This outstanding pressing of Clear Spot boasts solid Double Plus (A++) sound from first note to last – exceptionally quiet vinyl too
One of the better copies of Clear Spot to hit the site in recent years – no question about it, this is his Masterpiece!
Produced by Ted Templeman, Clear Spot is one of Beefheart’s most accessible albums and, IMHO, his best
4 stars: “The sound is great throughout, and the feeling is of the coolest bar-band in town, not to mention one that could eat all the patrons for breakfast if it felt like it.”
Two outstanding sides for this masterpiece of bent rock. It’s not easy to find great sound for this album — that’s why you so seldom see it up on our site. There are a whole lot of problematic pressings out there, but when you find one that really gets it right the sound is nothing short of SUPERB.
Side One
Low Yo Yo Stuff
Nowadays a Woman’s Gotta Hit a Man
Too Much Time
Circumstances
My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Sun Zoom Spark
Side Two
Clear Spot
Crazy Little Thing
Long Neck Bottles
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Golden Birdies
AMG 4 Star Rave Review
Producer Ted Templeman was a bit of a surprising choice given his firmly mainstream production credits, with the Doobie Brothers already under his belt and Van Halen lurking in the near future.
As it turned out, such a combination led to a better-working fusion than might be expected, making one wonder why in the world Clear Spot wasn’t more of a commercial success than it was. The sound is great throughout, and the feeling is of the coolest bar-band in town, not to mention one that could eat all the patrons for breakfast if it felt like it.
Fans of the fully all-out side of Beefheart might find the end result not fully up to snuff as a result, but those less concerned with pushing back all borders all the time will enjoy his unexpected blend of everything tempered with a new accessibility.