Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica ( 1969 )

 

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Van Vliet and arranged by John French.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Frownland"	1:41
2.	"The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back"	1:53
3.	"Dachau Blues"	2:21
4.	"Ella Guru"	2:26
5.	"Hair Pie: Bake 1" (instrumental)	4:58
6.	"Moonlight on Vermont"	3:59

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pachuco Cadaver"	4:40
2.	"Bills Corpse"	1:48
3.	"Sweet Sweet Bulbs"	2:21
4.	"Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish"	2:25
5.	"China Pig"	4:02
6.	"My Human Gets Me Blues"	2:46
7.	"Dali's Car" (instrumental)	1:26

Side three

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hair Pie: Bake 2" (instrumental)	2:23
2.	"Pena"	2:33
3.	"Well"	2:07
4.	"When Big Joan Sets Up"	5:18
5.	"Fallin' Ditch"	2:08
6.	"Sugar 'n Spikes"	2:30
7.	"Ant Man Bee"	3:57

Side four

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Orange Claw Hammer"	3:34
2.	"Wild Life"	3:09
3.	"She's Too Much for My Mirror"	1:40
4.	"Hobo Chang Ba"	2:02
5.	"The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)"	2:04
6.	"Steal Softly thru Snow"	2:18
7.	"Old Fart at Play"	1:51
8.	"Veteran's Day Poppy"	4:31
Total length:		78:51

Personnel

Musicians

• Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – lead and backing vocals, spoken word, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, musette, simran horn, hunting horn, jingle bells, producer (uncredited), engineer (uncredited)
• Drumbo (John French) – drums, percussion, engineer (uncredited on the original release), arrangement (uncredited)
• Antennae Jimmy Semens (Jeff Cotton) – guitar, "steel appendage guitar" (slide guitar using a metal slide), lead vocals on "Pena" and "The Blimp", "flesh horn" (vocal with hand cupped over mouth) on "Ella Guru", speaking voice on "Old Fart at Play"
• Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad) – guitar, "glass finger guitar" (slide guitar using a glass slide), flute on "Hobo Chang Ba"
• Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) – bass guitar, narration on "Dachau Blues" and "Fallin' Ditch"
• The Mascara Snake (Victor Hayden) – bass clarinet, backing vocals on "Ella Guru", speaking voice on "Pena"

Additional personnel

• Doug Moon – acoustic guitar on "China Pig"
• Gary "Magic" Marker – bass guitar on "Moonlight on Vermont" and "Veteran's Day Poppy" (uncredited)
• Roy Estrada – bass guitar on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Arthur Tripp III – drums and percussion on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Don Preston – piano on "The Blimp" (uncredited)
• Ian Underwood – alto saxophone on "The Blimp" (uncredited/inaudible)
• Bunk Gardner – tenor saxophone on "The Blimp" (uncredited/inaudible)
• Buzz Gardner – trumpet on "The Blimp" (uncredited/inaudible)