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Don’s been & gone

Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010 Don Van Vliet by Anton Corbijn, 1993 ‘Yeah, but you’ve gotta wait until I say, “—also, a tin tear-drop…”…’ Trout Mask Replica, 1969 (pic via antoncorbijn)

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world of anarchie

Susan Archie is the design genius behind nearly all the best box sets that have been released in the last ten years or so. Seriously: all the various Revenant boxes, the Albert Ayler box, the Charley Patton box, the Beefheart … more…

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For Sale – The Trout Mask House

During 1968-1969, Don Van Vliet kept his his merry Magic Band under virtual house arrest for a period of eight months, intensively rehearsing the material which would become Trout Mask Replica. One member of the company would be dispatched, once … more…

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