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08 August 2009

A round up of recent Beefheart-related news

Viper have released an expanded CD version of their vinyl best of live - Magneticism: the best of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Bands Live 72-81 - twenty tracks of magic.

As part of their Complete Roots series, Snapper Music have released The Roots of Captain Beefheart. An interesting collection of 18 tracks. Read our review and see if it is what it claims to be!

Don continues to be name checked by new artists. The latest to claim him as an influence are Victoria Hesketh (aka Little Boots) and White Denim. I'll leave it up to you to decide if that influence can be heard ... San Franciscan lo-fi psych guitarist Ty Segall has gone one step further and covered Dropout Boogie on his latest album called Lemons.

And if you fancy a trip across to Youtube you can catch Herman Tulp doing a reading of Don's Brown Star poem. Keep an eye out for the related images that appear discreetly around the screen!

Posted by Steve at 2:40 PM - post a comment

7 comments:
Anonymous Mereman said...

Not on their website as yet. Has it definitely been released? Or is it due to be?

09 August, 2009 19:37  

Anonymous Mereman said...

PS (the 'Roots of...' CD, that is)

09 August, 2009 19:42  

Anonymous Lazy Comet said...

This just in:

Magic band returns to the UK for ATP's 10 year anniversary december 11-13!

http://atpfestival.com/NewsView/0908111028.php

11 August, 2009 19:38  

Blogger Steve said...

Yes, the Roots CD is available. It was released on 27 July. I had it pre-ordered at Amazon

13 August, 2009 18:39  

Anonymous Anonymous said...

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05 September, 2009 15:55  

Anonymous Anonymous said...

spoke to White Denim at a recent gig of theres and what thoroughly lovely gents. they love their beefheart, and upon a listen of some of their stuff, it's more than just a name drop!

28 October, 2009 14:01  

Anonymous Big Joan said...

Check out this (slightly) kinder, gentler reassessment of Beefheart/Magic Band's Unconditionally Guaranteed at The Brown Tweed Society site:

http://wp.me/ptHmV-15g

Not the best album in their discography, but not worth being hated!

16 November, 2009 18:41  

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