Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band* – Mirror Man

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Genre:	Rock
Style:	Blues Rock, Avantgarde
Year:	1971

Tracklist

		Tarotplane	19:00
		Kandy Korn	8:00
		25th Century Quaker	9:50
		Mirror Man	15:38

Credits (9)

Michael Mendel
Art Direction
Jerry Handsley*
Bass
Milton Sincoff
Creative Director [Director Of Creative Merchandising & Packaging]
Drumbo
Drums
Alex St. Claire Snouffer*
Guitar
Antennae Jimmy Simmons*
Guitar

Notes

There are 2 sleeve versions on early vinyl issues:
One is a gatefold, die-cut cover - revealing image printed on inner right-hand wallet (vinyl inserted at spine).
The other is a single sleeve, with the cover replicating the die-cut effect.
Both early issues are printed 3-color, black & brown half-tone & spot-color silver. Later issues appear to be a 4-color process, with the brown taking on a 'greener' hue.

Most releases of this work, if not all, declare "These performances were recorded one night in Los Angeles in 1965". This is incorrect. The works are part of various material recorded over weeks in 1967 for an aborted double-album follow-up to "Safe As Milk" (known broadly as the 'Brown Wrapper' project). These works and the releases "Strictly Personal" and "It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper" are inter-connected.

This 'Mirror Man' recording is the first time some of the work officially surfaced, 4 years later as the 5th album - and why the band remains titled as "His Magic Band". Errors exist in the Artist credits: Alex St. Clair has had 'Snouffer' added to his alias, Handley is shown as 'Handsley' & Semens as 'Simmons'.

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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut Gatefold	Buddah Records – 2365 002	UK	1971	UK — 1971
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	Canada	1971	Canada — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut Gatefold	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	Canada	1971	Canada — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – YS 2524 DA	Japan	1971	Japan — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – 2318 026	New Zealand	1971	New Zealand — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label, Gatefold	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Promo, Die-cut	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Promo	Buddah Records – YS 2524 DA	Japan	1971	Japan — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man 8-Track Cartridge, Album	Buddah Records – BUD F 5077	US	1971	US — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Stereo	Buddah Records – BDS 5077, Buddah Records – BDS-ST 78008	Italy	1971	Italy — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Promo, Stereo	Buddah Records – 2318 026	Germany	1971	Germany — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – 2318 026	Germany	1971	Germany — 1971
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1971	US — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Stereo, Die-cut, Monarch pressing	Buddah Records – BDS 5077, Buddah Records – BDS-5077	US	1971	US — 1971
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Stereo, Die-cut Gatefold	Buddah Records – 2365 002	UK	1971	UK — 1971	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man Cassette, Album, Stereo	Buddah Records – ZCBDS 4004	UK	1971	UK — 1971	New Submission
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Die-cut Gatefold	Buddah Records – 2365 002	UK	1971	UK — 1971	New Submission
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue, Sonic Pressing	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1973	US — 1973	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue, Die-cut Gatefold, Sonic Pressing	Buddah Records – BDS 5077	US	1973	US — 1973	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue	PRT – NCP 1006	UK	1982	UK — 1982
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue	PRT – NCP 1006	UK	1984	UK — 1984	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue	Edsel Records – ED 184	UK	1986	UK — 1986	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue	Performance Records – BDP 156	US	1987	US — 1987	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man CD, Album, Reissue	Castle Classics – CLACD 235	UK	1988	UK — 1988
	Mirror Man CD, Album	Castle Communications – LTCD01	Sweden	1988	Sweden — 1988	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man CD, Album, Reissue	Buddah Records – 28CP-22	Japan	1988	Japan — 1988	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man CD, Album	Castle Communications – LTCD01	UK	1988	UK — 1988	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man CD, Album	One Way Records (6) – OW 22166	US	1990	US — 1990	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man CD, Album, Reissue	Repertoire Records – RR 4036-C, Repertoire Records – RR-4036-C	Germany	1990	Germany — 1990
	Mirror Man CD, Album, Reissue	Buddah Records – BDK-5077, Kama Sutra – BDK-5077	Canada	1992	Canada — 1992	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man Cassette, Album, Reissue	Buddah Records – BDT-5077, Kama Sutra – BDT-5077	Canada	1992	Canada — 1992	New Submission
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Clear	Buddah Records – BDS-5077	US	1999	US — 1999	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue	Buddah Records – BDS-5077	US	1999	US — 1999	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180 Gram	Friday Music – FRM-5077, Buddah Records – 88883710911, Sony Music – 88883710911	US	2014	US — 2014	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Reissue, Clear	Buddah Records – BDS-5077	US	2014	US — 2014	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album	Buddah Records – 2318 026	Germany		Germany	Recently Edited
	Mirror Man LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180 gram	Buddah Records – BDS 5077, Buddah Records – BDS-5077	US		US	Recently Edited

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