Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Straight 1970)
This is the follow up to their classic Trout Mask Replica double LP from the prior year. Often times is sounds like cacophony of sound, In reality, the Captain rehearsed his band relentlessly. This is exactly like he wanted it to sound, There is nothing like a Captain Beefheart record. Highly influential, never imitated,
The back features Captain Beefheart's original artwork. He would later abandon music for a career as a visual artist.
My big thrill is having the original pressing on the Straight Records label
When Frank Zappa left Verve/MGM, he set up his own label through Warner Brothers/Reprise. Bizarrre Records was for Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa releases (along with Lenny Bruce and Wild Man Fischer). Straight Records was set up for other artists nurtured by Zappa. Captain Beefheart was one of those. As was Alice Cooper and the GTO's (Girls Together Outrageously) The Straight moniker didn't last all that long and later pressings of Straight product appeared on Warner Brothers or Reprise.
Space age couple, why don't you flex your magic muscle?
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