"He was born in the Desert, became the Zig Zag Child, sold
out on the My-O-My, returned with a vengeance as a Hot Head Jazz
Punk and now is the Old Fart. Yes, he's big, he's bad, he's beautiful
.... he's Beefheart!! ... but sadly he's not back so how can we
have a Fanzine? Pass. SSTS will now skilfully avoid the problem,
in this and possibly all future issues, by just dealing with Beefheart's
worldwide memorabilia."
The above foreword appeared on the first page of every issue.
A closer look at all the issues
Issue #8: Love Over Gold
Published January 2000
60 pages
compiled & edited by Paul
Full information about Grow Fins and the Buddha reissues of
Safe As Milk and The Mirror Man Sessions.
Pete Mulvey's interviews with those at Virgin responsible for
UG & BJ&MB.
Tour reviews from the era.
Full discography for all releases of UG & BJ&MB.
Bill Gibbons interview with Don Van Vliet from 1974.
Steve Froy's round-up of Beefheart-related activity on the
Internet.
Four new bootleg reviews.
News about WC Bamberger's Riding Some Kind Of Unusual Skull
Sleigh book and Irwin Chusid's Songs In The Key Of Z.
An interview with Don Aldridge (Magic Band associate in the
early days) by Steve Froy.
1974 chronology.
News of all the recent and forthcoming vinyl re-issues.
+ many other tidbits of gossip, news, sightings, releases,
etc etc.
Issue #7: Singing for Women
Published
November 1998
72 pages
compiled & edited by Paul
Clear Spot discography and working chronology
Where's the beef / outtakes
The tenderised Beefheart of Clear Spot (Circular 1972/11)
Clear Spot promo booket
Golden Birdies cartoon
Clear Spot by Pete Mulvey
CD box set from Revenant
John French - solo concert and drum clinic May 1996
John French - Drumbo's new soloCD
1972 french Clear Spot original lp
Record Collector "Beef art" special
Bill Harkleroad's Lunar Notes book
BBC's "The Artist formerly known as" documentary
Issue #6: Blowin' the Stacks
Published
April 1996
tribute to the late Gerry Pratt
discography and chronology for the Spotlight Kid album
Pete Mulvey's trawl through the Spotlight Kid outtakes and listing
of unreleased studio sessions
interview with Rick Snyder by homepagereplica's Justin Sherrill
text of 1983 Vanity Fair interview with Don
a personal view of Spotlight Kid by Steve Froy
Theo Tieman's translation of the interview with Don by Dutch
magazine Aloha in 1972
assorted bootleg cd reviews and other latest releases
Anton Corbijn's Some Yo Yo Stuff video
Issue #5: Marimba Magic
Published
March 1995
72 pages
compiled & edited by Gerry
discography and chronology for Lick My Decals Off Baby album
1971 piece by Ben Edmonds from Circus magazine
Decals 16 track tape recording sheets sent by Henry Kaiser
text from Warner Bros newsletter, Circular, giving details on
the Decals TV commercial
report on the Stand Up To Be Discontinued exhibition in Brighton
bumper set of pages of What's shaking in Vlietland
reviews of various bootleg cd releases
special insert with Beefheart crossword
Issue #4: Old Fart At Play
Published
September 1994
72 pages
compiled & edited by Gerry
Trout Mask Replica discography and chronology
Frank Zappa on Trout Mask Replica in '69
Henry Kaiser on Trout Mask Replica
Hot Rats discography
An old fart at play" - Paul S. Brown on Beefheart on film
Mallard bootleg
Lost episodes of the Trout Mask Rehearsals by Colin Webb
1970 French Pachuco Cadaver / Wild Live 7" single
Letter from John French about Mojo #2 article
Trout Mask Replica - The Captain must be mad (Zigzag magazine)
More roots of Captain Beefheart
the "Trout" team
Fred Frith on 'Dali's Car'
the 2 Trout Mask Replica photo shoots
Amougies Festival, Oct '69 (interview with Frank Zappa)
"It's the blimp, it's the blimp" (Zappa interview
from Guitar Player '93)
Meatball Fulton interview, July 1969
Bill Harkleroad telephone interview by John Ellis, January 1994
John Peel in conversation with Rhodri Marsden, early '92
Friends magazine article, December 1969
Issue #3: Plain Brown Wrapper
Published
March 1994
56 pages
compiled & edited by Gerry
Beefheart at the Beeb - the 1968 BBC Beefheart recordings
Sgt. Beefheart's Lonely Personals Band by John Ellis
Refusal of leave to land report - 24 Jan 1968
autumn '67 to '68 discography
The Strictly Machinations by Colin Webb
Stand up to be discontinued
Strictly Personal: meet the band
gig reviews
Captain Beefheart - the May 1968 tour by Jean Scrivener
Issue #2: Delta Fusion
Published
September 1993
56 pages
compiled & edited by Gerry
John Peel in conversation with Rhodri Marsden, early '92
Safe as Milk discography
The Rising Sons
Ry Cooder interviews '70/71, '76, '83 and '92
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk" by Colin Webb
The 1966 10 page Great Gnome biography
the two-year-shift problem
chronology up to November '67
The roots of Captain Beefheart?" by Stuart Troutman
Issue #1: A&M Days
Published
March 1993
28 pages
compiled & edited by Gerry