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Captain Beefheart – Bluejeans & Moonbeams
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Bluejeans & Moonbeams
Style: Rock
Label: Mercury
Catalog Number: SRM 1-1018
Released: 1974
Bluejeans & Moonbeams is the ninth studio album by the enigmatic singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, and his Magic Band, recorded in Hollywood with producer Andy DiMartino. It is considered Beefheart’s most commercial sounding work and although the album failed to reach the charts upon release, it has since become a cult classic with artists like Kate Bush and Jack White considering it a favorite. “Observatory Crest” is the obvious cut here – a simple, gorgeous song about looking down upon the city of Los Angeles at night from Griffith Observatory… played twice by Lovefingers at our deep listening sessions last summer.
Recommended – A3 Observatory Crest
Tags: Blues Rock / Cult Classic / Fingertracks
Tracklist:
A1 Party Of Special Things To Do
A2 Same Old Blues
A3 Observatory Crest
A4 Pompadour Swamp
A5 Captains Holiday
B1 Rock ‘N Roll’s Evil Doll
B2 Further Than We’ve Gone
B3 Twist Ah Luck
B4 Bluejeans And Moonbeams
Credits:
A&R [Phonogram Mercury] – Denny Rosencrantz
Art Direction [For AGI] – Des Strobel*
Bass Guitar – Ira Ingber
Cover, Painting – Victor Haydon*
Drums – Gene Pello
Engineer – Greg Ladangi*
Guitar, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck] – Dean Smith
Keyboards – Mark Gibbons
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Michael Smotherman*
Keyboards, Synthesizer [Star Machine] – Jimmy Caravan
Percussion – Ty Grimes
Photography By – Susanne Ayres*
Producer – Andy Dimartino*
Sleeve, Design, Layout, Typography – David Moore*, Larry Vigon
Vocals, Harmonica – Don Van Vliet
