And His Magic Bands: Railroadism- Live in the USA 72-81

And His Magic Bands: Railroadism- Live in the USA 72-81 Artist: Captain Beefheart
Label: Viper
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 666017059723
EAN: 0666017059723
ASIN: B000093D0S


Release Date: 2004-04-13

And His Magic Bands: Railroadism- Live in the USA 72-81


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Tracks:

  1. Old Black Snake
  2. Im A King Bee
  3. The Blimp / Air Bass-Soft Shoe (Sax Improv)

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  1. Amsterdam '80
  2. Under Review
  3. Captain's Last Live Concert
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Album Description

This album shows what a magnificent, powerful & remarkable voice the Captain had & what a truly formidable force the 'magic' band were. This is another historic document & features such rarities as the Captain performing 'The Blimp' from 'Trout Mask Replica' (1969) which leads him into playing a sax solo equal to the free jazz experimentation of Ornette Coleman or John Coltrane, 'Harry Irene' with the best whistling outro ever & the lost gem, 'Railroadism'- a distant cousin of the lost track 'Hoboism' + many more. This will not only be of importance to Beefheart freaks but to the world as a whole. Also features previously unpublished photos & in-depth liner notes. Viper.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars I say come back come back baby come back click clack..........2005-03-24

I have waited some three years to write this review. Three years since I ordered this from England with great timidity. Three years since I placed the disc in my CD player and three years since I was overjoyed at what I heard.

Why, you might ask have I waited three years. Well, to be honest, I have been waiting for more material to emerge from Britain because there is clearly material around and much more importantly, in England at least there appears to be a coterie of fans who are ready, willing and able to purchase this material. In fact I have today ordered yet another album of outtakes and live material.

Regular readers may recall the trepidation with which I approached magnetic Hands as set out in my review for Amazon. There was some degree of trepidation here also but that was soon swept away by the first listening.

First the bad news. Some of the recordings are quite frankly of pretty poor quality. Secondly the material is more recent than I would have wished predominantly mid-70s and early eighties. Third there is not enough of it.

On the positive side the first thing to note is that there is little of the era of Unconditionally Guaranteed/Bluejeans and whatever material. Thank the deity for small mercies at least. Secondly the Captain is in good voice throughout and apparently in fine spirits. Unlike the London 1974 album where he seemed subdued and distracted here he is in fine form as is the band.

To be brutally frank, this is a rough diamond but I love it. Just to get a live version of the Blimp, (the mothership, the mothership) is worth the asking price. The range of songs and the selections are indicative of the variuous parts of the Captain's journey and the fact that they are live makes them valuable as there is little live material out there especially from the Bizarre years. I have my own particular favourites such as the Smithsonian Institute Blues and China Pig.

This is one Beefheart album everyone should own along with Trout Mask and Decals. by the way. Would you not think that given the continued interest in the Magic Captain's output some record company type would put two and two together and come up with Profit $ signs in their eyes. Their eyes are a blue million dollar miles? What reason can there be for keeping that masterpiece off the shelves when you can still buy Unconditionally Guaranteed? It does not make sense.

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