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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica

Mike Barnes, 'Captain Beefheart: The Biography' (Quartet), 1999

"If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work." - John Peel (interview with author 1995)

Total word count of piece: 7016

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