During 1969, Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet) and Frank Zappa’s friendship was reaching new heights. FZ signed on to produce Don’s next L.P. project, promising the artist total creative freedom. The result has gone on to become Captain Beefheart’s masterpiece, “Trout Mask Replica,” which has established itself over time as an important and historical work. The basic tracks for most of the album’s main musical compositions were recorded in one single studio session, only made possible by the meticulous and “cult-like” rehearsals of the band for months whilst living together in a house in Woodland Hills, CA. The album was shunned upon it’s initial release by critics and the public at large, but has proven itself to be hugely influential to many music, movie and television icons such as Tom Waits, Matt Groening and David Lynch to name a few. The album was added to the United States National Recording Registry by the Library Of Congress in 2011, further solidifying the work as one of the greatest albums of all time. Track Listing: 1. Frownland 2. The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back 3. Dachau Blues 4. Ella Guru 5. Hair Pie: Bake 1 6. Moonlight On Vermont 7. Pachuco Cadaver 8. Bills Corpse 9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs 10. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish 11. China Pig 12. My Human Gets Me Blues 13. Dali's Car 14. Hair Pie: Bake 2 15. Pena 16. Well 17. When Big Joan Sets Up 18. Fallin' Ditch 19. Sugar 'N Spikes 20. Ant Man Bee 21. Orange Claw Hammer 22. Wild Life 23. She's Too Much For My Mirror 24. Hobo Chang Ba 25. The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) 26. Steal Softly Thru Snow 27. Old Fart At Play 28. Veteran's Day Poppy
