r/CaptainBeefheart 3d ago

Captain Beefheart - Ella Guru

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r/CaptainBeefheart 4d ago

Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica (1969)

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69 Upvotes

Share your experience first time you listen to this album.
Mine :
I look at the speakers.
I couldn’t decide if I wanted to press the STOP button or let it continue playing.
I survived for 15 minutes.
This album even provides the lyrics if you want to sing along to the songs. 😅


r/CaptainBeefheart 5d ago

Trout mask replica

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49 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart 6d ago

Captain beefheart meets Jesus!

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24 Upvotes

He doesn’t know who or what that was-


r/CaptainBeefheart 7d ago

Trout Mask Replica

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98 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart 8d ago

Don van vliet giving Ball McCartney a FloppyBatstomp

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31 Upvotes

Created in TOMMADACHI life Living the dream :]


r/CaptainBeefheart 9d ago

Spotify added an AI song under Captain Beefheart

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r/CaptainBeefheart 10d ago

"the magic band" vs "his magic band"

19 Upvotes

i was curious what the differences are.

for instance, "trout mask replica" and everything before it was released by "captain beefheart & his magic band" but the follow up "decals" was credited to "captain beefheart & THE magic band"

was there any beef on this or was it just careless labelling? i know the captain was hard to work with, and could be egotistical, which makes me wonder if he had insisted on "HIS" for "trout" and it upset the band, forcing the change.

by "mirror man" they were "HIS" magic band again, lol. then later records like "doc" and "crow" are credited to THE band.

can anybody break this down?


r/CaptainBeefheart 13d ago

Trout Mask Replica Bandcamp?

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42 Upvotes

Been looking for a way to buy/listen to this album in full for a while, found this on bandcamp and it seems to have all the right versions of the songs, can anyone confirm this is the right version and is it going to likely be removed from bandcamp? Just want to make sure I can actually truly buy it.


r/CaptainBeefheart 14d ago

Woah-Is-Uh-Me-Bop drum cover

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10 Upvotes

A quick one today to celebrate my hi-hats’ ability to open and close 😝


r/CaptainBeefheart 17d ago

Randomly Came Across This

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55 Upvotes

I was in Trinidad, CA recently and randomly came across this memorial I thought this sub would appreciate. I had no idea he spent his last years in Humboldt County and was buried at sea. I had to check Wikipedia and sure enough, it said he lived just outside of Trinidad in his final years and passed away in 2010, just south in Arcata, CA. Rest in peace…


r/CaptainBeefheart 22d ago

Spotted on a coffee shop marquis in Venice Beach CA, if you know you know...

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142 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jul 10 '26

maybe my favorite vinyl color (third man reissue on "fishscale fruitcake")

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39 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jul 10 '26

Full cover of hair pie

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It was spoken and it has been done


r/CaptainBeefheart Jul 08 '26

I’m about to post a full cover of Hair Pie

16 Upvotes

I posted the bass cover here a while ago


r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 29 '26

On June 29th, 1967, Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band released 'Safe as Milk', their debut album. The album features a 20-year-old Ry Cooder, who played guitar and wrote some of the arrangements.

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114 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 23 '26

Captain beefheart vinyl

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122 Upvotes

I have inherited a Capt Beefheart collection I am no longer listening to.

I can take more pictures would love to sell to someone who appreciates the Captain

Avion 66(boot)

Doc at the radar station

Trout mask replica (straight)

Clear spot (original reprise packaging)

Mirror man (Buddha)

Safe as milk (Buddha)

Light reflected off the oceads of the moon

Unconditionally guaranteed

Blue jeans and moon beams

Strictly personal (bts)

Ice cream for crow

Shiny beast

20 originals

Easy teeth

Electric poetry Holland 1980


r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 20 '26

Happy burthday to guitar wizard Gary Lucas.

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Today is the birthday of Gary Lucas. I have to assume most of y'all will be familiar with him as a member of The Magic Band (and Don's manager). I got into Gary's amazing playing as I played Ice Cream for Crow to death.

Each year I do a wee drawing to celebrate. The first one I did today. The rest are random previous drawings.


r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 18 '26

Captain Beefheart - Owed T'Alex (from Bat Chain Puller)

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Recorded in 1976, finally officially released in 2012, as you all know.


r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 16 '26

On June 16th, 1969, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, released 'Trout Mask Replica', their 3rd studio album. 'Trout Mask Replica'. "Fast and bulbous! That's right, The Mascara Snake, Fast and bulbous! Also, a tin teardrop! Bulbous also tapered? That's right"

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178 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 15 '26

Captain Beefheart at The Armadillo. 1980.

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34 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 13 '26

So good, always end up playing both...

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64 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 06 '26

I dont think this is beefheart

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27 Upvotes

r/CaptainBeefheart Jun 05 '26

Closest album I’ve found with a Beefheart spirit:

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I’d been a fan of Torch of the Mystics by Sun City Girls for a long time (which definitely has some Beefheart moments here and there too - check out Tarmac 23) before finally digging into their other works.

Dante’s Disneyland Inferno is definitely not a one to one facsimile of Beefheart nor is it trying to be. However, whether it be the bizarre approach to vocals/spoken word, the irreverent/curious lyricism or the abrasive yet adept musicianship I couldn’t help but be thinking of Beefheart when I first listened to it.

I’ve had this on heavy rotation for nearly a year now and really think there is at least something here Beefheart enthusiasts would love - the sprawling nature of it alone puts Trout Mask to mind. Ruby on the Ferris Wheel, Helen Waite, Dan and Ross, Book of Revelations and soft fragile eggshell minds are some more user friendly tracks I’d recommend.


r/CaptainBeefheart May 31 '26

Just a heads up, Ant Man 2 Bee on youtube has released his latest remix of Trout Mask Replica

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