The 1969 album Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band will be reissued by Third Man Records. The classic composition is available through the label’s vault package subscription and will even include a “replica trout mask.” The double-LP will be featured as a multicolored “fish scale” vinyl along with Beefheart’s “Pachucho Cadaver” 7” inch single.
The album was produced by Beefheart’s friend Frank Zappa and was originally released on Zappa’s label Straight Records. In 2012 the album was ranked as number 60 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and it featured tracks such as “Ella Guru” and “My Human Gets Me Blues.”
Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, passed away in California at the age of 69 in 2010. Vliet had been suffering from the complications brought on by multiple sclerosis since the 1990’s. Along with the purchase of the record fans will also receive a print of label founder Jack White’s epitaph for Van Vliet.
Below is the track listing.
Side One:
- – Frownland
- – The Dust Blows Forward ‘n the Dust Blows Back
- – Dachau Blues
- – Ella Guru
- – Hair Pie: Bake 1
- – Moonlight on Vermont
Side Two:
- – Pachuco Cadaver
- – Bills Corpse
- – Sweet Sweet Bulbs
- – Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish
- – Chia Pig
- – My Human Gets Me Blues
- – Dali’s Car
Side Three:
- – Hair Pie: Bake 2
- – Pena
- – Well
- – When Big Joan Sets Up
- – Fallin Ditch
- – Sugar ‘n Spikes
- – Ant Man Bee
Side Four:
- – Orange Claw Hammer
- – Wild Life
- – She’s Too Much for My Mirror
- – Hobo Chang Ba
- – The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)
- – Steal Softly thur Snow
- – Old Fart at Play
- – Veteran’s Day Poppy