Audio CD review:
Captain Beefheart - Dichotomy

Captain Beefheart - Dichotomy

Band: Captain Beefheart Title: Dichotomy Rating: Release Date: 2003-11-17 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: This Is Captain Beefheart/Love Lies - Captain Beefheart, 2: Comment/Key to the Highway - Captain Beefheart, 3: Neon Meat - Captain Beefheart, 4: Sticks and Stones - Captain Beefheart, 5: Ella Guru - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 6: Hot Head - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 7: Skeleton Key Comment/Coming to a Closet Near You - Captain Beefheart, 8: Harmonica Blues Rehearsal - Captain Beefheart, 9: Moody Liz - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 10: Scratch My Back - Captain Beefheart, 11: Run Paint Run - Captain Beefheart, 12: Camel Stomp - Captain Beefheart, 13: Sugar 'N' Spikes - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 14: Blues Jam - Captain Beefheart, 15: If You Don't Mind Stupid People/Little Scratch - Captain Beefheart, 16: I Was a Teenage Malt Shop - Captain Beefheart, 17: Winnebago Sioux Indian/Pachuco Cadaver - Captain Beefheart, 18: Seam Crooked Sam - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 19: Deputy's Horse - Captain Beefheart, 20: Tupelo Mississippi - Captain Beefheart, 21: Frownland - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don 22: Evil - Captain Beefheart, 23: Sun Zoom Spark - Captain Beefheart, VanVliet, Don

Utter dreck The sound is wretched, the tracks were scraped from the absolute bottom of the Beefheart barrel, and most of them are available elsewhere in much better versions. I don't know what the other reviewer was smoking, but -- DON'T waste your money on this lousy bootleg. Mostly the blues by the master , generally good audio, but who cares when the performances are so fine. A great collection of rare tracks by the Captain et al. Material features lots of blues-centric tracks, and some instrumental versions of familiar tracks. Interesting to hear the Captain covering John Lee Hooker's Tupelo, but actually, his blues sounds more authentic on his own material. I'm glad I picked this up!. You can see a complete list of all Captain Beefheart discography, or go back to the Captain Beefheart tabs