The Spotlight Kid is the sixth album by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band, originally released in 1972. It is the only album formally credited solely to Captain Beefheart. Often cited as one of the most accessible of Beefheart's albums, it is solidly founded in the blues but also uses instruments such as marimba and jingle bells that are not typical of that genre.
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- The Spotlight Kid je šesté studiové album amerického rockového zpěváka Captaina Beefhearta a jeho skupiny the Magic Band, poprvé vydané v roce 1972.
- The Spotlight Kid is the sixth album by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band, originally released in 1972. It is the only album formally credited solely to Captain Beefheart. Often cited as one of the most accessible of Beefheart's albums, it is solidly founded in the blues but also uses instruments such as marimba and jingle bells that are not typical of that genre. The incarnation of the Magic Band on this album was Bill Harkleroad and Elliot Ingber, guitars; Mark Boston, bass; John French, drums; and Art Tripp, marimba. Session drummer Rhys Clark substituted for French on one track, "Glider. " The music on The Spotlight Kid is simpler and slower than on the group's two previous releases, the uncompromisingly original Trout Mask Replica and the frenetic Lick My Decals Off, Baby. This was in part an attempt by Van Vliet to become a more appealing commercial proposition as the band had made virtually no money during the previous two years – at the time of recording, the band members were subsisting on welfare food handouts and remittances from their parents. Van Vliet offered that he "got tired of scaring people with what I was doing... I realized that I had to give them something to hang their hat on, so I started working more of a beat into the music. " Magic Band members have also said that the slower performances were due in part to Van Vliet's inability to fit his lyrics with the instrumental backing of the faster material on the earlier albums, a problem that was exacerbated in that he almost never rehearsed with the group. The band members disliked the simple material and sluggish tempos. Drummer John French has said, "At the time I hated that album... A lot of that stuff was really boring to play, because it was so simple and it wasn't going anywhere. For another thing a lot of the tracks were just so slow... We just hated it. " Guitarist Bill Harkleroad simply said "I hate that album. It sucks. " He attributed the album's lackluster performances to the emotional toll of Van Vliet's behavior toward the band: "We were just emotionally beat to death by his particular environment... we were playing really anemically and it sucks because of that. " In the period leading up to the recording the band lived communally, first at a compound near Ben Lomond, California, and then in northern California near Trinidad. The situation saw a return to the physical violence and psychological manipulation that had taken place during the band's previous communal residence while composing and rehearsing Trout Mask Replica. According to John French, the worst of this was directed toward Harkleroad. In his autobiography Harkleroad recalled being thrown into a dumpster, an act he interpreted as having metaphorical intent. During the recording sessions for the album the band recorded several compositions that did not appear on the released album. "Well, Well, Well," with Mark Boston on vocals, was the only one that was completed. The rest were sketches or early versions of songs, some of which were recorded and released on later albums. "Suzy Murder Wrist" was later completed as "Sue Egypt" on Doc at the Radar Station, and "The Witch Doctor Life" later appeared on Ice Cream for Crow. "Drink Paint Run Run" was an early version (with completely different lyrics) of "Ice Cream for Crow."
- The Spotlight Kid è il sesto album di Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band e venne pubblicato nel 1972. Spesso ricordato come il più commerciale dei dischi di Beefheart, il prodotto è fondato sul blues, ma introduce alcuni strumenti "esotici" come la marimba. Pur non arrivando in posizioni relativamente alte come quelle dei due dischi precedenti nelle classifiche del Regno Unito, The Spotlight Kid fu il primo album di Captain Beefheart ad apparire nella Top 200 di Billboard. Raggiunse, infatti, il centotrentunesimo posto, ovvero la posizione più elevata mai raggiunta da un disco di Don Van Vliet negli Stati Uniti. Attualmente, il disco è disponibile solo in un cofanetto contenente anche il suo successore, Clear Spot. Per comprare i due album separatamente, bisogna necessariamente acquistare le versioni in vinile.
- The Spotlight Kid er Captain Beefheart & The Magic Bands sjette album.
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- The Spotlight Kid is the sixth album by Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the Magic Band, originally released in 1972. It is the only album formally credited solely to Captain Beefheart. Often cited as one of the most accessible of Beefheart's albums, it is solidly founded in the blues but also uses instruments such as marimba and jingle bells that are not typical of that genre.
- The Spotlight Kid è il sesto album di Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band e venne pubblicato nel 1972. Spesso ricordato come il più commerciale dei dischi di Beefheart, il prodotto è fondato sul blues, ma introduce alcuni strumenti "esotici" come la marimba. Pur non arrivando in posizioni relativamente alte come quelle dei due dischi precedenti nelle classifiche del Regno Unito, The Spotlight Kid fu il primo album di Captain Beefheart ad apparire nella Top 200 di Billboard.
- The Spotlight Kid er Captain Beefheart & The Magic Bands sjette album.
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