Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica (VINYL 2xLP REPRISE 2MS 2027 1972) | Excellent+ (EX+) Very Good Plus (VG+)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*

EX TO NM LIKE NEW VINYL / some fading on sleeve w inners

Label: Straight – STS 1053, Reprise Records – 2MS 2027

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Pitman Pressing, STS matrices

Country: US

Released: 1972

Genre: Rock

Style: Blues Rock, Avantgarde

A1        Frownland    1:40
A2        The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back    1:53
A3        Dachau Blues    2:22
A4        Ella Guru
Effects [Flesh Horn] – Antennae Jimmy Semens
    2:27
A5        Hair Pie: Bake 1    4:59
A6        Moonlight On Vermont    3:59
B1        Pachuco Cadaver    4:40
B2        Bills Corpse    1:49
B3        Sweet Sweet Bulbs    2:21
B4        Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish
Horn [Simran Horn], Musette – Captain Beefheart
    2:26
B5        China Pig
Featuring, Guitar – Doug Moon
    4:03
B6        My Human Gets Me Blues    2:47
B7        Dali's Car    1:27
C1        Hair Pie: Bake 2    2:23
C2        Pena
Lead Vocals – Antennae Jimmy Semens
    2:34
C3        Well    2:08
C4        When Big Joan Sets Up    5:18
C5        Fallin' Ditch    2:08
C6        Sugar 'N Spikes    2:30
C7        Ant Man Bee
Saxophone [Tenor & Soprano Simultaneously] – Captain Beefheart
    3:57
D1        Orange Claw Hammer    3:35
D2        Wild Life    3:10
D3        She's Too Much For My Mirror    1:41
D4        Hobo Chang Ba    2:02
D5        The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)    2:05
D6        Steal Softly Thru Snow    2:19
D7        Old Fart At Play    1:51
D8        Veteran's Day Poppy    4:32

    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman

    Bass Clarinet, Vocals – The Mascara Snake
    Bass Guitar, Narrator – Rockette Morton
    Design [Album Design] – Cal Schenkel
    Engineer, Effects [Special Electronic Modifications On Captain Beefheart's Band Equipment] – Dick Kunc
    Guitar [Glass Finger], Flute – Zoot Horn Rollo
    Guitar [Steel Appendage] – Antennae Jimmy Semens
    Other [Contract Negotiation & Signing] – Neil C. Reshen
    Photography By – Cal Schenkel, Ed Caraeff
    Producer – Frank Zappa
    Songwriter – Captain Beefheart
    Vocals, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Captain Beefheart

This earliest Reprise reissue retains use of original catalog era masters, in part:
Side 3: 2̶ ̶S̶T̶S̶ ̶1̶0̶5̶3̶ ̶3̶ stricken and replaced with 31043 2MS 2027
Side 4: 2̶ ̶S̶T̶S̶ ̶1̶0̶5̶3̶ ̶4̶ stricken and replaced with 31044 2MS 2027

Other notes: SHBH on the matrix side 2 or on the matrix side 3 is etched inside a circle.

Bandname on the label is Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band.
Released in a gatefold jacket with white "StRaIGHt" logo on cover with cat# STS 1053.
Track A6: "Moonlight On Vermont" on sleeve, "Moonlight In Vermont" on label.
The sleeve is matte print with a rough texture to the greyish card-backing.
Reprise tan steamboat label reissue housed in Warner/Reprise "Loss Leaders" promo inner sleeves marked © 1972.
The address at that time was: Warner/Reprise Records, 4000 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 8150 (as appears on inner sleeve)
"P" in runout denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing.
Sort by

    Other (Catalog# On Cover & Spine): STS 1053
    Other (Catalog# On Reprise Labels): 2MS 2027
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Etched on Side 1): 2MS-2027 31041-2
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Etched on Side 2): 2MS-2027 31042-2
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Etched on Side 3): "P" 31043 2MS 2027 2̶ ̶S̶T̶S̶ ̶1̶0̶5̶3̶ ̶3̶
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Etched on Side 4): 31044 2MS 2027 2̶ ̶S̶T̶S̶ ̶1̶0̶5̶3̶ ̶4̶ P
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Etched on Side 1): 2MS-2027 31041-2
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Etched on Side 2): 2MS-2027 31042 SHBH C 5 (C 5 stamped very faintly)
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Etched on Side 3): \ 2MS-2027 31043 /C B Xs
    Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Etched on Side 4): 31044 2MS 2027 2̶ ̶S̶T̶S̶ ̶1̶0̶5̶3̶ ̶4̶ P

Tracklist: A1. Frownland, A2. The Dust Blows Forward 'N The Dust Blows Back, A3. Dachau Blues, A4. Ella Guru, A5. Hair Pie: Bake 1, A6. Moonlight On Vermont, B1. Pachuco Cadaver, B2. Bills Corpse, B3. Sweet Sweet Bulbs, B4. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish, B5. China Pig, B6. My Human Gets Me Blues, B7. Dali's Car, C1. Hair Pie: Bake 2, C2. Pena, C3. Well, C4. When Big Joan Sets Up, C5. Fallin' Ditch, C6. Sugar 'N Spikes, C7. Ant Man Bee, D1. Orange Claw Hammer, D2. Wild Life, D3. She's Too Much For My Mirror, D4. Hobo Chang Ba, D5. The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica), D6. Steal Softly Thru Snow, D7. Old Fart At Play, D8. Veteran's Day Poppy

• Condition: USED
• Sleeve Condition: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Media Condition: Excellent+ (EX+)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP