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The well-rehearsed Magic Band recorded all instrumental tracks for the album in a single six-hour recording session
Not all of the album’s instrumental material came from one six-hour session. Sources say only about 20 songs were cut then, while other tracks came from an earlier 1968 session and recordings made at the house.
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This claim says all instrumental tracks were recorded in one six-hour session. That is contradicted by reliable accounts of the album’s recording history.
Pitchfork reports that the band recorded 20 songs in less than six hours, and that the album was then completed by adding two tracks from an earlier session and a few more made at the group’s house. So the six-hour session did not account for all of the instrumental material on the finished album.
All About Jazz likewise says the Whitney work happened over two sessions in March 1969, and specifically notes that “Moonlight on Vermont” and “Veteran’s Day Poppy” had already been recorded in 1968 at Sunset Sound Recorders. Those facts directly conflict with the claim that all the album’s instrumental tracks were recorded in one single six-hour session.
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- Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band: Trout Mask Replica Album Review | Pitchfork
"the group recorded 20 songs in less than six hours... after adding two tracks from an earlier session and a few more made at the group's house, Trout Mask Replica was born."
- Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band Review | All About Jazz
"In March, 1969, the album was recorded over two different sessions at Whitney Studios in Glendale... ('Moonlight on Vermont' and 'Veteran's Day Poppy' had already [been] recorded in 1968 [at] Sunset Sound Recorders.)"
In 2003, the album was ranked at number 59 by Rolling Stone in their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
The 2003 Rolling Stone rank is misstated. Rolling Stone later identified Trout Mask Replica as No. 58 on its 2003 500 Greatest Albums list, not No. 59.
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This is a concrete ranking error.
Rolling Stone’s own later coverage states that Trout Mask Replica “landed at Number 58 on Rolling Stone’s 2003 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.” Independent reproductions of the original 2003 list also place the album at No. 58. The same secondary databases that track the album’s list placements also show 2003 edition: 58 and 2012 edition: 60.
So the article’s claim that the album was No. 59 in the 2003 Rolling Stone list is inconsistent with the documented ranking of No. 58.
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- Captain Beefheart's Oddball Masterpiece 'Trout Mask Replica' Finally Comes to Streaming | Rolling Stone Australia
The article says the album "landed at Number 58 on Rolling Stone's 2003 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list."
- Rolling Stone - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (November 2003)
This reproduction of the 2003 list places "Captain Beefheart – Trout Mask Replica (1969)" at number 58.