 Some of these tracks were also used for a vinyl-only release by the Sundazed label in 2008 bearing the original intended title of "It Comes to You in a Plain Brown Wrapper" but this release does not duplicate the original album's concept or sequence.Barret Hansen, in a December 1968 review for "Rolling Stone", was unsure of the value of the record; he felt that Beefheart and his band had "the capability of making the ultimate white blues album", but that the "noisy, discom-bobulated freakout shit" and "liquid audio" spoil the potential, so that it was unclear to him if the album was the work of "the world's greatest white bluesman", "a competent musician, capable of occasional titanic moments", or "a hack performer" with genius production.Stewart Mason, in a retrospective AllMusic review, felt it was a terrific album but underrated due to the reputation of Bob Krasnow's remixing; although he did feel that the "sound effects and phasing do detract from the album at points".