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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band


In most instances, the tag "revolutionary" tends to be affixed far too casually before the name of an artist. But in the case of Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, the appellation is more than warranted. A truly visionary savant, Beefheart exploded on the mid-'60s underground scene with his own wildly eccentric, mutant concoction of deep blues, free jazz, contemporary avant-garde, and psychedelic rock - a disjointed sound that crosses the swamp and the desert with the complex, skyscraping urban landscape. Although Beefheart disbanded his Magic Band when he retired from music in 1982 to concentrate on his similarly unique visual art, the Captain's influence on subsequent legions of forward-thinking artists remains immeasurable.
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk - CD
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Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk - CD
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Item #: SC 11232 -

    Mono Edition! Captain Beefheart's 1967 debut album Safe As Milk introduced the world to a one-of-a-kind visionary whose unique output had no precedent in contemporary music. Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, filtered the raw influence of the blues and R&B through his own singular musical sensibility and left-field lyrical wordplay, and surrounded himself with some of the most talented and inventive young musicians around. The result was an album that, even in the heady year in which it was...

    Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Abba Zaba / Yellow Brick Road 7" single - Colored Vinyl
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    Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Abba Zaba / Yellow Brick Road 7" single - Colored Vinyl
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    Item #: MLP-SUND-254X -

      On colored vinyl! "Where's the Beefheart?!," intrepid record collectors have often asked. Despite being one of the most influential artists of the rock era, Captain Beefheart's vinyl catalog is often exasperatingly elusive. One of the rarest of them all is the "Abba Zaba/Yellow Brick Road" single, issued by Buddha Records in December 1967. An early blueprint of Beefheart's singular musical construction, it has long been a "holy grail" for 45 RPM enthusiasts around the world. Cut by Kevin Gray...