New Beefheart Box

[Oreb]

Looks like Decals will finally be available again on CD (you know, that medium hipsters have been telling us is dead).

I own Spotlight and Clear Spot, but Decals and the extras have sealed the deal on this for me

http://theseconddisc.com/2014/09/04/...nd/#more-26246

[polmico]

I've had a very dodgy copy of Decals for a few years. The chance to upgrade to an official release and get some bonus tracks (and hopefully all contained in a handsome package) seals the deal for me, too. I'm in. Thanks for the heads up.

[walt]

Deal me in.

[polmico]

Limited edition??? And at least three people know about it now? Shit, I just pre-ordered. $60 at Amazon.

[Oreb]

Of course, as we know since it's been around like that for years, Clear Spot & Spotlight would fit on a single disc, cutting this set to 3.

But I'm not quibbling.

[JJ88]

What's going on with 'Trout Mask Replica'? As I understand it, that's not as easy to get anymore either.

[unclemeat]

What's going on with 'Trout Mask Replica'? As I understand it, that's not as easy to get anymore either.

It ain't necessarily so :
http://barfkoswill.shop.musictoday.c...167&pc=ZPCD165

[lovecraft]

I have one of the many counterfeit issues of LMDOB and the quality is so good both in sound and sleeve I don't think I'll be biting.

[Morpheus]

While I really want a legit cd of Decals without paying way too much, I don't think either of the other two albums are very good, not albums I would want to buy again. I'm not sure if I will go for it or take my chances on an individual reissue down the line.

[mogrooves]

I don't think either of the other two albums are very good.

+1 (they're OK), but my vinyl Decals barely survived college, so I need to replace it, preferably with a legit release. I'm down.

[Dave (in MA)]

$60 to get Decals and some outtakes that fanatics might already have scattered around their PCs already.

[rcarlberg]

I bought my copy of Decals many years ago when it first came out. Looks like all the bonus tracks have been previously released on the Revenant box too.

[Blah_Blah_Woof_Woof]

Spotlight Kid and Clearspot 'not very good' ??? 'OK' ??? I'm surprized.

Granted, Decals is my most played Beefheart record of all time and was the one I was introduced to first, even before Trout Mask and before I saw them live. But the other two are accessible and have memorable songs- clearly viable entries in his discography.

The only beefheart I have on CD is Trout Mask and a sampler from the other box set with trout mask rehearsals. The rest I have on original vinyl.

[Mister Triscuits]

I bought my copy of Decals many years ago when it first came out. Looks like all the bonus tracks have been previously released on the Revenant box too.

As far as I can tell there is no overlap with the Revenant box. Am I missing something?

[Mister Triscuits]

Spotlight Kid and Clearspot 'not very good' ??? 'OK' ??? I'm surprized.

Spotlight Kid is pretty good ("Blabber 'n Smoke" is a big favorite of mine) and Clear Spot is OK. They're better than Unconditionally Guaranteed and Bluejeans & Moonbeams, and possibly even Safe as Milk, but inferior to everything else in the Beefheart canon.

[Morpheus]

As far as "accessible" Beefheart goes, I'll take Milk over both of those. Spotlight Kid is kind of all over the place IMO and I find a least half of Clear Spot to be disposable. I know the band was probably at their happiest during that album, and even John French considers it his favorite despite not playing on it, but it doesn't do anything for me really.

[polmico]

Wow. Surprised at the hate (or at least ambivalence) for Clear Spot and Spotlight Kid. Both are essential Beefheart for me (though I'd take Milk over both of them). Not a dud on them. But, hey, it's all good.

Anything on the Zappa release of Trout Mask good enough to warrant a purchase?

[walt]

Anything on the Zappa release of Trout Mask good enough to warrant a purchase?

Yes.Better seperation of the instruments in the stereo field, and better bass sonics.To my ears, it makes a difference.YMMV.

[polmico]

The murky realm of the legality of Beefheart recordings continues to yield ... stuff.

http://www.amazon.com/Nouvel-Hippodr...9950075&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Full-Moon-Cowt...9950046&sr=1-2

Less interested in the "tragic" band release but does anyone know anymore about these releases?

[polmico]

Yes.Better seperation of the instruments in the stereo field, and better bass sonics.To my ears, it makes a difference.YMMV.

Thanks, Walt. I need to give the ZFT a bunch of money for some Zappa releases I haven't picked up yet, so I'll perhaps get in on their TMR, too. Cheers!

[FrippWire]

I already have the 3 albums included in this box on CD as well as vinyl but if the disc of unreleased outtakes/rarities is not part of the Grow Fins box then I'll be buying this.

[Steve F.]

Both are essential Beefheart for me

moi aussi.

[Steve F.]

I already have the 3 albums included in this box on CD as well as vinyl but if the disc of unreleased outtakes/rarities is not part of the Grow Fins box then I'll be buying this.

The disc of unreleased stuff has never been officially released before. It is not on the Grow Fins box.

[zombywoof]

Checked this on Amazon - $60? You've got to be kidding! I only want Decals and the outtakes disc - I've got the other two and they rarely get plays from me as is. I sincerely hope the price goes down, or that Decals gets a single CD release.

[Blah_Blah_Woof_Woof]

Saying Spotlight and Clearspot is inferior to Decals is like saying Picasso is inferior to Dali. I'm not saying he could do no wrong- Seeing him at the Whiskey doing Bluejeans material was a WTF moment for me. "I got a bubble in my eye" indeed