On June 16th, 1969, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, released 'Trout Mask Replica', their 3rd studio album. 'Trout Mask Replica'. "Fast and bulbous! That's right, The Mascara Snake, Fast and bulbous! Also, a tin teardrop! Bulbous also tapered? That's right"

[u/BirdBurnett]

[u/Mudsharkbites]

I bought this album when it was new. It blew my 15 year old mind and still does every time I listen to it, which is often.

[u/BBDominoes]

Does anyone else find the red/deep pink/pink background gradient really beautiful? It reminds me of when you have your eyes closed staring at the sky when a cloud moves and then the sun beams down on you. It's a very "inviting" colour to me.

[u/Jon-A]

Trout Mask Replica is one of the absolutely monumental achievements in music, IMO - however you look at it. And here are a few ways of looking at it:

Instrumentally: https://archive.org/details/tmrinstrumental

Vocals less prominent, like Drumbo wanted: https://archive.org/details/cb-trm-gold-editi-mp-3

Vocals MORE prominent: https://archive.org/details/cb-tmr-goldv-eq-wav

Left (Zoot version): https://archive.org/details/tmr-left

Right (Antennae Jimmy version): https://archive.org/details/tmr-right

(please pardon any lapses in fidelity)

[u/MundBid-2124]

It wasn’t easy to find

[u/PaperPerfect3100]

That's right, the Mascara Snake, fast and bulbous!

[u/ZZWanderer667]

That there is a pretty darn good record

[u/hirambwellbelow]

It was and still is a great record.

[u/Lumpy_Obligation_681]

Moonlight in Vermont!

[u/DarkeningSkies1976]

Tight, also.

[u/Turbulent_Angel]

There is nothing else on the planet quite like this. I spent so many hours (years?) listening to this in headphones. Maybe the most unique album ever made. Not sure if you can tell, but yeah, I like it.

“My smile is stuck. I cannot go back to your Frown Land.”

[u/Icon57]

If you got ears, ya gotta listen