This poster for Captain Beefheart is from the University of East Anglia in Norwich UK on Friday 31st May 1974 There are accounts from Henry Cow's legendary guitarist Fred Frith saying Don seemed less than happy at that time and particularly it is assumed with the so called 'tragic' band* but the tour for Unconditionally Guaranteed went well by all accounts this poster from UEA is particularly fascinating if only to read the SU text on the back of the poster (sic)
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"Beefheart was sadder. He was working without the Magic Band for the first time, and though his musicians were perfectly good, there clearly wasn’t the chemistry, and he was personally pretty unhappy. We hung out a bit on the road, in fact I stayed in touch with him for several years after that tour as it turned out, though not in the latter years I’m sorry to say."
Fred Frith - Interview with Psychedelic Baby magazine
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