Friday, August 14, 2009

Captain Beefheart-Shiny Beast (Basic Tracks)



Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Shiny Beast Basic Tracks

Studio Sessions
The Automatt, San Francisco, California
June 6 - August 27, 1978



01. Tropical Hot Dog Night (Version 1)
02. Run Paint, Run Run
03. You Know You're A Man
04. When I See Mummy (Version 1)
05. Candle Mambo
06. Floppy Boot Stomp
07. Brickbats
08. Bat Chain Puller
09. Owed T'Alex
10. Love Lies
11. When I See Mummy (Version 2)
12. Tropical Hot Dog Night (Version 2)



Line-Up:
Don Van Vliet: vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, harmonica, whistling
Eric Drew Feldman: bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
Bruce Fowler: trombone, air-bass
Robert Williams: drums, percussion
Richard Josef Redus: guitar, slide guitar, slide bass, accordion
Jeff Moris Tepper: guitar, slide-guitar
Art Tripp: marimba, additional percussion (on: Tropical Hot Dog Night)

Part 1-http://sharebee.com/066107df
Part 2-http://sharebee.com/e8a63f64

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this I have had this on tape for a long time. Mind you i have not listened to it for a long time. looking forward to listening to it again.

zico said...

This is a dream post for me. Well Captain will always be right there on the highest ground of music alongside of his great pal Frank Zappa and that says it all i believe. Thanks a million mate!!!!!!

Starsailor said...

hi, thanks for this, it's excellent ! I'm not a big Beefheart aficionado, so can you help : is that the unreleased album "Bat Chain Puller" recorded in 76 and part of which appearde on "Shiny Beast" ?
thanks!

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