Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Bat Chain Puller

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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band

Bat Chain Puller

Recorded at Paramount Studios

16,17 & 18 March 1976

Tracklist

1. The Floppy Boot Stomp

2. Tropical Hot Dog Night

3. Ice Rose

4. Harry Irene

5. You Know You're A Man

6. Bat Chain Puller

7. When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy

8. Owed T'Alex

9. Candle Mambo

10. Love Lies

11. Suction Prints

12. Apes-Ma

Don Van Vliet - vocals/tenor sax/soprano sax/bass clarinet

Denny Walley - guitar/slide guitar 

Jeff Moris Tepper - guitar/slide guitar 

John Thomas - keyboards

John French - drums/percussion/guitar 

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Frank Zappa: Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings

mp3 160 kbps

Zappa/Beefheart

Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings

KWST Radio Show

01 Nov, 1975

FM Broadcast

Song List

01.  Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings 

02.  Original Black Napkins 

03.  Instrumental / the Story of Electricity 

04.  Unconditionally Guaranteed 

05.  Gone Behind The Sun 

06.  Mondo Hollywood 

07.  Lightning Rod Man 

08.  I Think My Guitar wants To Kill Your Mama 

09.  Rock Around The Clock / Sandwich Song 

10.  How Could I Be Such A Fool 

11.  Boogie For Berkeley 

12.  Neon Meate Dream Of An Octafish 

13.  King Kong 

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Frank Zappa: Baltimore - May 3, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

Civic Center, Baltimore, MD

1975-05-03

Audience

01 Camarillo Brillo

02 Muffin Man-introduction

03 Advance Romance

04 I'm Not Satisfied

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 The Velvet Sunrise

07 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus

08 Intermission-Tuning

09 Stinkfoot

10 why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A Pepsi? (The Torture Never Stops)

11 Florentine Pogen

12 Montana

13 The Finger Cymbal Routine

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Frank Zappa: Uniondale - April 25, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY

1975-04-25

Good Audience

01 Improvisations

02 A Token Of My Extreme

03 Stinkfoot

04 I'm Not Satisfied

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 Velvet Sunrise

07 Pound For A Brown

08 Sleeping In A Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf

11 Improvisations

12 The Torture Never Stops

13 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Claremont - April 11, 1975 - Late

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Zappa / Beefheart

Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

1975-04-11 Late Show

Good Audience

01 Preamble

02 A Token Of My Extreme

03 Introduction

04 Stinkfoot

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 Velvet Sunrise

07 Pound For A Brown

08 Sleeping In A Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf

11 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

12 Advance Romance (incl. 200 Years Old)

13 Portuguese Lunar Landing

14 Debra Kadabra

15 Florentine Pogen

16 Tuning & Preamble

17 The Torture Never Stops

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Frank Zappa: El Paso - May 23, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

County Coliseum, El Paso, TX

1975-05-23

Soundboard

01 intro and tune-up

02 improvisations

03 Apostrophe

04 Stinkfoot

05 I'm Not Satisfied

06 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy

07 Velvet Sunrise

08 A Pound For A Brown

09 You're So Fine (w/ Jimmy Carl Black)

10 Those Lonely Lonely Nights (w/ Jimmy Carl Black)

11 Debra Kadabra

12 Montana

13 improvisations

14 Advance Romance

15 Florentine Pogen

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Frank Zappa: St. Louis - May 13, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, MO

1975-05-13

Audience

01 Improvisations

02 Apostrophe

03 Stinkfoot

04 I'm Not Satisfied

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 The Velvet Sunrise

07 Pound For A Brown (q: Debra Kadabra)

08 Sleeping In A Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf

11 The Booger Man

12 Advance Romance

13 Florentine Pogen

14 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Chicago - May 11, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL

1975-05-11

Audience

01 Opening Instrumental

02 Apostrophe

03 Stinkfoot

04 04-I'm Not Satisfied

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 Velvet Sunrise

07 A Pound For A Brown

08 Sleeping In A Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf

11 The Booger Man

12 Debra Kadabra

13 Camarillo Brillo

14 Muffin Man

15 Willie The Pimp

16 Advance Romance

Frank Zappa

Denny Walley

Captain Beefheart

Tom Fowler

Terry Bozzio

Napoleon Murphy Brock

George Duke

Bruce Fowler

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Frank Zappa: Boston - April 27, 1975 - Late

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Zappa / Beefheart

Music Hall, Boston, MA

1975-04-27 Late Show

Audience

01 Camarillo Brillo

02 Muffin Man

03 Lets Make The Water Turn Black

04 Penguin In Bondage

05 Debra Kedabra

06 Poofters Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

07 Improvisation

08 The Torture Never Stops

09 The Torture Never Stops (part2)

10 Marty's Dance Song

11 Montana

12 Florentine Pogen

13 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Boston - April 27, 1975 - Early

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Zappa / Beefheart

Music Hall, Boston, MA

1975-04-27 Early Show

Audience

01 Improv

02 Token of my Extreme

03 Stinkfoot

04 I'm Not Satisfied

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 Velvet Sunrise

07 Pound for a Brown

08 Sleeping in a Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf (Of You)

11 Improv

12 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing

13 Advance Romance

14 Willie the Pimp

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Frank Zappa: New Haven - April 18, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT

1975-04-18

Audience

01 A Token Of My Extreme

02 Stinkfoot

03 I'm Not Satisfied

04 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy

05 Velvet Sunrise

06 A Pound For A Brown

07 Sleeping In A Jar

08 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

09 Echidna's Arf

10 Uncle Remus

11 Advance Romance

12 Portuguese Lunar Landing

13 Debra Kadabra

14 Florentine Pogen/Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

15 encore break

16 The Torture Never Stops 5

17 Let's Make The Water Turn Black

18 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Passaic - April 19, 1975 - Late

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Zappa / Beefheart

Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

1975-04-19 Late Show

Audience

01 Improvisations

02 Debra Kadabra

03 Florentine Pogen

04 Poofter's preamble

05 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

06 Echidna's Arf (of You)

07 Improvisations (q: Debra Kadabra)

08 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing (incl. Louie Louie)

09 Advance Romance

10 Orange Claw preamble

11 Orange Claw Hammer

12 Improvisations preamble

13 Improvisations (incl. Uncle Meat, q: Debra Kadabra)

14 A Token of My Extreme

15 The Torture Never Stops

16 Willie preamble

17 Willie the Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Claremont - April 11, 1975 - Early

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Zappa / Beefheart

Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

1975-04-11 Early Show

Audience

01 Intro

02 A Token Of My Extreme

03 Stinkfoot

04 Tuning & Preamble

05 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy

06 Velvet Sunrise

07 Pound For A Brown

08 Sleeping In A Jar

09 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

10 Echidna's Arf

11 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

12 Advance Romance

13 Portuguese Lunar Landing

14 Debra Kadabra

15 Florentine Pogen

16 Band Return & Tuning

17 Orange Claw Hammer

18 Preamble & Tuning

19 George's Boogie

20 Crowd noise & Intro

21 I'm Not Satisfied

22 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Providence - April 26, 1975

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Zappa / Beefheart

Providence College, Providence, RI

1975-04-26

Good Audience

01 Improvisations

02 Camarillo Brillo

03 Muffin Man

04 Stinkfoot

05 I'm Not Satisfied

06 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy

07 The Velvet Sunrise

08 A Pound For A Brown

09 The Torture Never Stops

10 Montana

11 Improvisations (incl. Chariot, Moon Trek, q: Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top)

12 Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (q: Straight No Chaser)

13 Penguin In Bondage

14 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

15 Echidna's Arf

16 Drum Solo

17 Advance Romance

18 encore break (tuning up)

19 Willie The Pimp

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Frank Zappa: Actuel Festival - October 24/28, 1969

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Actuel Festival, Amougies, Belgium

1969-10-24 / 28

Good Audience

Aynsley Dumbar Retaliation (1969-10-24):

01. Improvisation 

Pink Floyd feat. Frank Zappa (1969-10-25):

02. Interstellar Overdrive

Caravan (1969-10-26):

03. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You

Blossom Toes (1969-10-26):

04. Improvisation

Sam Apple Pie (1969-10-27):

05. Moonlight Man

Captain Beefheart (1969-10-28):

06. Introduction

07. She's Too Much For My Mirror 

08. My Human Gets Me Blues 

09. Wild Life 

10. Hobo Chang Ba 

11. When Big Joan Sets Up 

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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: Best Batch Yet - 30th Anniversary Edition

FLAC

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART & THE MAGIC BAND

Best Batch Yet {30th Anniversary Edition}

Recorded Live @ The Country Club in Reseda, CA

January 29, 1981

Excellent Soundboard

DISC 01

01 Hair Pie

02 Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man

03 I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe 'Til I Have To Go

04 Hot Head

05 Ashtray Heart

06 Dirty Blue Gene

07 The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or The Big Dig)

08 Best Batch Yet

09 Safe As Milk

10 One Red Rose That I Mean

11 China Pig

12 Sue Egypt

DISC 02

01 Doctor Dark

02 Bat Chain Puller

03 My Human Gets Me Blues

04 Sugar N' Spikes

05 Sheriff Of Hong Kong

06 Kandy Korn

07 Veteran's Day Poppy

08 Big Eyed Beans From Venus

Line Up: 

Captain Beefheart - vocals/harmonica/saxophone 

Jeff Moris Tepper - guitar 

Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder - guitar/bass 

Eric Drew Feldman - bass/keyboards 

Robert Arthur Williams - drums/percussion 

Special Guest:

Denny Walley - guitar on "China Pig" 

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Frank Zappa: An Evening With FZ & Captain Beefheart

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An Evening With FZ & Captain Beefheart

KWST Radio Broadcast

November 1, 1975

1. Cucamonga [Bongo Fury version] 

2. Orange Claw Hammer [Don van Vliet] 

3. Debra Kadabra / Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Bongo Fury versions] 

4. The Smegmates: Will You Drink My Water? 

5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Pachuco Cadaver [Don van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica version] 

6. I Was a Teenage Maltshop 

7. Status Back Baby 

8. Ned the Mumbler [may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm"] 

9. Toads of the Short Forest 

10. Charva [The Lost Episodes version] 

11. Speed-Freak Boogie [Mystery Disc version] 

12. Metal Man Has Won His Wings [Don van Vliet / Zappa] [Mystery Disc version] 

13. Instrumental 

14. Louisiana Blues [McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield] 

15. Instrumental ["Party Scene from Mondo Hollywood" - Mystery Disc version] 

16. Studio Rehearsal ["Sandwich Song"] 

17. How Could I Be Such a Fool? 

18. Boogie for Berkeley 

19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish [Don van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica version] 

20. Muffin Man [Bongo Fury version] 

21. 200 Years Old [extended version]

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Frank Zappa: Muffin Man Goes To College

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Frank Zappa featuring Captain Beefheart 

Godfather Records [GR 577/578]

Alumni Hall, Providence College, Providence, RI

April 26th, 1975

Good Audience

1.1 Improvisations

1.2 Camarillo Brillo

1.3 Muffin Man (Instrumental)

1.4 Stinkfoot

1.5 I'm Not Satisfied

1.6 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy

1.7 Velvet Sunrise

1.8 A Pound for a Brown

1.9 Why Doesn't Someone Give Him a Pepsi? (AKA The Torture Never Stops)

2.1 Montana

2.2 Improvisations (Incl. Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top)

2.3 Penguin in Bondage

2.4 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead

2.5 Echidna's Arf (Of You)

2.6 Drums

2.7 Advance Romance

2.8 Willie the Pimp 

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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: The Spotlight Kid Outtakes Rev C

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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
The Spotlight Kid & Pompadour Sessions
October-early November 1971
Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Acoustic Blues Session

Soundboard

Tracklist:

1-01 Drink Paint Run Run
1-02 Seam Crooked Sam (Version 2)
1-03 Dirty Blue Gene (Version 1)
1-04 Sun Zoom Spark (Version 3)
1-05 Kiss Me My Love
1-06 Funeral Hill (Version 1)
1-07 Harry Irene – jazzy guitar version,
1-08 Open Pins
1-09 Dual & Abdul
1-10 Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian (Version 2)
1-11 Balladino
1-12 Clear Spot (Instrumental)
1-13 Circumstances
1-14 I’m Gonna Booglarize You, Baby (Instrumental)
1-15 Low Yo Yo Stuff (Instrumental)
1-16 Semi-Multicoloured Caucasian (Version 1)
1-17 Little Scratch (Version 2)

Pompadour Session

2-01 Pompadour I 2 takes
2-02 Pompadour II 5 takes

3-01 Suzy Murder Wrist
3-02 U Bean So Cinquo
3-03 The Witch Doctor Life
3-04 Little Scratch (Version 1)
3-05 Flaming Autograph
3-06 Love Grip
3-07 No Flower Shall Grow
3-08 Best Batch Yet (Version 1) 3 takes
3-09 Your Love Brought Me To Life 2 takes
3-10 That Little Girl
3-11 Campfires
3-12 Well Well Well
3-13 Funeral Hill (Version 3)
3-14 Seam Crooked Sam (Version 1)
3-14 Alice In Blunderland
3-15 Funeral Hill (Version 2)
3-16 Best Batch Yet (Version 2)
3-17 Dirty Blue Gene (Version 2)

The Acoustic Blues Session (mono)

4-01 Sun Zoom Spark (Version 1)
4-02 Scratch My Back
4-03 Blues Medley
4-03a Down In The Bottom (Howlin’ Wolf, 1961)
4-03b Key To The Highway (Big Bill Broonzy, 1941)
4-03c Grandpa Don’t Love Grandma No More
4-04 Sun Zoom Spark (Version 2)

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