Here you will find streaming audio files which make up a full
interview which took place in California, July 1969, between Don
Van Vliet and Meatball Fulton.
Divided into 5 parts, each part is just over 20 minutes long for
your convenience. You may occasionally hear sentences abruptly clipped
due to the original tape running out in the machine recording the
conversation. I doubt there is a more complete audio version of
this interview available anywhere.
This is a fascinating interview, with Don making a startling succession
of inspired observations about music, art, drugs, literature, human
society, nature etc etc. I tip my hat to Mr Fulton for somehow managing
to keep the whole thing together.
This interview was was very kindly sent to me by Scott McFarland
- many thanks to him indeed.
A 24 minute segment of this interview was released as a white-sleeved
promo only album, featuring Beefheart on one side, and Ry Cooder
on the other. Have a look at the track titles on these two scans
(kindly sent to me by Dixigas) and tell me which side you'd
rather listen to!