Live Albums By Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet is better known as Captain Beefheart and he’s a unique performer. He died on December 17, 2010.
He’s an acquired taste as he deconstructs and constructs blues rock to create a new kind of music.
Studio albums by Captain Beefheart
It’s useful to look at the timing of the studio albums to help to understand the flavour of live albums.
1967 Safe as Milk
1968 Strictly Personal
1969 Trout Mask Replica
1970 Lick My Decals Off, Baby
1971 Mirror Man
1972 The Spotlight Kid
1972 Clear Spot
1974 Unconditionally Guaranteed
1974 Bluejeans & Moonbeams
1976 Bat Chain Puller
1978 Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
1980 Doc at the Radar Station
1982 Ice Cream for Crow
Live Albums By Captain Beefheart
There are a lot of live albums that have been released through loopholes in the copyright rules as radio broadcasts.
1966 – 67 Live
1972 Live at Bickershaw Festival
1972 – 1973 Translucent Fresnel (The Nan Trues Hole Tape 72/73 Live)
1972 – 1980 Magnetic Hands Live In The UK
1972 – 1980 Live ‘n’ Rare
1972 – 1981 Magneticism: The Best of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Bands – Live
1974 Live London 74
1975 Bongo Fury with Frank Zappa
1978 I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do Live At My Father’s Place
1980 Merseytrout: Live in Liverpool
1981 An Ashtray Heart
Captains Last Live Concert
2013 The Magic Band Plays The Music Of Captain Beefheart – Live In London
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Merseytrout Live In Liverpool is a live album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It was recorded live at Rotters Club in Liverpool, England on October 29, 1980. It was finally released in 2000.
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Live ‘n’ Rare is a live compilation album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It is pulled together from concerts in England including a newly discovered concert recording from Manchester in 1980.
This has been released as a limited edition CD set which is hand numbered and includes rare photographs. It is also available as an unrestricted mp3 download. It was released in 2004.
Magnetic Hands is a live compilation album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It pulls together recordings from:
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Live London 74 is a live album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
The Magic Band had rebelled before this tour and Captain Beefheart needed to find himself a new band quickly.
This album was recorded at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in July 1974 and finally released in 2006.
Captain Beefheart is one of those artists that are “interesting” but also quite intimidating.
His music is strange and odd but, when the ideas work, his songs are also compelling.
It’s impossible to say something along the lines of “he’s similar to…” because he’s unique. I’m having a tough enough job accepting that this is blues rock.
The idea of buying a Captain Beefheart compilation feels wrong to me. He didn’t have hit singles.
While you could try one of the better known studio albums like Trout Mask Replica or Safe As Milk I think buying a live album makes sense provided you buy the right live album. Continue reading What Is The Best Live Album By Captain Beefheart?
Live at Bickershaw Festival 1972 is a live album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It was released in 2007.
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An Ashtray Heart is a live album by Captain Beefheart.
It was recorded at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, Canada and broadcast live on Toronto radio on 17 January 1981.
Bonus tracks have also been added which include songs played on Saturday Night Live in 1980, a recording with Frank Zappa in 1975 and three songs from a 1971 radio broadcast.
It was released in 2011 after the Captain died December 17, 2010.
Live 1966-67 is a live album by Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band.
This pulls together concert recordings from the Avalon Ballroom in 1966 and Radio Station in 1967.
Bongo Fury is a live album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers with Captain Beefheart that includes two and a half studio tracks.
The live songs were recorded at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas on May 20 & 21, 1975. It was released in October 1975.
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I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do Live At My Fathers Place 1978 is a live album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.
It was recorded at a very small club called My Father’s Place in Roslyn, New York in 1978 as a limited edition CD but it’s freely available as an mp3 download.
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