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Captain Beefheart   01/28/1978

The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA
Source Lineage: AUD>?>WAV (using Wavelab)>FLAC (using Trader's Little Helper, level 8)
Media CD-R&FLAC
Notes Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Roxy
Los Angeles
California
January 28, 1978

01. Hair Pie: Bake III (2:24)
02. Suction Prints (5:19)
03. Safe As Milk (4:11)
04. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go (2:28)
05. Bat Chain Puller (6:12)
06. Electricity (4:23)
07. Harry Irene (5:18)
08. Click Clack (6:02)
09. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (3:21)
10. Dust Blows Forward 'n The Dust Blows Back (2:54)
11. Floppy Boot Stomp (4:35)
12. My Human Gets Me Blues (3:00)
13. Veteran's Day Poppy (2:23)
14. Band Intro (3:29)
15. When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy (5:11)
Tech Notes Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
Roxy
Los Angeles
California
January 28, 1978

The first 1978 live document of Beefheart, very good sound quality, some new tracks from the forthcoming album. You can hear
the taper and his friends talk between the tracks. That makes is very familiar, it gives me the feeling to be there.

Lineage: AUD>?>WAV (using Wavelab)>FLAC (using Trader's Little Helper, level 8)

01. Hair Pie: Bake III (2:24)
02. Suction Prints (5:19)
03. Safe As Milk (4:11)
04. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go (2:28)
05. Bat Chain Puller (6:12)
06. Electricity (4:23)
07. Harry Irene (5:18)
08. Click Clack (6:02)
09. A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (3:21)
10. Dust Blows Forward 'n The Dust Blows Back (2:54)
11. Floppy Boot Stomp (4:35)
12. My Human Gets Me Blues (3:00)
13. Veteran's Day Poppy (2:23)
14. Band Intro (3:29)
15. When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy (5:11)

Total length:

Quality: 8/10
Issues: After some hours work on the transfer I realised that my tape doesn't include 'Eyed Beans From Venus' as last song.
I have seen setlists including this track. Anybody with a more complete tape? Please share or send a message.

Line-up:
Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet: vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
Eric Drew 'Black Jew/Kitabo' Feldman: bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
Robert 'Wait For Me' Williams: drums, percussion
Jeff 'Tapir/White Jew' Moris Tepper: guitar, slide-guitar
Feeler's Reedo/Walla Walla/Denny Walley: guitar, slide guitar

Comments:
Jim Calderwood: I only saw the Captain live once back in the late 70's or probably early 80's at the Roxy (I think) on Sunset
strip. While waiting outside you could hear the thunderous beat to a looong version of Bat Chain Puller. What a wonderful
trance beat. I wish a techno or drone band would borrow it for some extended version psychedelic song. Once inside the
concert began with a real cacaphonious solo by Eric Feldman (I think), then the Captain brought a huge cue card to read of
the lyrics of My Mama Is A Mummy, which was hilarious because ALL the lyrics consisted of was "my mama is a mummy" over and
over. At least that's the way it seemed.
He has that quality of attention (like Stockhausen) so that when he looks at you the eyes show a direct looking. He's not
day dreaming. I had brought a friend who had never heard anything like Beefheart. I had to give him a few aspirin after the
first song cause his head was beginning to ache. Haha. What a wonderful evening it was!
(alt.fan.capt-beefheart)
Robert Williams: It's WHEN I SEE MOMMY I FEEL LIKE A MUMMY in '78 and it has a long chorus. I was there too!
(alt.fan.capt-beefheart)
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Owned by J · Last Updated May 23, 2023