DON'T ARGUE WITH THE CAPTAIN
history - interviews and stories
chapter ONE
FROM SCRATCH TO DECALS
1965-1971
how their first tunes changed to avant-garde rock 'n' roll
on 'safe as milk', 'strictly personal', 'trout mask replica' and 'lick my decals off, baby'
spring 1965: start of captain beefheart and the magic band
story 1998 england TALKING TO THE 25TH CENTURY QUAKER
story 010221 england 'WELL, I WAS BORN IN THE DESERT'
13 april 1966: first
single diddy wah diddy released
story 040666 usa TOO MANY 'DIDDY WAHS'
with picture
story
mid06.66 usa THE
GREAT GNOME BIOGRAPHY two pics
story 280666
usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART DOWN FROM HIGH DESERT
020766 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART PLAYS FOR DEEP BLUE WORLD
story 1973 usa book CPT.
BEEFHEART'S SGT. TAYLOR [fantasy
title]
spring 1967: first
elpee 'safe as milk' recorded
story 010917 england INSIDE THE CAPTAIN'S CAULDRON
story 011219 england INSIDE THE CAPTAIN'S CAULDRON
reprint!
september 1967: release of safe as milk
story 091167 usa SAFE AS BABY ROLLING STONE pic
second half
january 1968: european 'safe as milk' promotion tour
story 180168
england REFUSAL OF LEAVE TO
LAND pic
story 010268 england THE MAGIC MUSIC FROM THE
DESERT pic
030268 england THOSE
BEEFHEART BLUES... pic
011015 england 'WE GOT
HIGH IN THE DESERT' reprint!
080268 england FROM LULU TO BEEFHEART... pic
160268
england CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: POP ARTAUD pic
may 1968:
second european tour, with 'strictly personal' material
300568
england PEOPLE TALK ABOUT... BEEFHEART! pic
second half
1968: 'trout mask replica' rehearsals
story usa THE CAPTAIN'S FAT THERESA
SHOES
october 1968: release of strictly personal
spring 1969:
'trout mask replica' recorded
16 june 1969: trout mask replica released
±200769 usa vinyl MEATBALL
FULTON INTERVIEW
mid09?69 usa THE CAPTAIN [unpublished] two pics
011069 england
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART IS
ALIVE IN HOLLYWOOD pic
201210 usa A FRIENDLY DICKENSIAN UNCLE
reprint!
late october 1969: visit to
europe for amougies festival and press meeting
081169 england
BEEFHEART, HAMBURGERS,
HANG-UPS...
pic
081169 england THE BEEFHEART / ZAPPA
TALK-IN two pics
011115 england MELODY MAKER NOVEMBER
8 reprint!
011269 england A
FINE MADNESS four pics
010170 germany CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
[peng] reprint!
121269 england THERE
ARE FORTY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND FIVE OF THEM ARE
HAMBURGERS four pics
late november 1969 - march 1970: new
line-up
140570 usa THE ODYSSEY OF CAPTAIN
BEEFHEART three pics
1974 usa book CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!
2007
usa book THE ODYSSEY OF
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!
2007
england book LANGDON
WINNER reprint!
1970
usa book CAPT. BEEFHEART pic
010670 usa I WOULDN'T CALL IT DADA
ROCK EXACTLY three pics
010870 england THE ANSWER IS BLOWING IN THE WIND reprint!
0111?70 germany CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!
mid november 1970:
album lick my decals off,
baby
131170 usa THE RIDDLE OF BEEFHEART
pic
180271
usa ME AND BEEFHEART
AT MANTENO pic
2007 usa book ME
AND BEEFHEART AT MANTENO reprint!
010310 england ME AND BEEFHEART AT
MANTENO reprint!
010471 usa CAPTAIN
BEEFHEART'S MAIDENFORM ROCK two pics
story 150371 usa THE
BEEFHEART TV BOOGIE
pic
january and february 1971: usa 'lick my decals off, baby' tour
early0171 usa TEN YEARS AHEAD OF HIS TIME [unpublished]
040271 usa
THIS HEADLINE WOULDN'T STICK
150371 usa A CHILD'S
GARDEN OF BEEFHEART two pics
010372 england A CHILD'S GARDEN OF BEEFHEART reprint!
150371 usa A PLAY ON
WORDS two
pics
010471 usa IN SEARCH
OF AMERICA
four pics
010871
mexico
¿QUIÉN ES EL CAPITÁN BEEFHEART? reprint!
2007 usa book IN SEARCH OF AMERICA
reprint!
story 300571 usa CAPTAIN
TEASER two pics
300571 usa BEEFHEART IN BLUNDERLAND four pics
110771 japan BEEFHEART IN
BLUNDERLAND reprint!
april 1971:
release of '67 mirror man recordings
story 010871
usa A DAY IN THE
LIFE pic
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notes:
BLUE TITLE = recybered or linked
pic indicates the amount of contemporary pictures illustrating the text
BLACK TITLE = waiting to be added including translations
RED TITLE = text not found yet
other chapters: light kids and clear spots 1972-73 - tragic year and return 1974-78 - shiny end 1978-82 - what the crew likes to say - don van vliet before and after beefheart
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captain
beefheart electricity
as felt by teejo
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