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EMSheldon's Collection

Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart   11/01/1975

Compilation, Compilation, Compilation
Source probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN
Media SHN   1 disc
Notes Zappa / Beefheart Radio Hour
Broadcast November 1, 1975

AN EVENING WITH FRANK ZAPPA AND CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
usa 1998 cdrec head records [no catalogue number]
total time 67.39 minutes

Source: probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN

1: Cucamonga
2: Orange Claw Hammer
3: Debra Kadabra/Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy
4: Will You Drink My Water
5: Pachuco Cadaver
6: I Was A Teenage Maltshop
7: Status Back Baby
8: Ned The Mumbler
9: Toads Of The Short Forest
10: Charma
11: Speedfreak Boogie
12: Metal Man Has Won His Wings
13: Instrumental
14: Louisiana Blues
15: Instrumental
16: Studio Rehearsal
17: How Could Be Such A Fool
18: Boogie for Berkeley
19: Neon Meat Dream Of An Octafish
20: Muffin Man
21: 200 Years Old

GENERAL INFO
In order to promote the only album they ever made together - the live recording BONGO FURY - Captain Beefheart and Frank Zappa put together an amazing promotional documentary on the musical lives and times of both of them. Frank went through all the reel-to-reels he ever recorded - and they contained a lot of stunning discoveries. Most of the obscure material dated from the time before and when Beefheart was just part of 'the mothers of invention', but - ranging from their collaboration in the 1963/4 band 'the soots' to some live acts on the spot - there was blasting stuff for the beefheart fan-tribe too...

This instant 'talkshow' was broadcasted by several radio stations in the states, like kwst fm radio on 1 October (the day before the official release of their album). Of course this unique promo - which also was aired by the Australian radio station 'jjj' a bit later - was leaked, so no wonder a bunch of those 'debuting tunes' have been (and will be) brought out on bootlegs. Some of the songs later even gained an official status - like 'metal man has won his wings' - but a few very interesting works by / with the captain have never been released elsewhere
Tech Notes All
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 0001221575
Owned by EMSheldon · Last Updated May 23, 2023