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'''Frank Zappa''': ''"The best of it is unbelievable, and the worst of it is under the influence of some really bad A&R people at Warner Brothers. But there are things on [[Trout Mask Replica]] that are unbelievable, and on Clear Spot also."''  
 
'''Frank Zappa''': ''"The best of it is unbelievable, and the worst of it is under the influence of some really bad A&R people at Warner Brothers. But there are things on [[Trout Mask Replica]] that are unbelievable, and on Clear Spot also."''  
  
- Quoted from ''[[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]]''.
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- Quoted from ''[[The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2)]]'', 1992.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 17 November 2020

The album cover.

Clear Spot is a 1972 album by Captain Beefheart, often ranked among his best. The record is best known for the fan favorites "Low Yo Yo Stuf", "Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit a Man", "Big Eyed Beans From Venus" and "Golden Birdies".

Frank Zappa played Golden Birdies during "Star Special" as a guest DJ on BBC Radio 1, and during KUNM, Albuquerque, both in 1980.

Zappa about the album

Matt Groening: What do you think of Beefheart's music?

Frank Zappa: "The best of it is unbelievable, and the worst of it is under the influence of some really bad A&R people at Warner Brothers. But there are things on Trout Mask Replica that are unbelievable, and on Clear Spot also."

- Quoted from The Mother Of All Interviews (Part 2), 1992.

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