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I finally completed my beefheart collection with doc at the radar station s arrival earlier this week. Small cutting from rolling stone referring to the recording of doc at the radar. January 15, 1941 december 17, 2010 was an american singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name captain beefheart. You can buy album doc at the radar station captain beefheart. Released in 1972, it is the only album credited solely to captain beefheart rather than beefheart and the magic band. While ice cream for crow, beefhearts final release, is a compelling study in nostalgia, an ode to psychrock at a time when electronic music was invading the space of rock, doc at the radar station is beefhearts latecareer triumph, a reworking of older material that feels fresh and truly reinvigorated. A beginners guide to the weird world of captain beefheart. Doc at the radar station is the eleventh studio album by captain beefheart and the magic. Doc at the radar station discography captain beefheart. Beefheart eventually formed a new magic band with a group of younger musicians and regained critical approval through three final albums. Captain beefheart on cd steve hoffman music forums. Jun 08, 2012 six of these songs were reworked for the captain s comeback album, 1978s shiny beast bat chain puller, another three were rerecorded for 1980s barbed doc at the radar station, and two of.
The two 1974 albums which were meant to open the door to commercial success nearly ruined his career. Although about half of the albums songs are based on old musical ideas, mike barnes states that most of the revamping work built on skeletal ideas and fragments would have mouldered away in the vaults had they not been exhumed and transformed. Captain beefheart a carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond 1. Captain beefheart and his magic band strictly personal 1968 z3k lp. Discussion in music corner started by bluespeedway, feb 21, 2012. Doc at the radar station captain beefheart download music. This album proves that you can base yourself in avant garde overtones and still have hooks in your music. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
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Captain beefheart and the magic band doc at the radar station by bill bamberger february 1999 the years 1974 to 1979 were a hard ride for don van vliet. Many of the songs on doc either reworked or fully developed unused material composed around the time of the creatively fertile trout mask sessions, which adds to the spirited performances. Fm captain beefheart bat chain puller mp3 download. Cd, album, unofficial virgin 2, emi 2, emi 2 cdvr2172, 00946 3 655 26, 00946 3 655 2 6. Doc at the radar station by carman, from january 1981 down beat. A huge database of beatles and other artists bootlegs incl. Six of these songs were reworked for the captains comeback album, 1978s shiny beast bat chain puller, another three were rerecorded for 1980s barbed doc at the radar station, and two of. Download the latest song of doc at the radar station. The originality, combined with the quality, makes for repeated listening that never grows tiresome.
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