Safe as Milk

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Safe as Milk
Studio album by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band

Publication
(s)

1967

Label (s) Buddah

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Blues rock , psychedelic rock

Title (number)

12

running time

35:40

production

Bob Krasnow, Richard Perry

Studio (s)

Sunset Sound Studio, RCA Studio, Hollywood

chronology
- Safe as Milk Strictly Personal
(1968)

Safe As Milk is the debut album by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, which was released in 1967 on the Buddah Records label.

Emergence

Although Van Vliet had signed a record deal for two singles with A&M and released them with A&M Diddy Wah Diddy and Moonchild in 1966 , Jerry Moss of A&M Records did not want to publish any more songs, so Van Vliet initially worked with Artie Ripp's Kama Surta label and later with Bob Krasnow's label Buddah Records signed to record the almost finished album. The first tracks were initially recorded under the production of Gary Marker in the Sunset Sound Studios. Drummer PG Blakeley was replaced by Ry Cooder after the recordings by John French and guitarist Doug Moon. Krasnow won Richard Perry for the production, the recordings of which were subsequently relocated to the RCA Studios in Hollywood. Don Glen Van Vliet was able to win over the poet and screenwriter Herb Bermann for the revision of numerous texts. Ry Cooder took care of the arrangement for Sure 'Nuff' 'N Yes I Do and Grown so Ugly and played the slide guitar. The rest of the Magic Band around Alex St. Clair, Jerry Handley and John French was supplemented by the guest musicians Milt Holland, Taj Mahal , Russ Titleman and Sam Hoffmann. The recordings in 1967 lasted from spring (Sunset Studios) to autumn (RCA Studios). Krasnow and Richard Perry gave the production a trendy look. The album was released in Germany in 1968.

Track list

  1. Sura 'Nuff' N Yes I Do (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 2:10
  2. Zig Zag Wanderer (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 2:35
  3. Call on Me (Van Vliet) - 3:10
  4. Dropout Boogie (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 2:20
  5. I'm Glad (Van Vliet) - 3:22
  6. Electricity (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 3:00
  7. Yellow Brick Road (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 2:50
  8. Abba Zaba (Van Vliet) - 3:35
  9. Plastic Factory (Bermann, Handley, Van Vliet) - 3:00
  10. Where There's Woman (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 2:05
  11. Grown So Ugly (Williams) - 2:22
  12. Autumn's Child (Bermann, Van Vliet) - 4:35

In 1999 the Buddah label released a new edition of the album in compact disc format with a revised cover and seven bonus tracks:

  1. Safe As Milk (Take 5) (Van Vliet) - 4:11
  2. On Tomorrow (Van Vliet) - 6:56
  3. Big Black Baby Shoes (Van Vliet) - 4:50
  4. Flower Pot (Van Vliet) - 3:54
  5. Dirty Blue Gene (Van Vliet) - 2:42
  6. Trust Us (Take 9) (Van Vliet) - 7:20
  7. Korn Ring Finger (Van Vliet) - 7:26

occupation

reception

The album has an entry in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die . The local reviewer Jaime Gonzalo describes the style as a “mix of delta blues, jazz, psychedelia, R&B and traditional US folk rock” and judges: “The LP is a balanced, even radio-friendly hybrid product, but gives an idea of ​​what was coming soon - Trout Mask Replica "

Richie Unterberger reviewed the album for Allmusic and awarded the highest point rating. He considered Zig Zag Wanderer , Call on Me and "Yellow Brick Road" to be "some of his most enduring and riff-driven songs".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jaime Gonzalo: 1001 Albums - Music You Should Hear Before Life Is Over . Ed .: Robert Dimery. updated 5th new edition. Edition Olms, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-283-01112-3 , p. 107 (English: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .).
  2. ↑ Richie Unterberger: Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. In: allmusic.com. Rovi Corporation, accessed February 13, 2012 .

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