***Captain Beefheart***

[mjzee]

PopMarket has the box today for $44.99 (CD) or $74.99 (LP).

[BFrank]

Amazon has a pre-sale price on the CD set of $50.98, so not a huge discount from PopMarket on this one.

[mjzee]

I'm still on the fence about buying this. I already have Decals (on vinyl) and that twofer CD of Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot. I'd like to hear it to see if there's a great aural improvement. And what I'd REALLY like is a remixed Spotlight Kid: they need to bring the band up in the mix and Beefheart's vocals better integrated with the band. There is something seriously wrong with the way Beefheart mixed that album.

[7/4]

• Big to do on FB about this one.
• John French unhappy about band members not getting paid anything from box sales.
• Fans calling for a boycott.

[7/4]

I'm really only interested in the extra disk. I have the albums on CD.

[mjzee]

Anyone heard of this?

Robert Christgau likes it: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/437gjg/robert-christgau-on-a-brilliant-beefheart-trip-and-some-early-stones-standouts

[BFrank]

Thanks for the heads up. Interesting concept!

[Д.Д.]

Some excellent Beefhert-influenced music: Henry Kaiser, Paul Plimley, Lukas Ligeti, Weasel Walter "The Starbreak Splatterlight": https://open.spotify.com/album/2FFfsdcvGaNEWVaeNckvpg    

Edited December 16, 2019 by Д.Д.

[Buddha the Magnificent]

Meanwhile, circa 1968-69, in Atlanta GA, the Col. begins his mad career.  Saw HGB several times in the late 60s-early 70s, and caught them just before the end when they opened for Mahavishnu Orchestra around 1972.  Bruce later formed various various jam bands including ARU and The Codetalkers.