Format: Vinyl
Artist: Jeff Cotton
CatNo: SMALP1214
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Jeff Cotton The Fantasy Of Reality Double vinyl Madfish Signed
Coming over 50 years since his remarkable contributions to the all-time masterpiece Trout Mask Replica, The Fantasy Of Reality is the debut solo release from Jeff Cotton of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band fame. 
 
Beefheart / Zappa designer Cal Schenkel provides the artwork: A perfect fit for the playful and Psychedelic nature of Cotton's music.
 
Double vinyl. Includes a signed 30x30cm Jeff Cotton art print.
 
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After playing guitar, lap steel and vocals with the legendary Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band, appearing on the ground breaking album Trout Mask Replica (under the pseudonym Antennae Jimmy Semens), as well as playing on Strictly Personal & Mirror Man, Cotton withdrew from the commercial music business for nearly 50 years. Using the island state of Hawaii as a home base, he emerges from his seclusion in 2022 with his first ever solo album; The Fantasy of Reality.
 
Whimsical, playful and tongue-in-cheek - Cotton delivers a psychedelic journey that will delight Beefheart devotees while bringing plenty of new ideas to the table across the sprawling 22 track, 66 minute runtime. Trout Mask Replica cover designer Cal Schenkel collaborates once again as he returns to contribute to the internal artwork of the album to continue the Captain Beefheart canon into the 2020s. 
 
Across the decades, the Magic Band’s power and influence has only grown in might, and the cult following of 1969’s Trout Mask Replica still excites fans to this day, in part due to the mystery and enigma of members such as Antennae Jimmy Semens (aka Jeff Cotton). In 1967, Cotton was scoped by Don Van Vliet - Captain Beefheart himself, replacing Ry Cooder on guitar. He then went one to help craft some of Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band's most vibrant recordings and later contributed to the cult band MU.
 
Now blending together musical strands such as jazz, delta blues, Hawaiian and the avant-garde to create a melting pot of ideas, Cotton will astonish fans with his comeback. 
A
1. Does It Work For You?
2. It Never Ceases To Blow My Mind
3. Ivy
4. Green Bamboo
5. He Made The Eagle
6. Elvirus
 
B
1. This Gentle Earth
2. All Things New
3. Crusin` Hamakua
4. Together We Sail
5. The Space Between Us All
 
C
1. On The Thread
2. Aloha
3. The Liberation Song
4. The Breeze Of Oblivion
5. Heavy
6. The Season Of The Awakening
 
D
1. Mother Earth Needs Healing
2. Together
3. Hear The Word
4. It Would Take An Angel
5. Clean In Nature's Stream