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Doc At The Radar Station

Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band

1980 · Rock

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Doc At The Radar Station by Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band

Doc At The Radar Station is a Rock album by Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 48 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.

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For sheer spark and audacity, <i>Doc At the Radar Station</i> ranks near the top of the Beefheart canon. The Captain (Don Van Vliet) spurs his latest edition of the Magic Band to ever-wilder heights, with guitarists Jeff Moris Tepper and Gary Lucas unleashing volleys of bursting notes against the stuttering percussion attacks of Robert Williams and John “Drumbo” French. Weird Mellotron snippets and gosling saxophone bleats fling color across conflicting rhythms and clashing textures. Snarling and beseeching, Beefheart holds forth like a man possessed, delivering some of his finest surreal word-spews on tracks like “Sue Egypt,” “Best Batch Yet” and the violently life-affirming “Making Love to a Vampire With a Monkey On My Knee.” “Ashtray Heart” is pure skewed Beefheartian boogie, while “Sheriff of Hong Kong” basks in a luminous shower of jagged riffs. “Hot Head” and “Run Paint Run Run” are insidiously catchy and accessible; the instrumental “A Carrot Is As Close As a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond” captures the Captain at his most delicate and serene. A late-period Beefheart masterpiece.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Hot Head3:21
  2. A2Ashtray Heart3:26
  3. A3A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond1:37
  4. A4Run Paint Run Run3:38
  5. A5Sue Egypt2:57
  6. A6Brickbats2:40

Side B

  1. B1Dirty Blue Gene3:50
  2. B2Best Batch Yet5:00
  3. B3Telephone1:33
  4. B4Flavor Bud Living5:08
  5. B5Sheriff Of Hong Kong6:32
  6. B6Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee3:10

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Art Rock
  • abrasive
  • chaotic
  • psychedelic

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bruce FowlerTROMBONE
  • Captain BeefheartVOCALS , GONG , HARMONICA , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , BASS CLARINET VOCALS, GONG , HARMONICA, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET VOCALS, PERCUSSION, HARMONICA, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BASS CLARINET
  • Don Van VlietVOCALS , GONG , HARMONICA , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , BASS CLARINET VOCALS, BASS CLARINET, GONG , HARMONICA, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE VOCALS, BASS CLARINET, GONG, HARMONICA, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
  • DrumboGUITAR , SLIDE GUITAR , MARIMBA GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR, MARIMBA SLIDE GUITAR, GUITAR, MARIMBA
  • Eric Drew FeldmanBASS, ELECTRIC PIANO, GRAND PIANO, MELLOTRON, SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER , BASS , MELLOTRON , GRAND PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO SYNTHESIZER, BASS, GRAND PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO
  • Gary LucasFRENCH HORN GUITAR
  • Jeff Moris TepperGUITAR GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR, GUITAR
  • John FrenchGUITAR , MARIMBA GUITAR , SLIDE GUITAR , MARIMBA GUITAR, MARIMBA
  • Robert Arthur WilliamsDRUMS

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