(2014, 4cd-box, usa, rhino records)

the booklet

album 1

album 2

album 3

album 4

captain beefheart

sun zoom spark : 1970 to 1972

2014 4cd-box usa rhino r2 541728

re-release
    (2014, 4lp-box, usa, rhino records)

 

disc one :  "lick my decals off, baby"

1970 studio recording

  captain beefheart (don van vliet): harmonica, sax, clarinet, vocals
  zoot horn rollo (bill harkleroad): guitar, flute
  rockette morton (mark boston): bass
  drumbo (john french): drums
  ed marimba (artie tripp): drums, percussion

produced by don van vliet

  1. lick my decals off, baby  (d.van vliet)

  2. doctor dark  (d.van vliet)  

  3. i love you, you big dummy  (d.van vliet)  

  4. peon  (d.van vliet)  

  5. bellerin' plain  (d.van vliet)  

  6. woe, is, uh, me, bop  (d.van vliet)  

  7. japan in a dishpan   (d.van vliet)  

  8. i wanna find a woman that'll hold my big toe till i have to go  (d.van vliet)  

  9. petrified forest  (d.van vliet)  

  10. one red rose that i mean  (d.van vliet)  

  11. the buggy woogie boogie  (d.van vliet)  

  12. the smithsonian institute blues ( or the big dig)   (d.van vliet)  

  13. space, age couple  (d.van vliet)  

  14. the clouds are full of wine (not whiskey or rye)  (d.van vliet)  

  15. flash gordon's ape  (d.van vliet)

 

disc two : "the spotlight kid"

1972 studio recording

    captain beefheart (don van vliet): harmonica, vocals
    zoot horn rollo (bill harkleroad): guitar
    winged eel fingerling (elliot ingber): guitar
    rockette morton (mark boston): bass
    drumbo (john french): drums
    ed marimba (art tripp): percussion, piano
guests :
    rhys clark: drums

produced by don van vliet

  1. i'm gonna booglarize you baby  (d.van vliet)

  2. white jam  (d.van vliet)

  3. blabber 'n' smoke  (d.van vliet, j.van vliet)

  4. when it blows its stacks  (d.van vliet)

  5. alice in blunderland  (d.van vliet)

  6. the spotlight kid   (d.van vliet)

  7. click clack  (d.van vliet)

  8. grow fins   (d.van vliet)

  9. there ain't no santa claus on the evenin' stage  (d.van vliet)

  10. glider   (d.van vliet)

 

disc three : "clear spot"

1972 studio recording

    don van vliet: harmonica, vocals
    zoot horn rollo (bill harkleroad): guitar
    rockette morton (mark boston): guitar
    oréjon (roy estrada): bass
    ed marimba (art tripp): drums, percussion
guests :
    russ titelman: guitar
    milt holland: percussion
    the blackberries: backing vocals

produced by ted templeman 

  1. low yo yo stuff   (d.van vliet)

  2. nowadays a woman gotta hit a man   (d.van vliet)

  3. too much time   (d.van vliet)

  4. circumstances   (d.van vliet)

  5. my head is my only house unless it rains   (d.van vliet)

  6. sun zoom park  (d.van vliet)

  7. clear spot   (d.van vliet)

  8. crazy little thing   (d.van vliet)

  9. long neck bottles  (d.van vliet)

  10. her eyes are a blue million miles  (d.van vliet)

  11. big eyed beans from venus  (d.van vliet)

  12. golden birdies   (d.van vliet)

 

disc four : "out-takes"

1970 - 1972 studio recordings

  1. alice in blunderland  (alternate version)

  2. harry irene

  3. i can't do this unless i can do this / seam crooked sam

  4. pompadour swamp / suction prints

  5. the witch doctor life (instrumental take)

  6. two fips in a haystack / kiss me my love

  7. best batch yet (track) version 1

  8. your love brought me to life (instrumental)

  9. dirty blue gene (alternate version 1)

  10. nowadays a woman's gotta hit a man  (early mix)

  11. kiss where i kain't

  12. circumstances  (alternate version 2)

  13. little scratch

  14. dirty blue gene (alternate version 3)