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About the best one can say about 1974's Bluejeans & Moonbeams is that it's not as bad as his other release of the year, Unconditionally Guaranteed. In fact, there are two tracks, the pretty reverie "Observatory Crest" and the stomping blues-rocker "Party of Special Things to Do," that are actually quite good. The rest of the album, however, is fairly dire. Recorded with anonymous studio musicians who are clearly out of their league and glossed to a soul-less polish by producer Andy DiMartino, Bluejeans & Moonbeams never catches fire even at its best, and its worst tracks -- those would be "Pompadour Swamp" and the utterly wretched proto-disco "Captain's Holiday" -- are the worst things that have ever borne the Captain Beefheart name. Captain Beefheart would eventually return with the revitalized Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) in 1978, but Bluejeans & Moonbeams sounds like a tired and cynical make-work project.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
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Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ingber, Composer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - J.J. CALE, Composer - Don Van Vliet, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Bob West, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Don Van Vliet, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ingber, ComposerLyricist
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Eric Drew Feldman, Composer - Andy di Martino, Producer - Richmond, Composer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hickerson, Composer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ingber, Composer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ingber, Composer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Michael Smotherman, Keyboards, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Don Van Vliet, Composer, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - Ira Ingber, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Andy di Martino, Producer - Captain Beefheart, MainArtist - Gene Pello, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Caravan, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Gibbons, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Ty Grimes, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Dean Smith, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1974 Virgin Records LtdThis label copy information is the subject of copyright protection. All rights reserved.(C) 1974 Virgin Records Ltd ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
Albumbeschreibung
About the best one can say about 1974's Bluejeans & Moonbeams is that it's not as bad as his other release of the year, Unconditionally Guaranteed. In fact, there are two tracks, the pretty reverie "Observatory Crest" and the stomping blues-rocker "Party of Special Things to Do," that are actually quite good. The rest of the album, however, is fairly dire. Recorded with anonymous studio musicians who are clearly out of their league and glossed to a soul-less polish by producer Andy DiMartino, Bluejeans & Moonbeams never catches fire even at its best, and its worst tracks -- those would be "Pompadour Swamp" and the utterly wretched proto-disco "Captain's Holiday" -- are the worst things that have ever borne the Captain Beefheart name. Captain Beefheart would eventually return with the revitalized Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) in 1978, but Bluejeans & Moonbeams sounds like a tired and cynical make-work project.
© Stewart Mason /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:47
- Main artists: Captain Beefheart
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1974 Virgin Records Limited ℗ 1974 Virgin Records Limited
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