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~ Captain Beefheart
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  • Audio CD (22 May 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Rhino
  • ASIN: B00000JNIS
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 74,348 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

Disc: 1
1. Diddy Wah Diddy
2. Frying Pan
3. Electricity
4. Abba Zaba
5. Beatle Bones 'N' Smokin' Stones
6. Safe As Milk
7. Moonlight On Vermont
8. Ella Guru
9. Old Fart At Play
10. Sugar 'N' Spikes
See all 24 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
2. Low Yo Yo Stuff
3. Too Much Time
4. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
5. Clear Spot
6. Upon The My O My
7. Party Of The Special Things To Do
8. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
9. Debra Kadabra
10. Hard Working Man
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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's tempting to emphasize Captain Beefheart's eccentricities at the expense of his talent. We're talking, after all, of an art prodigy who emerged from the Mojave Desert in the 1960s performing an unprecedented strain of Dadaesque blues (fortified with jazz, R&B, and Beat ingredients) and backed by his personally schooled Magic Band. But once you get past the fact that players dubbed Zoot Horn Rollo and the Mascara Snake were backing a headstrong fellow howling with ungodly range songs with names such as "Old Fart at Play", "My Head is My Only House Unless it Rains", and "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man", you're confronted with...well, genius. The man born Don Van Vliet possessed a potent vision and the will to bring it to life on his own terms. This long-overdue two-disc retrospective presents 30 Beefheart tracks cut between 1966 and 1982 (when the Captain stepped away from the music world for the last time), including a smattering of rarities. Consider Dust an apt entree to the extraordinary creations of this outsider. --Steven Stolder

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classy & well thought out compilation., 28 Dec 2000
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It's always hard to categorise the work of Beefheart (or Don Van Vliet to give him his true name), and even harder to describe it to people unfamiliar with his output. Many have tried but failed, using words such as "jazz", "blues" and "psychedelia" in their attempts. Up to a point this may well be true,but it only goes part of the way to describing Beefhearts output.This well chosen anthology, arranged in chronological order, presents you with the evidence and lets you pick 'n' mix your own definitions.

Disc 1 kicks off with Don & The Magic Bands early, more bluesier ouput from 1966 ("Diddy Wah Diddy" & "Frying Pan") and shows off Dons Howling Wolf-style vocals to great effect. From this point the music takes on a slight more psychedelic influence ("Electricity" & "Abba Zaba") from the "Safe As Milk" album, moving throught to "Strictly Personal". (although sadly none of the tracks recorded in late '67 but only released in '71 as "Mirror Man" are included here) None of this period comes across as weird, difficult or self indulgent, which can't be said for the subsequent "Trout Mask Replica" album, represented here by seven tracks. Out of all of the Beefheart canon it is the most radical and (in)famous primarily because it sharply polarise opinions: you either love it of hate it. Personally, I love it! But you decide for yourself...

The radical approach of "Trout Mask" was further focused for the next album "Lick My Decals Off Baby" (incidentally the only Beefheart album not yet fully reissued on CD. When can we expect that to be rectified, record company people??), represented here by four tracks, including the title track and "Woe-Is-A-Me-Bop".

Disc 1 finishes and Disc 2 begins with the more mainstream "Spotlight Kid"/"Clear Spot" era, which admittedly, did produce "Big-Eyed Beans from Venus" (present here) and the excellent Stax influenced "Too Much Time" (ditto)and few other great pieces. Thankfully though, the lacklustre "Unconditionally Guaranteed" and "Bluejeans And Moonbeams" eras are only represented by one track each ("Upon The My-Oh-My" and "Party Of Special Things To Do" repectively).

Moving through the two Zappa collaborations and the great blues of "Hard Workin' Man" we end up with Don's final phase: "Bat Chain Puller", "Doc At The Radar Station"& the final ""Ice Cream for Crow". These last take up the last eleven tracks and there's not a duff one among 'em. This period marked a definite return to form for the good Captain before he quit to pursue a career in painting in 1982. Best of these are the throbbing, pulsating "Bat Chain Puller" itself and "Ice Cream For Crow"

This is an really great CD.It is intelligently compiled, and the inclusion of a few rarities makes it an essential buy. It's probably best to actually think of this compilation, however, not as a sort of "Best Of" because there are many great Beefheart tracks that would have fitted equally well on these discs. ("I Love You Big Dummy" for example) but more of a taster for the full output.

Lets hope that whoever now holds the tapes and rights to Dons recorded legacy issues more stuff from the vaults (including unissued tracks, the previously mentioned "Lick My Decals.." album, and the original unrealeased "Bat Chain Puller") along with a more reasonably priced selection from the humongously expensive "Grow Fins" box set!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Diamonds in the Dust, 23 Oct 2008
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This is an absolutely splendid release of a huge swathe of essential Beefheartian outpourings, including a couple of tracks that are unavailable anywhere else - Little Scratch and Light Reflected From the Oceands(thats how they spell it on the sleeve) of the Moon. Also, while I am mentioning rare tracks, this album has Hard Workin' Man, a track Beef did with Ry Cooder for the film soundtrack of the same name.

The quality of the remastering is of the finest quality. Kudos to the Rhino team who worked on this one. I had some of the original material on older cds and these versions are significantly better.

The set comes with a great booklet(any prizes for the biggest cd booklet included in a standard 2 cd case????) that neatly guides the listener through the phases and changes, including the good Captains short tenancy with Zappa and the subsequent rift. At 66 pages, neat photos too, it is a winner.

There is no better way to find out about Beefheart for the first time. This 2 discer covers all bases, from the beginning to the end(?). I gave a guy at work the loan of this set and he really enjoyed it, despite his apprehensions.

Tapered and bulbous too!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent compilation, 28 Nov 2007
Whether your a confirmed fan or a newcomer looking for a detailed introduction to CB's oeuvre this is essential. A balanced career overview plus some rarities (including four tracks from "Decals" album, which is hard to get on CD).
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