Safe as Milk

Safe as Milk
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1967
RecordedSpring 1967
StudioRCA, Los Angeles
Genre
Length33:40
LabelBuddah
ProducerRichard Perry, Bob Krasnow
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band chronology
Safe as Milk
(1967)
Strictly Personal
(1968)
Singles from Safe as Milk
  1. "Yellow Brick Road" / "Abba Zaba"
    Released: August 17, 1967
  2. "Plastic Factory" / "Where There's Woman"
    Released: March 25, 1969

Safe as Milk is the debut studio album by American music group Captain Beefheart (original name Don Van Vliet) and His Magic Band, released in August 1967 by Buddah Records. A heavily blues-influenced work, the album features a 20-year-old Ry Cooder, who played guitar and wrote some of the arrangements.