Captain Beefheart – The Spotlight Kid
R80,00
The Spotlight Kid is the sixth studio album by Captain Beefheart. Released in 1972, it is the only album credited solely to Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) rather than Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, although every member is featured, and its material is considered part of the band’s repertoire. Often cited as one of the most accessible of Beefheart’s albums, it is solidly founded in the blues but also uses instruments such as marimba and jingle bells that are not typical of that genre. The incarnation of the Magic Band on this album was Bill Harkleroad and Elliot Ingber, guitars; Mark Boston, bass; John French, drums; and Art Tripp, marimba. Session drummer Rhys Clark substituted for French on one track, “Glider”.Colman Andrews writing in Phonograph Record Magazine described the album as evidence that Van Vliet was “the greatest white blues singer in America today”. Jim Washburn, reviewing the album’s reissue as a double CD with Clear Spot, noted that while “Beefheart seemed to be attempting to meet listeners halfway” the music was still “demanding, powerful stuff”.
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