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27-622: Mirror Man can refer to: Mirror Man (Captain Beefheart album) Mirror Man (David Thomas album) "Mirror Man" (Ella Henderson song) "Mirror Man" (The Human League song) "Mirror Man", a song by Prism from Armageddon "Mirror Man", a song by Talk Talk from The Party's Over Mirror Man (character) , a foe of Batman in DC Comics Mirror Man, someone with mirrored-self misidentification , i.e. unable to recognize himself in

54-591: A bit put off by Beefheart's work." Mike Barnes suggests the lengths are partly justified by other bands' long blues compositions of the period, such as the nineteen-minute "Revelation" from Love 's Da Capo (1966), or the eleven-minute "Alligator" from the Grateful Dead 's Anthem of the Sun (1968). Bangs, too, goes on to say, "If all those millions settled for Cream throttling ' Spoonful ' for 16 minutes, their attention spans shouldn't have any trouble with this, which

81-408: A finished version of "Kandy Korn" (which was one of the tracks re-recorded for Strictly Personal , where it appears in shortened form). The album's original pressing was put together somewhat carelessly, with the cover art featured a shot of the band's 1970 line-up. Later pressings replaced this photo with a more striking image of Van Vliet (Beefheart) wearing a top hat. Other unreleased tracks from

108-644: A joint venture with the MCA Music Entertainment Group . In private life, Krasnow has been a member of board of directors of New York City Center (theater for independent choreography); a member of the board of directors and president's council of the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; co-president of the French Music Office; national committee member of the March of Dimes ; executive vice-president of

135-637: A mirror See also [ edit ] Mirrorman , Japanese TV series aired on Fuji TV in 1971-72 Man in the Mirror (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mirror Man . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mirror_Man&oldid=1251216993 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

162-440: A progression from the band's previous blues-rooted work on Safe as Milk . The Brown Wrapper concept, however, was at some point abandoned by Buddah, who kept the recordings and left some of the tracks from the sessions unfinished and without any vocals. The reason for this remains unclear, though Beefheart biographer Mike Barnes suggests it was probably because the band's record label, Buddah, simply lost interest. A number of

189-805: A promotions man for James Brown and sales representative for Decca Records . In the early 1960s, Krasnow founded MK Records, which released the novelty record "Report To The Nation," a parody of the 1960 presidential campaign between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon . He ran the King Records branch office in San Francisco from 1958 to 1964 before moving to Warner Bros Records ' R&B label Loma Records , which he headed from 1964 to 1966. During this time he managed and produced records for Ike & Tina Turner . Krasnow became vice president of Kama Sutra Records in Los Angeles in 1966, where he founded

216-497: Is built on a single two-chord blues riff, and also features an appearance by Van Vliet on an Indian reed instrument called a shehnai , which was supposedly given to him by Ornette Coleman , and which he plays in a different key from the rest of the band. Additionally, some lyrics in Twenty fifth century quaker make reference to "lamps fluttering like fireflies" a lyric which was reused almost word for word on shiny beast bat chain puller in

243-414: Is controversial. Beefheart subsequently condemned the production, which he said was done without his knowledge or approval, though it is claimed by other band members that he initially agreed to it. Among the other acts Krasnow brought to Blue Thumb were Phil Upchurch , Ben Sidran , Gerry Rafferty , Last Poets , The Credibility Gap , The Crusaders , Hugh Masekela , Southwind, Ike & Tina Turner,

270-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mirror Man (Captain Beefheart album) The album is dominated by three long, blues -rooted jams featuring uncharacteristically sparse lyrical accompaniment from Beefheart. A fourth tune, the eight-minute "Kandy Korn", is an earlier version of a track that appears on Strictly Personal . In 1999, Buddha Records issued an expanded version of

297-464: Is not only better blues jamming but actually has more variety." The album reached a peak UK chart position of number 49, although, like all other Magic Band releases, it failed to break into the top 100 in the United States. All tracks written by Don Van Vliet and published by Flamingo Music. In 1999, Buddha Records (which had renamed itself to correct the earlier misspelling, 'Buddah') reissued

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324-611: The Buddah Records subsidiary label. He discovered, signed and then produced the debut album Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart . In 1968 Krasnow left the Kama Sutra/Buddah labels and founded Blue Thumb Records in Beverly Hills, California with producers Don Graham and Tommy LiPuma . The first release on this label was the second Captain Beefheart album Strictly Personal . Krasnow's use of phasing effects on this album

351-680: The Paul Taylor Dance Company ; and a member of board of directors of the Wadleigh School and a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Krasnow died on December 11, 2016, in Wellington, Florida , of organ cancer. Krasnow's honors include being named the T.J. Martell Foundation Cancer Research Man of the Year in 1984 and 1989; Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy honoree in 1989; and recipient of

378-522: The Mic . During this period Krasnow let Queen buy back their rights to their catalogue as he was not a fan of their music. The deal was conducted with the band's manager John Reid , paying $ 1 million ($ 2.93 million in 2023 dollars ) to have it, they had a backdoor deal already set for $ 10 million ($ 29.3 million in 2023 dollars ) with Hollywood Records profiting for $ 9 million ($ 26.4 million in 2023 dollars ) instantly. This incident went on to sour

405-992: The Pointer Sisters , Dave Mason , Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks , Marc Bolan & T.Rex, Arthur Lee , Clifton Chenier , Love , Gábor Szabó , Mark-Almond , and John Mayall . Krasnow served as president of Blue Thumb until 1974, when he became vice president/talent acquisition for Warner Bros. Records , a role he held until 1983 when he was elevated to chairman and CEO of Elektra / Asylum / Nonesuch Records (later known as Elektra Entertainment). While with Warner and Elektra starting 1984, he signed Chaka Khan , George Benson , Funkadelic , Bootsy Collins , Kraftwerk , Anita Baker , Teddy Pendergrass , Womack & Womack , Public Image Ltd and The Cure to those labels. Krasnow also became known for shelving projects such as Dee Snider 's post- Twisted Sister outfit, Desperado, as detailed in Snider's 2012 autobiography, Shut Up and Give Me

432-447: The abandoned tracks were re-recorded in 1968, and released as Strictly Personal , through producer Bob Krasnow 's own record label, Blue Thumb . The original session tapes, however, which included the three long blues jams along with a number of other unreleased songs, remained the property of Buddah, who released Mirror Man in May 1971, compiling the track list from the three 'live' jams and

459-503: The album entitled The Mirror Man Sessions , which features five additional tracks taken from the abandoned tapes. When the band went into the studio in late 1967 to record the follow-up to their debut album Safe as Milk , which had been released earlier that year, it was with the intention of producing a double album , provisionally entitled It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper . The intention, according to drummer John French ,

486-582: The album under the title The Mirror Man Sessions , which was released with a newly expanded track list and a 12-page booklet explaining the history of the recordings. The additional tracks included on this release are also taken from the abandoned Brown Wrapper sessions, and thus yield a track listing which is somewhat closer to the original concept. Other tracks from these sessions are included as bonus material on Buddha's 1999 issue of Safe as Milk . The Magic Band (2003–2017) Bob Krasnow Robert Alan Krasnow (July 20, 1934 – December 11, 2016)

513-409: The key tracks of Beefheart's entire career", adding, "Probably the catchiest tune Beefheart ever wrote, 'Mirror Man' has an almost funky, hip-swaying groove." Drummer John French notes, "This is the session in which I was told afterwards I had been given LSD in my tea by someone. Actually, it must have been a rather small amount, because I didn't find myself too far from reality." Like "Kandy Korn", it

540-403: The latter tracks—"Tarotplane", "25th Century Quaker", and "Mirror Man"—were long, psychedelic blues jams performed 'live in the studio' (in one take with no overdubs ). The band was also working on a number of other tracks, many of which would eventually be included on Strictly Personal (1968). These songs were characterized by their polyrhythmic structures and psychedelic themes, which marked

567-651: The original sessions were released in later reissues, including 1999's The Mirror Man Sessions . The opening track, "Tarotplane", takes its title after the Robert Johnson song " Terraplane Blues ", which was about a popular 1930s car . Throughout "Tarotplane"'s nineteen minutes, Van Vliet quotes lines from Johnson's song as well as from various other blues tunes including Blind Willie Johnson 's "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond", Son House 's "Grinning in Your Face", and Willie Dixon 's " Wang Dang Doodle ". The song

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594-411: The psychedelic mood of the time, with its references to "blue cheese faces" and "eyes that flutter like a wide-open shutter." Around the time the song was recorded the band had been wearing black Quaker coats on stage, and even began to play their live shows as The 25th Century Quakers. The album closes with its fifteen-minute title track; an AllMusic review of the album cites "Mirror Man" as "one of

621-521: The relationship between him and Elektra's founder Jac Holzman . Krasnow abruptly resigned from his position at Elektra in July 1994, the result of a bitter internal struggle within the Warner Music group during 1994-95 that also led to the departure of long-serving and highly respected Warner Bros. Records executives Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker . Following his resignation he established Krasnow Entertainment,

648-534: The track Love lies . Also on side one is an eight-minute "Kandy Korn", the second Magic Band tune to reference confectionery, following Safe as Milk' s "Abba Zaba". A different, shorter version of this song appears as the closing track on Strictly Personal , where the production buries the later sections of the song under a profusion of backwards cymbals . Here, the track is heard without Krasnow's controversial production effects. The second long 'live' blues jam, "25th Century Quaker", owes its surreal lyrics more to

675-564: Was an American record label executive and entrepreneur who had a long and successful career in the music industry . He founded Blue Thumb Records , later became chairman of Elektra Records , and was a co-founder of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Robert Krasnow was born in Rochester, New York, to Ben Krasnow, a commercial artist (sign painter), and to the former Gertrude Goldstein from Hamilton, Ontario , Canada, both of Russian Jewish parentage. Krasnow's early career included working as

702-577: Was for one disc of the LP to consist of structured studio tracks by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, while the other disc would consist of unstructured blues jams by The 25th Century Quakers, an alter-ego version of the group (who were to perform live in Quaker costumes as an opening act during the band's concerts – this never came to pass, although a Quaker hat features on the cover of Trout Mask Replica ). Three of

729-598: Was re-recorded for Strictly Personal , where it appears as "Son of Mirror Man – Mere Man". Reviews of the album have made much of the length of its four compositions. A contemporary review written for Rolling Stone magazine by Lester Bangs , who opens by citing Beefheart as "one of the four or five unqualified geniuses to rise from the hothouses of American music in the Sixties", states: "None of them really build in intensity or end up anyplace other than where they started, and would most likely prove intolerable to anyone already

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