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I loved Doc At The Radar Station when it first came out. I can think of much of the music that came out at around that time, some of which I also really liked. However, hearing Doc now again (and in this beautifully remastered version) really drives home the extent to which much of the music of that time has faded into the realm of easily dated nostalgia (of which I am not a fan). Yet this album (and most of Beefheart's music) has suffered no such fate. When you listen to this material, you realize that—other than some technical characteristics in the way that, say, the drums were originally recorded—this record could've been recorded yesterday! It sounds so fresh, and sonically is of course so much better than the original anyway. But the material itself and its conception, and the aplomb and love with which it was performed, is as good today as it was back then. And just as 'new'.
I'm a musician, and like myself, most musicians I know don't tend to listen to something over and over again unless there's something they're trying to transcribe, learn to play, etc. But after picking up this new remastered version of this record yesterday, I listened to it five times all the way through, just mesmerized by the enormity and beauty of it. At the same time, it's a brutal reminder of how difficult it would be (and is) today for any recording this 'experimental' to gain any kind of meaningful recognition in the world. Today it's easier for any of us to record and get our stuff out into the world, yet access is no guarantee of proliferation and recognition. But forget everything I just said and go listen for yourself. In the words of Beefheart ('Ashtray Heart'), 'Somebody's had too much to think'!
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Oh Captain, Captain
Probably His Strongest Album Out Of His Last Three(Shiny Beast 76', Doc At The Radar Station 80', Ice Cream For Crow 82') The recording On This Album Is Really Good It Sounds Like The Remastered 2006 Issues Of The Cds And This Album Is Probably One Of His Best. Captain Struck Gold With This Album And Probably Should've Made More Albums Like This He Was Slowly Getting back After The Two Commercial Failing Albums Unconditionally Guaranteed and Bluejeans & Moonbeams He Made A Come Back With Shiny Beast In 1976 With Great Vocals On Bat Chain Puller And The Poem Of An Old Ape Called Apes Ma. Captain Then Released This Abum In 1980 The Vocals Stronger,The Music More Experimental Every Thing In This Album Couldn't Be Any Better t Was The Perfect Mixture With Little Of The Experimental Music From Trout Mask and Lick My Decals Off and The More Accesible Style Of Spotlight Kid And Clear Spot. It Is Mostly Similar To The Album Lick My Decals Off,Baby.If Your A Vinyl Collector Of Captain The Sound On This Vinyl Is Fantastic,Crisp,And Clear.
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