Album
Safe As Milk
Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
1967 · Rock, Blues
31 collectors on Gatefold own this
Safe As Milk is a Rock album by Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band, originally released in 1967. On Gatefold: 113 pressings tracked, owned by 31 collectors.
About
Because his reputation for antagonistic eccentricity is so strong, it’s easy to overlook the astonishing musical accomplishment of Captain Beefheart’s 1967 debut. Don Van Vliet was still searching for a definitive sound, and from one angle, <i>Safe As Milk</i> separates the constituent parts that would soon fuse for <i>Trout Mask Replica</i>. Fueled by the playing of a 20-year-old guitar whiz named Ry Cooder, the album encompasses garage rock (“Zig Zag Wanderer”), doo-wop (“I’m Glad”), R&B (“Call On Me”) and Dadaist outbursts (“Abba Zaba,” “Dropout Boogie”). Above all, Beefheart and his Magic Band took deep blues as source material and kneaded it into the grotesque and wonderful shapes of “Sure ‘Nuff ‘n’ Yes, I Do,” “Plastic Factory” and “Grown So Ugly,” the last of which is a cover of an obscure song by Louisiana singer Robert Pete Williams. The great “Electricity” comes on like a typhoon, and most predicts the Magic Band’s future sound. Just as essential are the bonus tracks (13 to 19), which show the Magic Band breaking through to totally uncharted forms of mangled, triumphant American soul music.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do2:15
- A2Zig Zag Wanderer2:40
- A3Call On Me2:37
- A4Dropout Boogie2:32
- A5I'm Glad3:31
- A6Electricity3:07
Side B
- B1Yellow Brick Road2:28
- B2Abba Zaba2:44
- B3Plastic Factory3:08
- B4Where There's Woman2:09
- B5Grown So Ugly2:27
- B6Autumn's Child4:02
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Blues Rock
- gritty
- swaggering
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alex St. Clair SnoufferGUITAR GUITAR, BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS GUITAR, BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Captain BeefheartARRANGED BY, HARMONICA, MARIMBA , VOCALS ARRANGED BY, VOCALS, HARMONICA, MARIMBA HARMONICA, MARIMBA , VOCALS
- Don Van VlietARRANGED BY, HARMONICA, MARIMBA , VOCALS ARRANGED BY, MARIMBA , VOCALS, HARMONICA HARMONICA , MARIMBA , VOCALS
- Jeff CottonGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
- Jerry HandleyBASS BASS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- John FrenchDRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Milt HollandFEATURING, TAMBOURINE, SLIT DRUM DRUM MUSICIAN , PERCUSSION
- Richard PerryFEATURING, HARPSICHORD
- Ry CooderBASS , GUITAR , STEEL GUITAR BASS, GUITAR BASS, GUITAR, SLIDE GUITAR
- Taj MahalFEATURING, TAMBOURINE MUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Dr. Samuel J. HoffmanMUSICIAN , THEREMIN
- Russ TitelmanGUITAR MUSICIAN , GUITAR
31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 113 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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