Captain Beefheart’s “Trout Mask Replica” (1969) is the ultimate love-it-or-hate-it record – a surreal, sprawling double album that still baffles and beguiles. Produced by fellow maverick Frank Zappa, it collides Delta blues, free jazz chaos, spoken-word poetry, and jagged avant-garde composition. To detractors, it sounds like four musicians all playing different songs at once; to fans, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime … Continue reading CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & HIS MAGIC BAND – ” Trout Mask Replica ” Classic Album Or Not