captain beefheart & his magic band
original 1976 shiny beast version
19?? | lp-bootleg | ger | shelter lp 80b |
from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs -
Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
"19?? German Zappa presents Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Original
1976 Shiny Beast Version on Shelter LP 80B. The bootleg issue from the 1976
virgin issued (allegedly) pre-release tapes. Labels, black on cream, say
Produced by The Shame and eurodisc Gmbh Munchen. Cover is startling red on green
(front) and green on red (back) with uncredited art and Produced by Frank Zappa
& Herb Cohen.
According to John Ellis in 1976 Beefheart "recorded, with Zappa
financing "Bat Chain Puller". This album blended the moods of
"Kid" and "Decals" and would have been a triumphant return
to the fold if it had been issued. Zappa went to war with Warner Brothers as thz
LP reached the test press stage; the ensuing legal problems buried it alive.
Beefheart was forced to rework and re-record the album, which was finally issued
in '78 as "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)". It ispssible to compare
the two because Beefheart's label in England, Virgin, leaked a demo tape which
was reviewd in the press and has had wide private circulation".
This is one confusing bootleg! - it should be the Original 1976 Bat Chain
Puller and it has live tracks put in as fillers I guess. The tracks start off
with Apes Ma, When I See Mommy... and Moonlight on Vermont! - in fact these are
from the My Father's Place broadcast. The there is Interview 78 with "Moma
heartbeat... shadows from the sun" conversation. Then Bat Chain Puller,
which I suspect is a live version but fades out before the applause. Then two
'76 tracks Poem and Harry Irene plus 7 more on side 2 gives 9 tracks all
together I assueme from the leaked demo tape. Of the 7 on side 2 most are very
similar to the 1978 version but one track, called Poem, is the track Odd Job
while Owed T'Alex was originally titled Carson City in '76."