Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band*Safe As Milk

Label:

Buddah Records – BDS 5001

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Red Label

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock, Blues

Style:

Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Experimental

Tracklist

A1Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do
Arranged ByRy Cooder
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:15
A2Zig Zag Wanderer
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Slit Drum [Log Drum]Milt Holland
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:40
A3Call On Me
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:37
A4Dropout Boogie
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Slit Drum [Log Drum]Milt Holland
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:32
A5I'm Glad
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
3:31
A6Electricity
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
ThereminSam Hoffman*
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
3:07
B1Yellow Brick Road
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Percussion [Additional]Taj Mahal
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:28
B2Abba Zaba
Percussion [Additonal]Milt Holland
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:44
B3Plastic Factory
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
3:08
B4Where There's Woman
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
2:09
B5Grown So Ugly
Arranged ByRy Cooder
Written-ByRobert Pete Williams
2:27
B6Autumn's Child
GuitarRuss Titelman
Lyrics ByHerb Bermann
Written-ByDon Van Vliet
4:02

Credits

  • Arranged ByCaptain Beefheart (tracks: A2 to B4, B6)
  • BassJerry Handley
  • Bass, Guitar, Slide GuitarRy Cooder
  • Drums, PercussionJohn French
  • Engineer [R C A Studios, Hollywood, Cal.]Hank Cicalo
  • Engineer [Sunset Sound, Hollywood, Cal.]Gary Marker*
  • GuitarAlex St. Clair Snouffer
  • ProducerBob Krasnow, Richard Perry
  • Vocals, Harmonica, Marimba [Bass], Shenai [Shehnai]Captain Beefheart

Notes

This stereo release, on red "Buddah" labels, followed shortly after the mono release.

The vinyl is contained in a 2-sided black & white half-tone photo-montage liner, of band members, session artists, engineers & producer.
One side reads "May The Baby Jesus Open Your Mind And Shut Your Mouth", the back reads "Caution: Electricity May Be Hazardous To Health".
(Not all of the personnel shown on the liner are credited).
A 380mm x 100mm 'bumper sticker' (with "Safe As Milk" text and a cutout baby's head color image) was folded into cover. This sticker was produced in a limited quantity, as were the montage liners.

(This release also exists, as another version, in a mono sleeve with a 'stereo' over-sticker obscuring the 'Mono' print. This was issued prior to the printing of a stereo sleeve. Later, there was a further version - with the stereo cover shown, but without a montage-image liner on expiration of printed stock.).

Reports suggest Richard Perry played the Harpsichord on "Call On Me".

Label variant: Differs from Safe As Milk in the following ways:
-Artist name on 1 line instead of 2
-Side 1 & Side 2 on left side, instead Side One & Side Two
-Stereo above cat # & matrix # on right side
-Track titles left justified, instead of centered

Matrix Variant: Same stereo cover, "Baby Jesus" montage inner sleeve, and red label with two lines for artist and title and centered track listings with matrix runout variants as indicated. There does not appear to be another sub with the matrix variant as listed on a red label. See however: Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Safe As Milk which includes a mono sleeve stickered as "Stereo," a kaleidoscope label and matrix runouts to match the variation.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side A runout etched): BDS-5001-A① 1A 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side B runout etched): BDS-5001-2̶3 B-①-1A
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side A runout etched): BDS-5001-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side B runout etched): BDS-5001-2

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Safe As Milk (LP, Album, Mono, Red Label)Buddah RecordsBDM 1001US1967
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Safe As Milk (LP, Album, Mono, Promo)Buddah RecordsBDM 1001US1967
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Safe As Milk (LP, Album, Test Pressing)Buddah RecordsBDS 5001US1967
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Safe As Milk (LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, White Labels)Buddah RecordsBDS 5001US1967
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Safe As Milk (LP, Album, Stereo, Red Label)Buddah RecordsBDS 5001US1967

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Reviews

  • Chops1982's avatar
    Chops1982
    anyone got a cover in good condition? please contact me. got the '67 US Red Label record in a Marble Arch/PYE cover.