"Garden of Earthly Delights"" by Hieronymus Bosch. The original LP package included a ""Lyrics"" booklet with an uncompleted lyric for ""Dogs in the Kitchen"" that was not on the album's line-up, and another booklet called ""Scraps,"" which collected snippets of reviews, diary entries and other personal memorabilia of John and Taupin during the years chronicled on the album. It also contained a poster of the album's cover. The original first 5000 copies of the album were pressed on chocolate brown vinyl and signed on the inside by both Elton John and Bernie Taupin and came with a small note stating"
"album that gives an autobiographical glimpse at the struggles John (Captain Fantastic) and Taupin (the Brown Dirt Cowboy) had in the early years of their musical careers in London (from 1967 to 1969), leading up to John's eventual breakthrough in 1970. The lyrics and accompanying photo booklet are infused with a specific sense of place and time that would otherwise be rare in John's music. John composed the music on a ship voyage from the UK to New York. ""Someone Saved My Life Tonight"", the only single released from the album (and a number 4 hit on the US Pop"
"lyrics for 10 songs (and an 11th completed non-album track ""Across the River Thames"") for John's 2006 album ""The Captain & The Kid"" (sequel to ""Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"") and appeared on the cover with him for the first time marking their 40th anniversary of working together. (""Across the River Thames"" was issued as an Internet-only download as a bonus with certain editions of ""The Captain & the Kid"".) On 25 March 2007, Taupin made a surprise appearance at John's 60th birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden, briefly discussing their 40-year songwriting partnership. Of Taupin's importance to"
"Trout Mask Replica Trout Mask Replica is the third album by American rock band Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, released as a double album on June 16, 1969 by Straight and Reprise Records, and produced by Beefheart's childhood friend Frank Zappa. Combining elements of R&B, garage rock, and blues with free jazz, avant-garde approaches, and other genres of American music, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental music and art rock. Most of the album was recorded in March 1969 at Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, following eight months of intense rehearsals at a small rented"
"Captain Fantastic (album) Captain Fantastic is the tenth full-length studio album by German hip hop band Die Fantastischen Vier. It was released on 27 April 2018. The album was published on 27 April 2018. From the album, the title ""Zusammen"" was released as a single. It was chosen as the official song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by the German public broadcaster ""Das Erste"". The album peaked at number two of the German charts, number one in Switzerland and number three in Austria. On the web page ""laut.de"" ""Captain Fantastic"" was rated with 3 out of 5 stars. Also"
"Fantastic Plastic (album) Fantastic Plastic is the ninth studio album by The Flamin' Groovies, released on September 22, 2017 and produced by Cyril Jordan and J. Jaffe. The album, the first new album from the Groovies since 1993, features the reunion of the Groovies most commercially successful lineup, the classic 1970s lineup of guitarists/vocalists Jordan and Chris Wilson and bassist George Alexander, who recorded three albums together before splitting up in 1981. For 2013, the Hoodoo Gurus, with whom the Flamin' Groovies had played in Australia, put together an invitational named ""Dig It Up"" to play at four cities in"
"the German ""Rolling Stone"" rated it with 3 out of 5. Captain Fantastic (album) Captain Fantastic is the tenth full-length studio album by German hip hop band Die Fantastischen Vier. It was released on 27 April 2018. The album was published on 27 April 2018. From the album, the title ""Zusammen"" was released as a single. It was chosen as the official song for the 2018 FIFA World Cup by the German public broadcaster ""Das Erste"". The album peaked at number two of the German charts, number one in Switzerland and number three in Austria. On the web page ""laut.de"""
"Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) is the tenth studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Released in 1978, the album was produced by Captain Beefheart and Pete Johnson and released by Warner Bros. Records. ""Shiny Beast"" emerged from the production difficulties surrounding ""Bat Chain Puller"", an album Captain Beefheart recorded for DiscReet and Virgin Records in 1976. DiscReet cofounders Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa feuded over the production of the album, because Cohen funded the production with Zappa's royalty checks. Captain Beefheart recorded a new album, ""Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)"", due to"
"Crazy Backwards Alphabet Crazy Backwards Alphabet is an album conceived by cartoonist and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and recorded by Henry Kaiser. The core group features Kaiser on guitar along with Captain Beefheart drummer John French (Drumbo), Dixie Dregs bassist Andy West, and Swedish avant-rock drummer Michael Maksymenko. The American rock critic Robert Christgau said of the album: ""Concept is Beefheart as Dixie Dregs, kind of, with intermittent lyrics, not always in English."" It was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). Bob Adams - guitar, bass Darol Anger - violin Scott Colby - slide guitar, vocal Harry Duncan"
"album, but this changed with ""Honky Château"" in 1972 when John exerted some of his skyrocketing popularity at the time to convince DJM to allow Murray and Olsson to also become full-time recording members of his band, so along with fellow new recruit Davey Johnstone on guitars, banjo, mandolin, sitar, fretted string instruments and backing vocals, Murray and Olsson played on John's hit albums, including the milestone album ""Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"", singles, and world tours for several years. In 1975, after recording ""Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"", Murray and Olsson were released from the band because John"
"- harp Bill Frisell - guitar Ralph Nygard - midi wind controller bass Henry Kaiser - producer/engineer Phil Brown - engineer Oliver DiCiccco - engineer Mark Bryan Johnson - engineer Matt Groening - artwork and album concept Hugh Brown - photography Recorded in 1986. Except 13 & 14 in 1987 and 15 in 1991. Crazy Backwards Alphabet Crazy Backwards Alphabet is an album conceived by cartoonist and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and recorded by Henry Kaiser. The core group features Kaiser on guitar along with Captain Beefheart drummer John French (Drumbo), Dixie Dregs bassist Andy West, and Swedish avant-rock"
"devotee Tom Waits. Musicians Additional personnel Trout Mask Replica Trout Mask Replica is the third album by American rock band Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, released as a double album on June 16, 1969 by Straight and Reprise Records, and produced by Beefheart's childhood friend Frank Zappa. Combining elements of R&B, garage rock, and blues with free jazz, avant-garde approaches, and other genres of American music, the album is regarded as an important work of experimental music and art rock. Most of the album was recorded in March 1969 at Whitney Studios in Glendale, California, following eight months of"
"Captain Beefheart Don Van Vliet (, born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010), best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart, was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist. Sometimes collaborating with his teenage friend Frank Zappa, Van Vliet's musical work was conducted with a rotating ensemble of musicians called the Magic Band, with whom he recorded 13 studio albums between 1964 and 1982. His music blended elements of blues, free jazz, rock, avant-garde composition, idiosyncratic rhythms, and surrealist wordplay with his wide vocal range, commonly reported as five octaves. Known for his enigmatic persona,"
"appeared later that year on John's own record label, The Rocket Record Company, and featured a cover of the Bee Gees'-penned ""Only One Woman"", which had been recorded with John and his band in August 1974 during the sessions for ""Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy,"" and was produced by Gus Dudgeon. The album was produced by Robert Appére. Olsson continued working as a studio musician, releasing another self-titled album produced by Paul Davis on Columbia in 1978, while managed by Martin Pichinson. Although that album brought no Top 40 recognition, in 1979 he released the album ""Nigel"" and"
"make you wish it were better."" Futuristic Dragon Futuristic Dragon is the eleventh studio album and a UK-only release by English glam rock act T. Rex, released on 30 January 1976 by EMI Records. The album features some unusually dense production from Bolan, especially on ""Chrome Sitar"" and ""Calling All Destroyers"", which contained unusual musical embellishments such as the sitar and other sonic sound effects. The album features sleeve illustration by artist George Underwood, who had first worked with Bolan on the 1968 Tyrannosaurus Rex album ""My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content"
"the album, writing """"Shiny Beast"" turned out to be manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way on his two Mercury albums"". In the ""Spin Alternative Record Guide"" (1995), the album was ranked 73 on the book's list of the ""Top 100 Alternative Albums"". Additional personnel Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) is the tenth studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Released in 1978, the album was produced by Captain Beefheart and Pete Johnson and released by Warner Bros. Records. ""Shiny Beast"" emerged from the production difficulties surrounding ""Bat Chain"
"Ken Scott Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for The Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff Beck Group and many more. As a producer, Scott is noted for his work with David Bowie (on ""Hunky Dory"", ""The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"", ""Aladdin Sane"" and ""Pinups""), Supertramp (""Crime of the Century"" and ""Crisis? What Crisis?""), Devo, Kansas, The Tubes, Ronnie Montrose on Gamma 1, Level 42, among"
"Services. Ken Scott Ken Scott (born 20 April 1947) is a British record producer and engineer known for being one of the five main engineers for The Beatles, as well as engineering Elton John, Pink Floyd, Procol Harum, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Duran Duran, the Jeff Beck Group and many more. As a producer, Scott is noted for his work with David Bowie (on ""Hunky Dory"", ""The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"", ""Aladdin Sane"" and ""Pinups""), Supertramp (""Crime of the Century"" and ""Crisis? What Crisis?""), Devo, Kansas, The Tubes, Ronnie Montrose on Gamma 1, Level 42,"
"the results. The album's producer was quoted in Elizabeth Rosenthal's ""His Song"", an exhaustive detailed accounting of nearly all John's recorded work, as saying he thought ""Captain Fantastic"" was the best the band and Elton had ever played, lauded their vocal work, and soundly praised Elton and Bernie's songwriting. ""There's not one song on it that's less than incredible,"" Dudgeon said. The 2006 album ""The Captain & the Kid"" is the sequel, and continues the autobiography where ""Captain Fantastic"" leaves off. The intricate cover art was designed by pop artist Alan Aldridge, drawing fantastic imagery from the Renaissance painting ""The"
"easily identifiable, i.e., he's got a vision."", Steve Holtje, in MusicHound's ""Jazz: The Essential Album Guide"" (1998), called ""Jungle Cowboy"" Bourelly's best album, and music critic Ben Watson called ""Mother Earth"" a sultry masterpiece. All compositions by Jean-Paul Bourelly except where indicated Jungle Cowboy Jungle Cowboy is the debut album by guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly which was recorded in late 1986 and released on the JMT label with distribution by Polygram. The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick states ""A couple of the tracks succeed marginally but, despite the occasional presence of outstanding musicians like Julius Hemphill and Andrew Cyrille, most of"
"original American tours and confesses that he still gets nervous before going on stage. In 1971, Olsson produced and released his debut solo album ""Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus"" on Uni Records; featuring Murray and Hookfoot guitarist Caleb Quaye, who had played on John's early albums. Olsson also teamed up with the Liverpool trio, The Big Three, for their reunion album ""Resurrection"" (1973). In May 1975, Olsson and Murray were dismissed from John's band following the release of ""Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy,"" which, upon release, entered the charts at #1. Olsson's second solo album, ""Nigel Olsson"","
"released a solo album (under his ""Drumbo"" moniker) entitled ""City of Refuge"". The album features other musicians from The Magic Band including John Thomas, Mark Boston (aka Rockette Morton), Bill Harkleroad (aka Zoot Horn Rollo) and Greg Davidson (aka Ella Guru). The album was released on UK label Proper Records. In 2010 French released this memoir of his time in the Magic Band (Proper Music Publishing, London). John French (musician) John Stephen French (born 29 September 1948) is an American drummer. He played on Captain Beefheart's ""Trout Mask Replica"" album and several other Beefheart recordings. Beefheart gave him the nickname"
"Futuristic Dragon Futuristic Dragon is the eleventh studio album and a UK-only release by English glam rock act T. Rex, released on 30 January 1976 by EMI Records. The album features some unusually dense production from Bolan, especially on ""Chrome Sitar"" and ""Calling All Destroyers"", which contained unusual musical embellishments such as the sitar and other sonic sound effects. The album features sleeve illustration by artist George Underwood, who had first worked with Bolan on the 1968 Tyrannosaurus Rex album ""My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows""."
"not played by Captain Beefheart (by his own admission). Bluejeans & Moonbeams Bluejeans & Moonbeams is the ninth LP by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, originally released in 1974. Despite its uncharacteristically mainstream sound the album failed to chart. Having no musical training or instrumental experience, throughout his career Van Vliet had relied on a musical director within the band who could translate his often unorthodox ideas into a form that was musically playable. This role had been successively filled by Alex St. Clair, John French, and Bill Harkleroad on his previous albums. With the entire Magic Band having"
"Fantastic (Wham! album) Fantastic is the debut studio album by British pop duo Wham! released on 9 July 1983. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. It included the previously released singles ""Young Guns"", ""Wham! Rap"" and ""Bad Boys"". ""Club Tropicana"" was also released as a single, as was ""Club Fantastic Megamix"". In the U.S., this album was originally released as the group ""WHAM! U.K."", due to a conflict with a U.S. group with the same name (Columbia BFC-38911). The album also features a hidden track (played on a honky-tonk-style piano), which is included in the final 20"
"tour de force, as rich in imagery as it is self-dramatizing."" All tracks composed by Rickie Lee Jones; except where indicated Album - Billboard Singles - Billboard Flying Cowboys Flying Cowboys is an album by Rickie Lee Jones that was released in September 1989 and produced by Walter Becker of Steely Dan. After the release of ""The Magazine"" in 1984, Jones retreated from the limelight. She married Pascal Nabet Meyer and gave birth to daughter Charlotte Rose in 1988 while working on her fourth full-length studio album. Jones and Nabet Meyer had been writing and working together on new material"
"The Captain and Me The Captain and Me is the third studio album by American rock band The Doobie Brothers. The album was released on March 2, 1973, by Warner Bros. Records. It features some of their most popular hits including ""Long Train Runnin'"", ""China Grove"" and ""Without You"". The album is certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA. There was pressure on the band to move quickly and to save time they began reworking old tunes. One of Tom Johnston's songs, ""Osborn"", had been an improvisational piece that the band played live. After laying down the track, according to producer"
"The Robert Johnson Songbook The Robert Johnson Songbook is an album by the British blues band the Peter Green Splinter Group, led by Peter Green. Released in 1998, this was their second album. Green was the founder of Fleetwood Mac and a member of that group from 1967–70, before a sporadic solo career during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The album consisted entirely of songs composed by legendary blues artist Robert Johnson, and featured a guest appearance by Paul Rodgers, ex-lead vocalist of Free and Bad Company, who later worked with Queen. This was the first Splinter Group album"
"Fantastic Star Fantastic Star is the ninth studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in 1996 and reached number fifty-four on the UK Albums Chart. ""Fantastic Star"" includes the singles ""Adored and Explored"", ""The Idol"", ""Child Star"" and the double A-side ""Brilliant Creatures"" / ""Out There"". The album was Almond's last on a major record label until 2007's ""Stardom Road"". Almond accompanied by studio musicians and collaborators specifically guitarist Neal X and John Coxon recorded the songs for the album over several years. This was due to his moving from WEA to Some Bizarre Distributed by"
"studio albums recorded by this incarnation of the band (""Shake Some Action"", ""Flamin' Groovies Now"", and ""Jumpin' in the Night""), along with the group's greatest hits album focused on that period ""(Groovies' Greatest Grooves)"". Fantastic Plastic (album) Fantastic Plastic is the ninth studio album by The Flamin' Groovies, released on September 22, 2017 and produced by Cyril Jordan and J. Jaffe. The album, the first new album from the Groovies since 1993, features the reunion of the Groovies most commercially successful lineup, the classic 1970s lineup of guitarists/vocalists Jordan and Chris Wilson and bassist George Alexander, who recorded three albums"
"and solo artists around the world. He produced albums for the Welsh band Buffalo Summer, delta blues legend CeDell Davis, and Seattle singer-guitarist Ayron Jones. In 2017, Martin published his first book, ""The Singing Earth"". The book contains a collection of musical adventure stories taken from Martin's work over the course of 30 years in 14 different musical regions. Barrett Martin Barrett Martin (born April 14, 1967) is an American writer, drummer, composer, and Grammy award-winning producer. He is best known for his work with Seattle rock bands Skin Yard, Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara, and Walking Papers. Martin has"
"year later. In addition to ""Lawnchairs"" the other tracks are ""Red Alert"", ""Dance Floor"" and ""No One's Watching."" The title track was composed but never produced for this album. Simon later teamed with the band Hyperbubble to finally record the song for Hyperbubble's 2017 album ""Western Ware"". After ""Digital Cowboy"", the band released an album in 1982 - ""Moving Windows"". The record was co-produced by David Spradly (writer of ""Atomic Dog"" and a member of P-Funk) who gave the music a prescient hip hop sound. Locked in a recording contract and with no record or tour support, the band remained"
"songs written during 20 years and left unfinished. . The album was available for download in several digital music stores, such as the iTunes Store with the help from Freaksville Records label. Will Z. Will Z. is a musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and record producer from Belgium, leader of ""Cosmic Trip Machine"" and ""Black Moon Tape"", and producer of ""Book of AM"" with the Psychedelic folk band ""Can am des puig"" and Daevid Allen from Gong. In 2008, Will Z. founded ""Cosmic Trip Machine"" and recorded four albums, ""Lord Space Devil"", ""Vampyros Roussos"", ""The Curse of Lord Space Devil"" and ""Golden"