Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

Captain Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica (Part 2)

Album #110 - June 1969

Episode date - February 21, 2018

The Alternative Top 40
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This program features part two of Captain Beefheart’s fractured masterpiece, “Trout Mask Replica”.

At the time of its release, it was so unique that there was nothing else to compare it to. Most listeners could not even discern whether the musical patterns were deliberate or accidental, but over time, the genius of the arrangements became apparent to anyone who cared to listen.

In the post-punk years of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, “Trout Mask Replica” became a reference point of sorts for the expanding genre.

Featured tracks include;

Hair Pie: Bake 2

Pena

Well

When Big Joan Sets Up

Fallin’ Ditch

Sugar ‘n’ Spikes

Ant Man Bee

Orange Claw Hammer

Wild Life

She’s Too Much for My Mirror

Hobo Chang Ba

The Blimp

Steal Softly thru Snow

Old Fart at Play

Veteran’s Day Poppy

June 1969 - Billboard Did Not Chart

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