Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - BBC Sessions 1968 [A Prof. Stoned Comp 2021]
16bit/44.1khz (CD Quality)
01. Yellow Brick Road
02. Abba Zaba
03. Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do
04. Electricity
05. John Peel Outro (from 2001 rebroadcast)
Recording: Maida Vale, Studio 4, London UK; Wednesday 24 January 1968
Broadcast: BBC Radio 1 'Top Gear'; Sunday 4 February 1968
Producer: Bernie Andrews
Engineer: Dave Tate/Bob Conduct
Personel:
Don Van Vliet (Vocals, Harmonica)
John French (Drums)
Alex St. Clair (Lead Guitar)
Jerry Handley (Bass)
Jeff Cotton (Guitar)
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01. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones
02. Safe As Milk
03. Kandy Korn
04. Trust Us
05. John Peel Outro (from 2001 rebroadcast)
Recording: 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1, London UK; Monday 6 May 1968 (except Tr. 01: TTG Studios, Hollywood, CA; November 1967)
Broadcast: BBC Radio 1 'Top Gear'; Sunday 12 May 1968
Producer: Bernie Andrews
Engineer: Pete Ritzema/Allen Harris
Personel:
Don Van Vliet (Vocals)
John French (Drums)
Alex St. Clair (Lead Guitar)
Jerry Handley (Bass)
Jeff Cotton (Guitar)
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Total time: 33m56s
All tracks are Mono
Research for this Comp: Prof Stoned/JWB
Mastering: Prof Stoned
Thanks: John, Eugene, Colin H.
v1.0: 18-09-2021
Note: All of the songs are unique BBC recordings except “Beatle Bones” which is rough mix of the “Plain Brown Wrapper” version. Both sessions are not in the BBC archives anymore, so this has been sourced from various off-air recordings. The lofi quality fits the music very well and this is the best these tapes have ever sounded (plus finally in the correct speed!). These were two seminal sessions and it is important that they are once again made available. Nothing sounded like this before, and nothing ever will.
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Sources:
- Out Here Over There (CDr, Unofficial) Head 1998
- 2001 BBC broadcast of a private collector's tape
