Record Details

Artists:	Captain Beefheart / Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band / The Soots
Title:	Avalon '66
Format:	7" Single
Label:	Blue Desert Recordings
Cat No:	NR 16805
Country:
Genres:	Blues Rock
Status	Have
Added To List	15th April 2018

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Four numbers from a gig in 1966 that was broadcasted live via radio station KSAN from the Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco. (These can also be found officially on Grow Fins Vol 1 or the CD set. Other tracks from the session may also be in circulation, such as "Blues Jam" on the "Railroadism" CD). The single fold wraparound sleeve is a self-color blue photocopy sheet. The front is credited "Capt. Beefheart Avalon 66", but the image is of Vliet during the later "Clear Spot" period, complete with 'Coolie' hat. The back states this is an EP. The band is credited as "CAPTAIN BEEFHEART and his MAGIC BAND", which is the truest written form and identity for the band in this period. Alexis Clair Snouffer, aka Alex St. Clair, was also the instigator & leader of the band in '66. Thus, there is some further confusion in the text below the band photo - which is cut from a review (relating to the later A&M release "Diddy Wah Diddy") in 'The Beat', a 'pop' news mag of the time - which says "Captain Beefheart is Alex St. Clair...". Furthermore, the band members interviewed are not entirely as in the photo; Left to right: Vliet, Handley, Hepner, Moon & Snouffer Correct credits for the tracks can be found on the aforesaid "Grow Fins". The vinyl is translucent blue, with blue print on white labels. The label drawing is of Beefheart under a Joshua tree playing a mouth harp, complete with shuttlecock hat and a crow perched on his boot - suggesting this release is at least post 1970 (TMR), or even post '82 (ICFC). The band credited on the label, "The Soots", were of the given '60s period and relate to Vliet & Zappa, but have no bearing on these works - other than perhaps a sales gimmick. (The Soots can be found on Zappa works).

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