Name: The Mirror Man Sessions
Brand: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

74321691742

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-06-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Sony

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

more than 30 years after these tracks were recorded, 'the mirror man sessions' are finally being released in the manner of don van vliet's original vision. captain beefheart and his magic band were always going through personnel changes, but the group was especially in flux during 1967. 'safe as milk' had just been issued, and the band began recording a follow-up, planned as a double-album. but the following year saw the captain and his band dropped by their label (buddah). some of the slated songs (supplemented with electronic effects) became 'strictly personal', released by blue thumb records. buddah followed suit, venturing into its vaults, choosing four extended songs, and packaging them as 'mirror man' - obscuring facts by billing the album as 'live recordings from 1965.' this reissue adds five additional numbers, all of which show the band at an evolutionary point midway between the delta blues of its first recordings and the layered rhythmic stew of 'trout mask replica'. 'the mirror man sessions' is an essential document of an important ensemble.

The Mirror Man Sessions

Music GB