However, a legal dispute between Van Vliet's American and European record companies prevented the album from being released abroad until late last year, effectively scuttling any major impact it might have had. Van Vliet has ever made. In effect, he's responsible for every sound on the record, and he says it just comes to him naturally. I played that damn thing exactly the way it is. I think guitar on one hand, bass on the thumb and the other guitar on the other hand.
Pianos are great to compose on, man.
He also wrote some songs on his latest acquisition, a Mellotron, the original, now-antiquated string synthesizer. I heard them played so many horrible ways that I got interested in getting hold of one of them. He couldn't be blamed for holding at least a slight grudge, though. Bolstered by the clamorous reception accorded Doc at the Radar Station, Van Vliet is now itching to get out on the road. Our sets will probably be an hour and thirty minutes, I think.