captain beefheart

the new york hot dog night

?? 2cd-bootleg ?? hm 011 cd

from "Glass Finger's Big Bad But Beautiful Book of Beefheart Bootlegs - Volume #1" (Apocalypse) / 1993 :
The New York Hog Dog Night on HallMark HM 011 CD says on the back "Recorded live at My Father's Place in New York on December 11th 1978 together with the Magic Band". (This dat is wrong I think and should be November 18th 1978) The announcer at the start of the set says "Historic performance... first time on live radio... WLIR FM". This show has the guitarist breaking a string during Nowadays... after which Beefheart says "he played that on a broken string... which if you think about it... is narrowing it down a little bit... 'cause ther's six strings and four fingers!". Sound is excellent steroish. The set is exactly 90 mins. Someone who saw a performance with the same mime artist says "they did a version of "Mommy" that has stuck in my head to this day. The band is doing a flawless, live-fade-out with the Captain chanting "mommy, mommy, mommy... mommy, mommy, mommy" down to a whisper, with the mime alternately washing dishes and vacuumming (miming these activities) under a spotlight. Still sends the shivers up my spine".

 

1978/12/11    concert 'my father's place', nyc, ny, usa

 

  1. tropical hot dog night
  2. nowadays a woman's gotta hit a man
  3. owed t'alex
  4. dropout boogie
  5. harry irene
  6. abba zaba
  7. her eyes are a blue million miles
  8. old fart at play
  9. well
  10. ice rose

 

  1. moonlight on vermont
  2. the floppy boot stomp
  3. you know you're a man
  4. bat chain puller
  5. apes-ma
  6. when i see mommy, i feel like a mummy
  7. veteran's day poppy
  8. safe as milk
  9. suction prints