Saturday, November 8, 2014

Ross Whole Moon

Clear Spot
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marcolis said...

Reprise Album MS 2115
Captain Beefheart
And The Magic Band
Clear Spot
Released 5 November 1972 per Gary Peterson, The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) Rhino R2 75863, 17 August 1999

9 December 1972 Review:
As produced by Ted Templeman of Little Feat and Doobie Brothers fame, this is the Captain's most accessible lp to date, with a distinct r&b feel to the tunes. "Too Much Time" and "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" are among the best, and ex-Mother/Little Feat bassist Roy Estrada is a plus.

9 December 1972 Review:
Wherein Don Van Vliet and his band of reknown meet up with hit producer Ted Templeman (most recently of Doobie Brothers fame) and thereby take to creatin' some heavy and rather commercially viable rock. That's right, Beefheart's gone "meaty music." There's still that cryptic Bayou voice of his in the freak column, but here it is used to create a mood that fits in with the more garden variety sound of today. More than just a new experiment in packaging. It asks the question, "Can a Captain from a far-out neighborhood find boogie happiness at the house of Burbank?

16 December 1972 Review:
Captain Beefheart (better known to his mother as Don) has done it again. Produced an album that creates its own irrelevant, largely cryptic inner sanctum. The uninitiated will ? what their virgin ears are hearing. For openers, we suggest decoding "Big Eyed Beans From Venus." "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" and of course, "Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man."

November 8, 2014 at 11:01 AM

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