Trout Mask Replica,
My first album was 'Meet the Beatles' my second was Frank Zappa's 'Freak Out'
album. My brother and I had to hide this album from our parents and only listen to it when they weren't home. Back in the 60's things were a lot different than today. I didn't get Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' until after I moved out of my P's house.
What I didn't know back then was that Zappa and Don Van Vliet (Capt. Beefheart) went to high school together. They also had a band during and after high school. I can't remember the name of the band. They broke the band up because both of them wanted to make it big on their own. Back then there were so many bands, and I mean so many bands popping up that you didn't know which 'one' band to spend ur money on to buy their album. But, if you look at the art work and album covers of Zappa, you know why people would be interested in buying one.
The same went for Capt. Beeefheart. He needed to be even more outragous than Zappa! I'm not going to get up to look but I believe I have purchased 7 Beefhart albums. Real albums! not CD's. If you can find a CD of 'Bluejeans and Moonbeams' by Beefheart I think you'll like it just as much. There's even a Christmas song on it called 'The Captain's Holiday' which I think is one of his greatest. I get a kick out of his music and I believe he did some of his albums as a parody of life. He's a poet and an entertainer, and if you like it, it's great.
But you're like the first person that I've ever seen write about Trout Mask Replica. Peace, Jeff
Oh, PS. Don went to Zappa to ask him to produce his album. Zappa had his own recording studio that he made by himself. Zappa produced T.M. Replica his own way, but it wasn't what Don wanted and there started a long (supposedly) feud between them. Beefheat played on Zappa's 'Hot Rats' album and 'Bongo Fury.'
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Trout Mask Replica, My first album was 'Meet the Beatles' my second was Frank Zappa's 'Freak Out' album. My brother and I had to hide this album from our parents and only listen to it when they weren't home. Back in the 60's things were a lot different than today. I didn't get Captain Beefheart's 'Trout Mask Replica' until after I moved out of my P's house. What I didn't know back then was that Zappa and Don Van Vliet (Capt. Beefheart) went to high school together. They also had a band during and after high school. I can't remember the name of the band. They broke the band up because both of them wanted to make it big on their own. Back then there were so many bands, and I mean so many bands popping up that you didn't know which 'one' band to spend ur money on to buy their album. But, if you look at the art work and album covers of Zappa, you know why people would be interested in buying one. The same went for Capt. Beeefheart. He needed to be even more outragous than Zappa! I'm not going to get up to look but I believe I have purchased 7 Beefhart albums. Real albums! not CD's. If you can find a CD of 'Bluejeans and Moonbeams' by Beefheart I think you'll like it just as much. There's even a Christmas song on it called 'The Captain's Holiday' which I think is one of his greatest. I get a kick out of his music and I believe he did some of his albums as a parody of life. He's a poet and an entertainer, and if you like it, it's great. But you're like the first person that I've ever seen write about Trout Mask Replica. Peace, Jeff Oh, PS. Don went to Zappa to ask him to produce his album. Zappa had his own recording studio that he made by himself. Zappa produced T.M. Replica his own way, but it wasn't what Don wanted and there started a long (supposedly) feud between them. Beefheat played on Zappa's 'Hot Rats' album and 'Bongo Fury.'