Magnetic Hands is a live compilation album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It pulls together recordings from:
- 1972 Bickershaw Festival
- 1972 Free Trade Hall, Manchester
- 1973 Leicester University
- 1975 Knebworth
- 1975 Guildhall, Portsmouth
- 1980 The Venue, London
- 1980 Rotters, Liverpool
Songs On Captain Beefheart Magnetic Hands Live In The UK 1972 – 80
- Click Clack (Bickershaw Festival 7/5/1972) – 4:50
- Old Black Snake (Bickershaw Festival 7/5/1972) – 3:26
- Grow Fins (Bickershaw Festival 7/5/1972) – 5:10
- Peon (Free Trade Hall, Manchester 1/4/1972) – 3:03
- Golden Birdies (Free Trade Hall, Manchester 1/4/1972) – 2:20
- Electricity (Leicester University 1/5/1973) – 7:03
- Sugar Mama (Leicester University 1/5/1973) – 8:26
- Orange Claw Hammer (Knebworth 5/7/1975) – 3:55
- Gimme Dat Harp Boy (Knebworth 5/7/1975) – 4:41
- Dali’s Car (Guildhall, Portsmouth 1/12/1975) – 2:05
- Beatle Bones ‘N’ Smokin’ Stones (Guildhall, Portsmouth 1/12/1975) – 4:08
- Flavor Bud Living (The Venue, London 12/11/1980) – 2:11
- Nowadays A Womans Gotta Hit A Man (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 4:42
- Abba Zaba (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 3:42
- Hothead (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 3:30
- Safe As Milk (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 3:40
- Drop Out Boogie (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 2:43
- Kandy Korn (Rotters, Liverpool 29/10/1980) – 5:01
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Buying Magnetic Hands
With live compilation albums, you can have problems with the sound quality, band performance and audience responses varying with the move from location to location. I think it’s worth sampling this before buying.
It is available from Amazon.com – Amazon.co.uk – iTunes – eBay
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