An eight-page oversize Trout Mask-era press book printed by Captain Beefheart’s management, reprinting a 1970 Rolling Stone cover story on the legendary musician. Reproducing the format of Rolling Stone, but printed on thicker white stock, this features the entire article The Odyssey of Captain Beefheart by Langdon Winner. The final page lists contacts for Beefheart […]
A huge Warner Bros./Reprise promotional poster advertising Captain Beefheart’s 1972 album The Spotlight Kid. Measuring 55″ tall and 41 3/4″ wide, this is absolutely stunning in person. Never used, it is in Near Mint condition, machine folded. There are some very minor wear points on the folds, but this will frame beautifully. Artwork by John […]
A historic, fully signed 1969 recording contract between Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band and Bizarre Records, Frank Zappa and his manager Herb Cohen’s record label. This contract begat an incredible string of Beefheart albums, beginning with his masterpiece, Trout Mask Replica. The nine page agreement is hand signed by Beefheart, using his legal name, […]
A superb original drawing by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), given to Scottish fan and friend Angus MacIntyre. MacIntyre first met Beefheart backstage at a April, 1972 concert in support of The Spotlight Kid at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. They spent time together while Beefheart was in Scotland, at later concerts, and corrosponded, with Beefheart ultimately […]
An original drawing by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), given to Scottish fan and friend Angus MacIntyre. MacIntyre first met Beefheart backstage at a April, 1972 concert in support of The Spotlight Kid at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. They spent time together while Beefheart was in Scotland, at later concerts, and corrosponded, with Beefheart ultimately gifting […]
An original drawing by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), given to Scottish fan and friend Angus MacIntyre. MacIntyre first met Beefheart backstage at a April, 1972 concert in support of The Spotlight Kid at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. They spent time together while Beefheart was in Scotland, at later concerts, and corrosponded, with Beefheart ultimately gifting […]
A NM-/NM first pressing of the self titled debut album by MU, the band founded by Merrell Fankhauser and Jeff Cotton (aka Antennae Jimmy Semens of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.) This is the rare earliest pressing on the RTV label, with the foil backed album cover. The cover has some very light scuffing […]
An original drawing by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), given to Scottish fan and friend Angus MacIntyre. MacIntyre first met Beefheart backstage at a February, 1972 concert in support of The Spotlight Kid at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland. They spent time together while Beefheart was in Scotland, at later concerts, and corrosponded, with Beefheart ultimately gifting […]
A rare silkscreened concert poster advertising a show by Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band at York University in England, on November 17, 1980. This was part of Beefheart’s Doc at the Radar Station tour. The poster measures 20″ x 30″ and is in VG+ condition, with three closed edge tears, archivally repaired from the […]
An original 1967 signed contract between Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band and Kama Sutra Publishing, relating to songs from his debut album, Safe as Milk. Kama Sutra was the sister label and publishing arm of Beefheart’s record label, Buddha. This agreement, modifying the original contract with Beefheart and the band, is hand signed twice […]
A four page program for the June 10 & 11, 1967 KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, considered to be the real start of the Bay Area’s “summer of love” and the world’s first rock festival. The concert, presented by San Francisco AM Radio station KFRC, was a benefit for the Hunter’s Point […]
A copy of the long-out-of-print Don Van Vliet (a.k.a. Captain Beefheart) box set Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh, ordered and sent to Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. This extraordinary box set contains a Van Vliet hand-signed etching (this example #275/1500), two books, “Splinters” (with photos, artwork, lyrics and cuttings; 96 pages) […]
An original silkscreen lithograph by Cal Schenkel, creator of many Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart album covers, titled “Apesma” and featuring Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Signed by Cal Schenkel, dated 1-79, and numbered A.P. (Artist’s Proof) we are near certain that the edition was never issued or completed. Below the title Schenkel […]
A rare set of Rolling Stone magazine, issues #1 – 105, bound in a limited edition of seven volumes and gifted by Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner to former Warner Bros. Records president Joe Smith. Wenner and legendary San Francisco Chronicle music critic Ralph J. Gleason launched Rolling Stone with their debut issue on November […]
An original script for Frank Zappa’s notorious unproduced film, “Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People !” Zappa originally conceived of this film in 1964; it’s title gave his longtime friend Don Vliet his pseudonym, Captain Beefheart. In 1969 Zappa created this fully developed screenplay and attempted to get financing for the film. It was to […]