folke (04/27/83)
I was wondering if anyone out there knows where a copy of "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart can be procured. I have been told that this album is out of print. As long as we're on the subject, does anyone know where "Freak Out," "Absolutely Free," and "We're Only in it For the Money" by The Mothers of Invention can be gotten? My copies are pretty well cashed, and I am told that these are also out of print. Fans of either Beefheart or the Mothers know that these albums are indispensible. Thanks. Gordon C. Folke
folke (04/27/83)
I need to find a couple albums that are out of print (so I am told by my local record dealer). The first is "Trout Mask Replica" by Captain Beefheart. The other three are "Freak Out," "Absolutely Free," and "We're Only in it For the Money," all by The Mothers of Invention. I have all these albums, but they're getting old and used and are sounding to sound pretty scratchy on the old stereo. 'Preciate any info. Thanks. Gordon Folke
ellis (04/28/83)
I have a clean copy of "Trout Mask" & can tape it for you if you like. Or, if you're ever in the area (Palo Alto, CA). Bad news that such magnificent noise has been deleted -- I bought it new only 18 months ago. A friend of mine has a copy of "Freak Out" in pretty good shape (slight wear, almost no scratches). Again, I could tape it for you... As to "Absolutely Free" and "We're Only in it for the Money", all I have is 2nd generation tapes. If anyone knows where clean originals of these can be found, I'm interested, too. Music this cosmic (not to mention influential, historical, etc.) is deleted for economic reasons, I guess. Pity. The punks won't get to hear it.
dgd (05/01/83)
Trout Mask Replica is not out of print, at least I can remember seeing it in record stores very recently (i.e. within the last year). The Mothers records that you mention are very much out of print. I have not seen them for sale in the last five or six years, and the people that I know who have bought them found them in New York used record stores at abt. $20-25 apiece. David Durand brunix!dgd