Jerry envia :

A Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe As Milk . El gran Zappa, ese gurú de la experimentación,
de la vanguardia sónica, del humor ácido, la parodia y la sátira, tuvo como amigo íntimo y compañero del
colegio, a Don Van Vliet, alias Captain Beefheart (Capitán, mi capitán). Ese discazo que es “Safe As
Milk” (1967) impresionante de principio a fin. Arranca el disco con una incursión en el Blues del Delta
(“Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do”) que tanto atraía a Beefheart, saltando al garaje psicodélico de “Zig Zag
Wanderer” y pasando por baladas cercanas al soul “Call On Me” y “I’m So Glad”. Tremenda la poderosa
voz de este individuo como pone de manifiesto en “Electricity”. Colaboraciones estelares en el disco de
un jovencísimo Ry Cooder y del bluesman Taj Mahal. Sin duda, un disco de culto e imprescindible

Beefheart's first proper studio album is a much more accessible, pop-inflected brand of blues-rock than
the efforts that followed in the late '60s — which isn't to say that it's exactly normal and straightforward.
Featuring Ry Cooder on guitar, this is blues-rock gone slightly askew, with jagged, fractured rhythms,
soulful, twisting vocals from Van Vliet, and more doo wop, soul, straight blues, and folk-rock influences
than he would employ on his more avant-garde outings. "Zig Zag Wanderer," "Call on Me," and "Yellow
Brick Road" are some of his most enduring and riff-driven songs, although there's plenty of weirdness on
tracks like "Electricity" and "Abba Zaba." [Buddha's 1999 reissue of Safe as Milk contained restored
artwork and seven bonus tracks.]

1. Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do

2. Zig Zag Wanderer
3. Call On Me
4. Dropout Boogie
5. I'm Glad
6. Electricity
7. Yellow Brick Road
8. Abba Zaba
9. Plastic Factory
10. Where There's Woman
11. Grown So Ugly
12. Autumn's Child

Bonus tracks

13. Safe As Milk (Take 5)

14. On Tomorrow
15. Big Black Baby Shoes
16. Flower Pot
17. Dirty Blue Gene
18. Trust Us (Take 9)
19. Korn Ring Finger

La Banda:

- Don Van Vliet / vocals

- Ry Cooder / guitar, bass (Abba Zaba solo)
- Doug Moon / guitar
- Alex Snouffer & St. Clair / guitar
- Jerry Handley / bass
- John French / drums
- Milt Holland / percussion, marimbas
- Sam Hoffman / theremin
- Taj Mahal / percusion