don van vliet  a.k.a.  captain beefheart
discography - captain beefheart and his magic band

7" & 12" : singles & eps

 

  captain beefheart and his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
    (1966, 7"-promo,  usa, a&m 794)
 

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1966, 7",  usa, a&m 794) - 'diddy wah diddy' credited to mc daniels / dixon
 

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1966, 7",  usa, a&m 794) - 'diddy wah diddy' credited to a.christensen
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
    (1966, 7"-promo, canada, a&m 794x)
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  captain beefheart & his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
    (1966, 7", belgium, london records 5.559)
 

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: moonchild / here i am i always am
    (1966, 7"-acetate, usa, a&m 1228/1229 - 63411)

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: moonchild / frying pan
    (1966, 7"-promo, usa, a&m 818)
 

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: moonchild / frying pan
    (1966, 7", usa, a&m 818)
 

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  captain beefheart: diddy wah diddy / moonchild
    (1966, 10" metal acetate / testpressing, uk, rca)
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  captain beefheart: sure 'nuff 'n yes i do / grown so ugly
    (19??, 10" metal acetate / testpressing, usa, rca)
 

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  captain beefheart: yellow brick road / abba zaba
    (1967, 7"-promo, usa, buddha da 9) 
 

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  captain beefheart: yellow brick road / abba zaba
    (1967, 7", usa, buddha da 9) 
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: yellow brick road / abba zaba
    (1967, 7"-promo, uk, pye int. 7n 25433)
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: yellow brick road / abba zaba
    (1967, 7", uk, pye int. 7n 25433) - push-out center
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: yellow brick road / abba zaba
    (1967, 7", uk, pye int. 7n 25433) - solid center
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  captain beefheart & his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
    (19??, 7"-promo, australia, festival fk-1331)
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  captain beefheart & his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
    (19??, 7", australia, festival fk-1331)
 

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  captain beefheart: moonchild / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1968, 7" acetate testpressing, uk, a&m ams 726)
 

  captain beefheart & his magic band: moonchild / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1968, 7"-promo, uk, a&m ams 726)
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: moonchild / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1968, 7", uk, a&m ams 726) - push-out center
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: moonchild / who do you think you're fooling?
    (1968, 7", uk, a&m ams 726) - solid center
 

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  captain beefheart and his magic band: zig zag wanderer / abba zaba
    (1968, 7", nl, buddah bd 1)

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  captain beefheart: sure 'nuff 'n yes i do / yellow brick road
    (1968, 7"-testpressing, france, barclay)
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  captain beefheart & his magic band: sure 'nuff 'n yes i do / yellow brick road
    (1968, 7", france, buddah records bly 610006)

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: where there's woman / plastic factory
    (1969, 7"-promo, usa, buddha da 108)
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: pachuco cadaver / wild life
    (1969, 7", france, straight records sts 153 2c 006-91.200) - produced by frank zappa
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  captain beefheart: radio spots for "lick my decalls off, baby"
    (1970, 7"-promo, usa, reprise promo 434)
 

  captain beefheart  // ry cooder: radio spots for beefheart - cooder tour
    (1970, 7"-promo, usa, reprise promo 450)
 
  captain beefheart: diddy wah diddy
    (1971, 7"-promo ep, uk, a&m ame 600)

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  captain beefheart: click clack / glider
    (1971, 7"-promo, usa, reprise pro 514)

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  captain beefheart & the magic band: too much time / my head is my only house unless it rains
    (1972, 7", south africa, reprise r21-201)
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  captain beefheart: click clack / i'm gonna booglarise you baby
    (1972, 7"-promo, usa, reprise 1068)
 

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  captain beefheart: too much time (m/s) 
    (1972, 7"-promo, usa, reprise 1133)
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  captain beefheart: too much time / my head is my only house unless it rains
    (1972, 7", usa, reprise 1133)
 

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  captain beefheart: too much time / my head is my only house unless it rains
    (1972, 7"-promo, uk, reprise 14233)
 

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  captain beefheart: too much time / my head is my only house unless it rains
    (1972, 7", uk, reprise 14233) - push-out center
 

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  captain beefheart: too much time / my head is my only house unless it rains
    (1972, 7", uk, reprise 14233) - solid center
 

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  captain beefheart and the magic band: too much time / low yo yo stuff
    (1972, 7"-promo, usa, reprise pro 547)

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  captain beefheart and the magic band: upon the my-o-my / i've got love on my mind
    (1974, 7"-promo, usa, mercury 73494)
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  captain beefheart: upon the my-o-my / magic be
    (1974, 7", uk, virgin vs 110)
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  captain beefheart: upon the my-o-my / magic be
    (1974, 7", germany, virgin vs 13 305 at)

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  captain beefheart: sure nuff 'n yes i do / electricity
    (1978, 7"-promo, uk, pye bds 466) - "A" label promo issue

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  captain beefheart: sure nuff 'n yes i do / electricity
    (1978, 7", uk, pye bds 466) - solid center
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  captain beefheart: sure nuff 'n yes i do / electricity
    (1978, 7", uk, pye bds 466) - push-out center
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  jack nitzsche: hard workin' man
    (1978, 7"-promo, usa, mca 40897) - white label
 

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  jack nitzsche: hard workin' man
    (1978, 7"-promo, usa, mca 40897) - green label
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  jack nitzsche: hard workin' man / coke machine
    (1978, 7", usa, mca 40897)
 

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  jack nitzsche: hard workin' man
    (1978, 7"-promo, uk, mca 366)
 

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  jack nitzsche: hard workin' man / coke machine
    (1978, 7", uk, mca 366)
 

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  captain beefheart: sixpack
    (1978, 7" picture disc, uk, virgin sixpack 1)
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  captain beefheart and the magic band: ice cream for crow / light reflected off the oceands of the moon
    (1982, 7"-promo, usa, epic / virgin 14-03190) 
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  captain beefheart and the magic band: ice cream for crow / light reflected off the oceands of the moon
    (1982, 7", usa, epic / virgin 14-03190) 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: ice cream for crow / lights reflected off the oceands of the moon
    (1982, 7"-dj, uk, virgin vs 534 dj)
 

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  captain beefheart: light reflected off the oceands of the moon
    (1982, 12", uk, virgin vs 534-12)
   
  captain beefheart and his magic band: the legendary a & m sessions
    (1984, 12", uk, a&m amy 226)

 
  captain beefheart: amnesty international
    (1988, 7"-picture disc test pressing, uk, bsapc7) = amnesty international press conference  //  don van vliet picture on 7"
 

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling / moonchild / frying pan
    (2012, 2 x 7", usa, sundazed records sep 243) = a record store day release

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  captain beefheart & his magic band: abba zaba / yellow brick road
    (2012, 7", usa, sundazed records s 254) = a record store day release
   
  captain beefheart and his magic band: plastic factory / where there's woman
    (2012, 7", usa, sundazed records s 255) = a record store day release
   
  captain beefheart & the magic band: upon the my-o-my / i got love on my mind
    (2012, 7", usa, sundazed records s 261) = a record store day release
   
       

 

Thanks to Håkon Busterud, Hans-Peter Schmidt and Paul Brown for (incredible) additional info, pictures & corrections.