ISBN10: 0956121217, ISBN13: 9780956121219, [publisher: Proper Music Publishing Ltd] Hardcover First Edition First Edition. Bright, clean & tight hardcover, unread, in AS NEW condition. 864pp w/photo insert & extensive Track Notes. "Few names carry such formidable mystique and rabid cult status as Captain Beefheart, who led various lineups of his Magic Band to make some of the most startling, ground-breaking albums of the last century. In 1982, he retired to concentrate on painting, leaving the mythology he'd stoked himself to grow untamed over the years. [] John French is better qualified than anyone to talk about Beefheart, joining the Magic Band in 1966 at the age of 17 just before recording their Safe As Milk debut album, finding himself plunged into a tyrannical regime which would dominate his life for the next 14 years as he played a major role in eight subsequent albums, including translating the mind-blowing avant-blues assault of 1969's Trout Mask Replica into readable music for the Magic Band from the Captain's piano poundings under torturous conditions he likens to a cult. [] French's remarkable memoir starts with a vivid description of the rarely-documented early 60s Lancaster garage-rock scene which also spawned artists like Ry Cooder and Beefheart's childhood friend and later nemesis Frank Zappa, whose appearance in the book will enthrall his own legion of fans. As his spellbinding, often shocking tale unwinds, he ...

ISBN10: 0956121217, ISBN13: 9780956121219, [publisher: Omnibus Press] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition. 2.91
[Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]

Proper Music Publishing Ltd 2010 Hard cover Dust jacket included and in good condtion with minor to some wear. Corners may show some wear but no tears or rips.

ISBN10: 0956121217, ISBN13: 9780956121219, [publisher: Proper Music Publishing, London] Hardcover First Edition Fine to As New copy.
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