captain beefheart and his magic bands

railroadism

2003 cd uk viper cd 015

recorded at various locations: 1966 - 1981

captain beefheart - don van vliet
zoot horn rollo - bill harkleroad
rockette morton - mark boston
winged eel fingerling - elliot ingber
ed marimba - art tripp
orejon - roy estrada
alex st clair
greg 'ella guru' davidson
bruce 'fossil' fowler
john 'drumbo' french
jimmy carl 'indian ink' black
jeff moris tepper
eric drew feldman
denny walley
robert williams
richard redus

  1. old black snake  (spivey, johnson)
  2. i'm aking bee (james moore)
  3. the blimp / air bass - soft shoe (sax improv)
  4. i'm gonna booglazrize you baby
  5. a carrot is as close as a rabbit gets to a diamond
  6. china pig / railroadism
  7. i love you, you big dummy (spoken)
  8. grow fins
  9. floppy boot stomp
  10. one nest rolls after another / harry irene
  11. the dust blows forward 'n' the dust blows back
  12. ashtray heart
  13. dirty blue gene
  14. smithsonian institute blues
  15. one red rose that i mean
  16. veteran's day poppy
  17. big eyed beans from venus
  18. avalon blues

 

 recorded
1966/00/00    concert 'the avalon ballroom', san francisco, usa
    track 18   
1972/01/22    concert 'fenway theatre', boston, usa
    track 1
1973/02/24    concert 'town hall', nyc, usa
    track 2
1975/07/14    concert 'the roxy', la, usa
    track 3 - 4
1977/11/03    concert 'red creek inn', rochester, ny, usa
    track 5 - 7
1977/11/25 - early show    concert 'bottom line', ny,usa
    track 8
1977/11/25 - late show    concert 'bottom line', ny,usa
    track 9
1978/12/01    concert 'texas opry house', houston, usa
    track 10 - 11
1981/01/29    concert 'the country club', resada, ca, usa
    track 12 - 17