Fact #1: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band are responsible for some of the most mind-blowing soundsin the history of recorded music. Whack on the likes of Trout Mask Replica or Lick My Decals Off, Baby andBELIEVE IT. Fact #2: The good Captain retired from music in 1982 and now fills his days creating visualart, exhibiting his highly coveted works throughout Europe and the US. Fact #3: In his absence, themembers of his original Magic Band have regrouped and, in the last 18 months, played a series of verysuccessful festival shows paying tribute to the glorious music they once made together. This CD (with a bonus DVD of killer live footage) documents two sold-out live shows in London ca. 2004 and is by no means any kind of lame-o cash-in from a gang of middle-aged men attempting to live out their former glories. The performances are inspired, joyful, irreverant and absolutely faithful to the Dadesque spirit the band forged in their hey-day. Seriously, the old man would be proud.