CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND - Trout Mask Replica (1969-2013) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Trout Mask Replica is Captain Beefheart's masterpiece, a fascinating, stunningly imaginative work that still sounds like little else in the rock & roll canon. Given total creative control by producer and friend Frank Zappa, Beefheart and his Magic Band rehearsed the material for this 28-song double album for over a year, wedding minimalistic R&B, blues, and garage rock to free jazz and avant-garde experimentalism. Atonal, sometimes singsong melodies; jagged, intricately constructed dual-guitar parts; stuttering, complicated rhythmic interaction -- all of these elements float out seemingly at random, often without completely interlocking, while Beefheart groans his surrealist poetry in a throaty Howlin' Wolf growl. The disjointedness is perhaps partly unintentional -- reportedly, Beefheart's refusal to wear headphones while recording his vocals caused him to sing in time with studio reverberations, not the actual backing tracks -- but by all accounts, the music and arrangements were carefully scripted by the Captain (aided by John "Drumbo" French), which makes the results even more remarkable. As one might expect from music so complex and, to many ears, inaccessible, the influence of Trout Mask Replica was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point. However, its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless future experiments in rock surrealism, especially during the punk/new wave era. by Steve Huey  
Tracklist:
1 Frownland 1:39
2 The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back 1:53
3 Dachau Blues 2:21
4 Ella Guru 2:23
Effects [Flesh Horn] – Antennae Jimmy Semens
5 Hair Pie: Bake 1 4:57
6 Moonlight On Vermont 3:55
7 Pachuco Cadaver 4:37
8 Bills Corpse 1:47
9 Sweet Sweet Bulbs 2:17
10 Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish 2:25
11 China Pig 3:56
Guitar – Doug Moon
12 My Human Gets Me Blues 2:42
13 Dali's Car 1:25
14 Hair Pie: Bake 2 2:23
15 Pena 2:31
Lead Vocals – Antennae Jimmy Semens
16 Well 2:05
17 When Big Joan Sets Up 5:19
18 Fallin' Ditch 2:03
19 Sugar 'N Spikes 2:29
20 Ant Man Bee 3:55
Horn [Simran Horn], Musette – Captain Beefheart
21 Orange Claw Hammer 3:35
22 Wild Life 3:07
23 She's Too Much For My Mirror 1:42
24 Hobo Chang Ba 2:01
25 The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) 2:04
26 Steal Softly Thru Snow 2:13
27 Old Fart At Play 1:54
28 Veteran's Day Poppy 4:30
Credits:
Arranged By, Written-By, Lyrics By – Don Van Vliet
Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Vocals – Captain Beefheart
Bass Clarinet, Vocals – The Mascara Snake
Bass, Narrator – Rockette Morton
Drums – Drumbo
Producer – Frank Zappa
Slide Guitar [Glass Finger], Flute – Zoot Horn Rollo
Slide Guitar [Steel-appendage] – Antennae Jimmy Semens