Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart
Liberated Radio Bootleg (Compilation)
Set I
Cucamonga [Bongo Fury Version]
Orange Claw Hammer [Don Van Vliet]
Debra Kadabra / Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Bongo Fury Versions]
The Smegmates: Will You Drink My Water?
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Pachuco Cadaver [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version]
I Was A Teenage Maltshop
Status Back Baby
Ned The Mumbler
Toads Of The Short Forest
Charva [The Lost Episodes Version]
Speed-Freak Boogie [Mystery Disc Version]
Metal Man Has Won His Wings [Don Van Vliet / Zappa] [Mystery Disc Version]
Instrumental
Louisiana Blues [McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield]
Instrumental ["Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood" - Mystery Disc Version]
Studio Rehearsal ["Sandwich Song"]
How Could I Be Such a Fool?
Boogie For Berkeley
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Neon Meat Dream Of A Octafish [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version]
Muffin Man [Bongo Fury Version]
200 Years Old [Extended Version]
Orange Claw Hammer [Don Van Vliet]
Debra Kadabra / Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Bongo Fury Versions]
The Smegmates: Will You Drink My Water?
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Pachuco Cadaver [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version]
I Was A Teenage Maltshop
Status Back Baby
Ned The Mumbler
Toads Of The Short Forest
Charva [The Lost Episodes Version]
Speed-Freak Boogie [Mystery Disc Version]
Metal Man Has Won His Wings [Don Van Vliet / Zappa] [Mystery Disc Version]
Instrumental
Louisiana Blues [McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield]
Instrumental ["Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood" - Mystery Disc Version]
Studio Rehearsal ["Sandwich Song"]
How Could I Be Such a Fool?
Boogie For Berkeley
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Neon Meat Dream Of A Octafish [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version]
Muffin Man [Bongo Fury Version]
200 Years Old [Extended Version]
Set II
Set III
Comment
This is a recording of a radio show on KWST radio, 1-Nov-1975, where Zappa and Beefheart played oldies and
oddities. (There is a completely unsubstantiated rumour that this radio show was actually a broadcast of a Warner
Brothers promo record with these songs on it, which has never been found, and never been confirmed to have
existed.)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10-12, 15, 19 & 20 have been officially released on Bongo Fury, The Lost Episodes, Mystery Disc
and Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. As for the other tracks:
Track 2 was performed live in the studio; the Captain sings the song to a simple guitar backing
Track 4 is a very strange track, announced as a recording of a group called "The Smegmates"
Tracks 6-8 are CBS demos from 1965 - track 6 has been officially released (approximately) on the Mystery Disc.
Track 8 may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm".
Track 9 recorded at Studio Z, Cucamonga, 1964
Track 13 is from 1964 (very informative, isn't it?)
Track 14 has been officially released (perhaps in a shorter edit) on the Mystery Disc (as "Original Mothers at the
Broadside (Pomona)"); it is the first live recording of the Mothers, from 1965
Tracks 16-17 are from the first Mothers rehearsal in 1965; a small fragment of track 16 has been officially
released on the Mystery Disc, as "Original Mothers Rehearsal"
Track 18 is a 1968 rehearsal
Track 21 is NOT directly from Bongo Fury, but a longer version from an acetate, clocking in at 07:55 instead of
04:31. What has been cut out on Bongo Fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo (a slide solo by Denny
Walley), 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo (effectively a piano solo and one verse), and 2
seconds of the fade-out. It's a CD bonus track from another radio broadcast, on WPLR, New Haven, 18-Apr-1975,
and it also appears on Chronicle and Bongo Fury El Paso TX.
Adding to this very impressive cast of characters, the album retains some radio-station chatter from Zappa and the
Captain. From Patrick Neve:
I think the Mystery Disc tracks sound A LOT better [here] than ... on the Mystery Disc.
The cover/"booklet" is a single sheet folded once; no staples. The front of it is a black & white image of a 1950s
American suburban family of 12 gatherered around a TV set; the title is printed in colour. The back of it has a black
& white photograph of Zappa and Captain Beefheart sitting at a table - the Captain is brushing his moustache and
product-placing a Coca-Cola can on the table; Zappa is watching him, cigarette in hand, bemused (or slightly drunk).
Back cover has a colour photograph of Zappa on stage playing his guitar. The inside picture is a black & white photo
of Zappa on stage, with his guitar, but with one hand held high over his head; Captain Beefheart sits in a chair on
stage, surrounded by some Mothers.
oddities. (There is a completely unsubstantiated rumour that this radio show was actually a broadcast of a Warner
Brothers promo record with these songs on it, which has never been found, and never been confirmed to have
existed.)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10-12, 15, 19 & 20 have been officially released on Bongo Fury, The Lost Episodes, Mystery Disc
and Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. As for the other tracks:
Track 2 was performed live in the studio; the Captain sings the song to a simple guitar backing
Track 4 is a very strange track, announced as a recording of a group called "The Smegmates"
Tracks 6-8 are CBS demos from 1965 - track 6 has been officially released (approximately) on the Mystery Disc.
Track 8 may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm".
Track 9 recorded at Studio Z, Cucamonga, 1964
Track 13 is from 1964 (very informative, isn't it?)
Track 14 has been officially released (perhaps in a shorter edit) on the Mystery Disc (as "Original Mothers at the
Broadside (Pomona)"); it is the first live recording of the Mothers, from 1965
Tracks 16-17 are from the first Mothers rehearsal in 1965; a small fragment of track 16 has been officially
released on the Mystery Disc, as "Original Mothers Rehearsal"
Track 18 is a 1968 rehearsal
Track 21 is NOT directly from Bongo Fury, but a longer version from an acetate, clocking in at 07:55 instead of
04:31. What has been cut out on Bongo Fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo (a slide solo by Denny
Walley), 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo (effectively a piano solo and one verse), and 2
seconds of the fade-out. It's a CD bonus track from another radio broadcast, on WPLR, New Haven, 18-Apr-1975,
and it also appears on Chronicle and Bongo Fury El Paso TX.
Adding to this very impressive cast of characters, the album retains some radio-station chatter from Zappa and the
Captain. From Patrick Neve:
I think the Mystery Disc tracks sound A LOT better [here] than ... on the Mystery Disc.
The cover/"booklet" is a single sheet folded once; no staples. The front of it is a black & white image of a 1950s
American suburban family of 12 gatherered around a TV set; the title is printed in colour. The back of it has a black
& white photograph of Zappa and Captain Beefheart sitting at a table - the Captain is brushing his moustache and
product-placing a Coca-Cola can on the table; Zappa is watching him, cigarette in hand, bemused (or slightly drunk).
Back cover has a colour photograph of Zappa on stage playing his guitar. The inside picture is a black & white photo
of Zappa on stage, with his guitar, but with one hand held high over his head; Captain Beefheart sits in a chair on
stage, surrounded by some Mothers.
Collectors With This Show
| User (active/rating) | Media / # | Show | Sound | Details | DB Source | User Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MrSteve | B+ / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | sbd>fm>?>cd | |||||
| Rich Pucci | CDR (shn) / 1 | View | ||||
| Tom Lamprey | cdr shn / 1 | View | ||||
| brmc69 | cd-r / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Jay Thomson | SHN / 1 | View | Radio-broadcast oldies and rarities | |||
| Kevin Sigafoos | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Gabe Tafoya | SHN / 1 | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Marc Biller | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| John Allen | SHN / 1 | A | View | Unknown | ||
| Staunchy | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| brothercrow (a.k.a. michael crow) | shn>cdr= / 1 | a- | View | radio > ? > shn | ||
| Notes: | it's odd for the source , but it actually does sound better than most of the zappa boots that i bought when i was younger . beefheart does his thing well on this one (..when franks not rambling anyway ; ) | |||||
| Jimmy Mills | CD-R / 1 | A | A | View | FM | |
| tom kunz | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Jeff Courouleau | CD-R / 1 | A- | View | FM | ||
| Notes: | 1. Cucamonga [Bongo Fury version] 2. Orange Claw Hammer [Don van Vliet] 3. Debra Kadabra / Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Bongo Fury versions] 4. The Smegmates: Will You Drink My Water? 5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Pachuco Cadaver [Don van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica version] 6. I Was a Teenage Maltshop 7. Status Back Baby 8. Ned the Mumbler [may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm"] 9. Toads of the Short Forest 10. Charva [The Lost Episodes version] 11. Speed-Freak Boogie [Mystery Disc version] 12. Metal Man Has Won His Wings [Don van Vliet / Zappa] [Mystery Disc version] 13. Instrumental 14. Louisiana Blues [McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield] 15. Instrumental ["Party Scene from Mondo Hollywood" - Mystery Disc version] 16. Studio Rehearsal ["Sandwich Song"] 17. How Could I Be Such a Fool? 18. Boogie for Berkeley 19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish [Don van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica version] 20. Muffin Man [Bongo Fury version] 21. 200 Years Old [extended version] This is a recording of a radio show on KWST radio, 1-Nov-1975, where Zappa and Beefheart played oldies and oddities. (There is a completely unsubstantiated rumour that this radio show was actually a broadcast of a Warner Brothers promo record with these songs on it, which has never been found, and never been confirmed to have existed.) Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10-12, 15, 19 & 20 have been officially released on Bongo Fury, The Lost Episodes, Mystery Disc and Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. As for the other tracks: Track 2 was performed live in the studio; the Captain sings the song to a simple guitar backing Track 4 is a very strange track, announced as a recording of a group called "The Smegmates" Tracks 6-8 are CBS demos from 1965 - track 6 has been officially released (approximately) on the Mystery Disc. Track 8 may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm". Track 9 recorded at Studio Z, Cucamonga, 1964 Track 13 is from 1964 (very informative, isn't it?) Track 14 has been officially released (perhaps in a shorter edit) on the Mystery Disc (as "Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)"); it is the first live recording of the Mothers, from 1965 Tracks 16-17 are from the first Mothers rehearsal in 1965; a small fragment of track 16 has been officially released on the Mystery Disc, as "Original Mothers Rehearsal" Track 18 is a 1968 rehearsal Track 21 is NOT directly from Bongo Fury, but a longer version from an acetate, clocking in at 07:55 instead of 04:31. What has been cut out on Bongo Fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo (a slide solo by Denny Walley), 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo (effectively a piano solo and one verse), and 2 seconds of the fade-out. It's a CD bonus track from another radio broadcast, on WPLR, New Haven, 18-Apr-1975, and it also appears on Chronicle and Bongo Fury El Paso TX. Adding to this very impressive cast of characters, the album retains some radio-station chatter from Zappa and the Captain. From Patrick Neve: I think the Mystery Disc tracks sound A LOT better [here] than ... on the Mystery Disc. The cover/"booklet" is a single sheet folded once; no staples. The front of it is a black & white image of a 1950s American suburban family of 12 gatherered around a TV set; the title is printed in colour. The back of it has a black & white photograph of Zappa and Captain Beefheart sitting at a table - the Captain is brushing his moustache and product-placing a Coca-Cola can on the table; Zappa is watching him, cigarette in hand, bemused (or slightly drunk). Back cover has a colour photograph of Zappa on stage playing his guitar. The inside picture is a black & white photo of Zappa on stage, with his guitar, but with one hand held high over his head; Captain Beefheart sits in a chair on stage, surrounded by some Mothers. | |||||
| John Cook | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | 491 MB, 67:39. The Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart Radio Special. (My SHN) | |||||
| John and Becca Witcher | 1 / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | probably pre-fm reel > ??? > CD > CD-Rs > EAC > SHN. On same disc as Zappa: We're Only In It For The Money Outtakes. | |||||
| brent | shn / 1 | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Harland | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Michael | cd / 1 | View | ||||
| john zicconi | CDR / 1 | FM | View | FM | ||
| Notes: | Two tracks for a total of 61:54 | |||||
| Uwe Z. | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| Crazytigerrabbitman | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| jim newcomb | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | on ASST DVD 8 | |||||
| Ego Tripper | CD-R / 1 | A | A | View | Liberated Bootleg | |
| Notes: | Radio show where Zappa and Beefheart played odd music. | |||||
| bear bridges | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | FM BROADCAST | |||||
| MrX-Indeed | SHN / 1 | A | View | FM | ||
| John Stevens | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Notes: | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||||
| Ryan Wojno | CDR / 1 | View | pre-FM reel | |||
| steve w. | SHN / 1 | View | KWST radio broadcast | |||
| Radman | SHN / 1 | A | View | FM | ||
| Ben | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Jason Harder | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| Shawnee | FLAC / 1 | A | A | View | FM | |
| Franck | CDR / 1 | A | View | FM | ||
| ZIP007 | SHN / 0 | View | FM | |||
| Jason A | cd / 1 | A | View | |||
| Crock | shn / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Notes: | pre-fm reel> | |||||
| Capt | / 0 | View | ||||
| Adam Cron | SHN / 1 | View | ||||
| EMSheldon | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| 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 | |||||
| Joe Bauman | Shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Kaz | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| D Chase | shn / 1 | View | Probably Pre-FM Reel >?> CD> CDr’s>EAC>Shn | |||
| Notes: | In Studio Radio Promo for Bongo Fury (11/1/75 was the Broadcast date) | |||||
| John | CD-R / 1 | View | ||||
| Notes: | The Zappa/Beefheart radio hour. | |||||
| Matt Vernon | SHN / 2 | View | ||||
| Brian C | CDR / 1 | A | A+ | View | Radio Broadcast | |
| Jim | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Danny Smack | / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | from boot CD | |||||
| - j | SHN / 1 | 9.9 | View | liberated boot [sbd A+] | ||
| David Backus | CDR-SHN / 1 | View | FM Broadcast | |||
| Arthur Sutherland | SHN / 1 | View | liberated bootleg "An Evening with Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart" | |||
| Notes: | on SHN d2 of Avalon Allstars 2003-01-25 | |||||
| Greg Newton | shn / 1 | View | Liberated Bootleg | |||
| b4s | SHN / 1 | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Moses Talbot | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| . | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Notes: | An Evening with Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart | |||||
| Robert Grah | CDR / 1 | A- | View | |||
| Daniel Mabrey | CDr/SHN / 1 | A- | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | ||
| ChiefBud | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| fz3s | CD / 1 | A | View | |||
| Duane Currey | shn / 1 | A | A | View | ||
| Rob Arken | / 0 | View | ||||
| TCA | SHN / 1 | B5 | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | ||
| Mike Cotton | SHN / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| Ben French | cdr / 1 | A | View | Liberated Bootleg | ||
| Spaz | 1 / 0 | View | ||||
| Bob | CDR / 1 | A- | View | |||
| Clayton A. | CDR / 1 | A | View | |||
| Notes: | Zappa and Beefheart playing tunes on the radio | |||||
| Dave Ziglar | shn / 1 | A | View | Liberated Bootleg | ||
| Mark | / 1 | View | ||||
| Phil Rogovitz | CD-R / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| jad1420 | shn / 1 | View | probably pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | |||
| skip albright | shn / 1 | View | ||||
| Scott | cdr/shn / 1 | View | ||||
| ryan king | SHN / 1 | A-- | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN | ||
| Jim Alverson | cdr / 1 | A | A | View | fm | |
| David Bradley | cdr / 1 | View | ||||
| Gary Salzman | CDR / 1 | View | ||||
| shortround | CDr / 1 | View | pre-fm reel>???>CD (liberated bootleg: 'An Evening with Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart') | |||
| lttle john | / 0 | View | ||||
| Ben Wear | SHN, AUD / 1 | View | ||||
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