guitar on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Arthur Tripp III - drums & percussion on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Don Preston - piano on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Ian Underwood and Bunk Gardner - alto and tenor saxophones on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Buzz Gardner - trumpet on "The Blimp" (uncredited)

Original vinyl tracklisting:

Side one

1. "Frownland" – 1:41
2. "The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back" – 1:53
3. "Dachau Blues" – 2:21
4. "Ella Guru" – 2:26
5. "Hair Pie: Bake 1" – 4:58
6. "Moonlight on Vermont" – 3:59

Side two

1. "Pachuco Cadaver" – 4:40
2. "Bills Corpse" – 1:48
3. "Sweet Sweet Bulbs" – 2:21
4. "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish" – 2:25
5. "China Pig" – 4:02
6. "My Human Gets Me Blues" – 2:46
7. "Dali's Car" – 1:26

Side three

1. "Hair Pie: Bake 2" – 2:23
2. "Pena" – 2:33
3. "Well" – 2:07
4. "When Big Joan Sets Up" – 5:18
5. "Fallin' Ditch" – 2:08
6. "Sugar 'n Spikes" – 2:30
7. "Ant Man Bee" – 3:57

Side four

1. "Orange Claw Hammer" – 3:34
2. "Wild Life" – 3:09
3. "She's Too Much for My Mirror" – 1:40
4. "Hobo Chang Ba" – 2:02
5. "The Blimp (mousetrapreplica)" – 2:04
6. "Steal Softly thru Snow" – 2:18
7. "Old Fart at Play" – 1:51
8. "Veteran's Day Poppy" – 4:31