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Artist:	CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
Title:	The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot
Label:	REPRISE/WARNER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	WEA 26249

European pressing of this two-fer, featuring 1972's Clear Spot and it's followup from later that year, The Spotlight Kid. May or may not still be out in the US, why buy American when you can support the EEC? Critical mid-period Beefheart albums, chronologically following Safe As Milk, Strictly Personal, Trout Mask Replica and Lick My Decals Off, Baby. "In 1972, Warner Bros. Records producer Ted Templeman, already riding high with the Doobie Brothers and soon to be known as Van Halen's producer, decided to produce Beefheart. The result was Clear Spot, the first of two albums in this compilation, one of Beefheart's best-sounding records. It's also one of the rare occasions when Beefheart's music survived commercial staging without failure. Throughout the album, the band -- Zoot Horn Rollo, guitar, steel guitar and mandolin; Rockette Morton, rhythm and bass guitar; Ed Marimba (Art Trip), drums and percussion; and Oréjon (Roy Estrada ), bass -- cooks, Beefheart is in great voice and the sound is crystal clear. Later that year, Beefheart released the 2nd album in this collection, the self-produced The Spotlight Kid, with a band consisting again of Zoot Horn Rollo, Rockette Morton and Ed Marimba, joined by Winged Eel Fingerling (Eliot Ingber), guitar, in addition to Drumbo, Ted Cactus and Rhys Clark on drums." -- Pete Johnson/liner notes.

Artist:	CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
Title:	Under Review
Label:	SEXY INTELLECTUAL
Format:	DVD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	SI 500DVD

"Captain Beefheart -- Under Review is a two hour documentary film tracing the roots and history of this iconic musical legend. It features rare live and studio performances of Beefheart, interspersed with contributions from virtually all members of The Magic Band along with a panel of esteemed experts. The film also features rarely seen promo films, interview footage with Beefheart, TV clips, location shots and a host of other features. Covering his entire musical career and loaded with extra features, this is not simply the only Beefheart DVD on the commercial market, it is also the best ever film about the man and his music yet to emerge." NTSC format, all regions, running time: 115 minutes.

Artist:	CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
Title:	Doc At the Radar Station
Label:	VIRGIN (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	VIR 71362

Apparently out of print in the US, this is an European pressing of this 1980 classic, featuring the lineup of: Don Van Vliet, Jeff Moris Tepper, Eric Drew Feldman, Robert Williams, Bruce Fowler, John French and Gary Lucas. "Filled with junkyard rhythms and effortless, delirious poetry, Doc At The Radar Station marked a return to the more familiar side of Captain Beefheart street. Hardcore Captain Beefheart, the album is as extreme as anything this side of Trout Mask Replica."

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