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01. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Ah Feel Like Ahcid
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02. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Safe As Milk
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03. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Trust Us
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04. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man
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05. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - On Tomorrow
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06. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Beatle Bones & Smokin' Stones
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07. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Gimme Dat Harp Boy
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08. CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND - Kandy Korn
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ARTIST
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND
TITLE
Strictly Personal
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
EMI
CATALOG #
EMI 29654CD
EMI 29654CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/25/2004
1994 CD reissue, only issued in the UK, of the 2nd Captain Beefheart album, originally issued by Blue Thumb in 1968. 12 page booklet with extensive liner notes by Mark Paytress. The legendary bridge between
Safe As Milk
and the opus
Trout Mask Replica
,
Strictly Personal
features late 60s-style psychedelic production techniques that tend to confuse the purists, but sound better and better all the time. Legendary and a lot less commonly available than the Virgin/WEA/Buddha Beefheart titles... "Considered by many to be a substandard effort due to the circumstances of its release (producer Bob Krasnow, the owner of Blue Thumb, the label which debuted with this album, remixed the album while Don Van Vliet and crew were off on a European tour, adding extraneous sound effects like heartbeats and excessive use of psychedelic-era clichés like out-of-phase stereo panning and flanging), 1968's
Strictly Personal
is actually a terrific album, every bit the equal of
Safe As Milk
and
Trout Mask Replica
. Opening with 'Ah Feel Like Ahcid,' an a cappella blues workout with its roots in Son House's 'Death Letter,' the brief (barely 35 minutes) album is at the same time simpler and weirder than
Safe As Milk
had been. Working without another songwriter or arranger for the first time, Captain Beefheart strips his idiosyncratic blues down to the bone, with several of the songs (especially 'Son of Mirror Man/Mere Man') having little in the way of lyrics or chords beyond the most primeval stomp. Krasnow's unfortunate sound effects and phasing do detract from the album at points, but the strength of the performances, especially those of drummer John French, make his efforts little more than superfluous window dressing.
Strictly Personal
is a fascinating, underrated release." -- Stewart Mason.
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