Mirror Man Sessions is an unqualified success of this sort. Most importantly, the disc includes many of the songs off the botched Strictly Personal album (the tapes of which were maliciously slathered with heavy echo and phasing effects by producer Bob Krasnow, without Beefheart's approval) in blissful clarity.
Reviews"...it's strictly a fan's album, but those fans will find it an invaluable link in comprehending the man's stylistic evolution..." - Lester Bangs, 3 stars out of 5 - "...more experimental; from the driving, hypnotic blues of the 20-minute 'Tarotplane' to the surreal sarcasm of 'Beatle Bones N' Smokin' Stones'....compelling."