It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper

It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper was to be the second album by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. The original plan was to produce a double-album, combining studio tracks with new music performed live in the studio (the latter being "Mirror Man", "Tarotplane" and "25th-Century Quaker"). The intended artwork was later re-used for the Strictly Personal album. Fourteen tracks were recorded during the period of October – November 1967, but Buddah was unconvinced by the commercial potential of the new sound, and cancelled the production of the album while the Magic Band were touring Europe. As a result of this decision, four of the tracks were left incomplete, lacking vocals. It is possible to reconstruct It Comes to You in a Plain...