Captain Beefheart, The Magic Band – Safe As Milk (VG+/VG+) – LP, US

Safe As Milk is an LP by Captain Beefheart, The Magic Band released on the Buddah Records label.

About this album

Safe As Milk is Captain Beefheart’s vital debut, where blues roots, garage-rock bite and psychedelic oddity first lock into his singular vision. Released in 1967, the album introduced Don Van Vliet’s raw vocal presence and the early Magic Band’s jagged interplay, while helping point late-60s rock towards stranger, less commercial territory. Songs such as “Sure ’Nuff ’N Yes I Do” and “Zig Zag Wanderer” set the tone with humour, grit and unruly energy, and the record’s mixture of rhythm and blues with off-kilter experimentation has made it one of the most influential starting points in Beefheart’s catalogue. It remains a landmark of adventurous American rock.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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