DON'T ARGUE WITH THE CAPTAIN
history - interviews and stories

summer 1978: recording of 'shiny beast (bat chain puller)'
011078 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TAKES UP CUDGEL... with two pictures

13 october 1978: usa release of shiny beast (bat chain puller) followed by tour
121178 usa GENIUS OR LUNATIC?
151178 usa AMERICAN ROMANCE
251178 usa THE CAPTAIN IS BACK AND THAT'S NO BEEF
251178 usa BEEFHEART'S GOT NO BEEF (OR BACK-BEAT, EITHER)
271178 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART MAKES FIRST ALBUM IN 4 YEARS reprint!
011278 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: JUST PLAIN CRAZY reprint!
011278 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART [sweet potato]
021278 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: MUSICAL SCULPTOR
061278 usa CAPT. BEEFHEART: A CLEAN PALETTE
191278 usa vinyl DIRECT NEWS
010179 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART PULLS A HAT OUT OF HIS RABBIT pic
011079 japan 'WHY DON'T YOU LISTEN? THERE IS A SOUND.' reprint!
010200 england 'THE MASTER MUST SPEAK TO YOU'
010279 usa THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING... [trouser press] pic
010579 germany DON VAN VLIET ALIAS BEEFHEART: WAS NEUES VOM CAPTAIN?

1979 and early 1980: relaxing from making weird music
010580 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART [wet] pic
0106?86 england [TITLE UNKNOWN] reprint!
2001 usa book DON VAN VLIET - 1980: VENICE, CALIFORNIA half reprint!

summer 1980: recording of album 'doc at the radar station'
270780 usa BEEFING UP ON CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
011180 england TALKING PICTURES almost the same as confidences
011280 france ROCK 'N' ROLL CONFIDENCES: CAPTAIN BEEFHEART
010181 italy IL CORVO E LA VOLPE includes confidences
010281 finland MAALARI, KIRJAILIJA, MUUSIKKO, NERO includes confidences

26 september 1980: release of doc at the radar station
story 09.80 usa YOU'RE SURE NOBODY'S SEEN IT? pic
011080 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S FAR CRY
010181 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S IRIDESCENT LOGIC reprint! three pics
010581 usa BEATING 'ROUND THE BUSH WITH BEEFHEART reprint!
2007 usa book CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S FAR CRY reprint!
010311 england CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S FAR CRY reprint!
201080 usa CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS
011180 england TALES OF TRANSMUTATION four pics
011280 usa NAVIGATIONS FROM THE MOJAVE reprint!
060281 australia IF YOU HAD TOO MUCH TO THINK LAST NIGHT, SEE DOC AT THE RADAR STATION reprint!
011016 england 'I SOLD ALDOUS HUXLEY A VACUUM CLEANER...' reprint!
010419 england 'USE MY EXPLODING NOTE THEORY' [nme gold] reprint!
010720 england 'USE MY EXPLODING NOTE THEORY!' [uncut] reprint!
051180 usa KNOW WHAT I MEAN? [soho news]
271180 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S SHIP COMES IN two pics
111280 australia CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S SHIP COMES IN reprint!
010381 greece CAPTAIN BEEFHEART reprint!
1990 usa book CAPTAIN BEEFHEART (1980) reprint!
2007 usa book CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S SHIP COMES IN reprint!
010211 italy L'UOMO CHE AMAVA LE CAPRE reprint!

25 october - 19 november 1980: european tour
151180 france UN ANALPHABÈTE DU ROCK
191180 holland DE VOORUITZIENDE BLIK VAN CAPTAIN BEEFHEART two pics
051280 ireland THE BEEFING OF ANOTHER HEART
story late1280 usa THE CAPTAIN BEEFHEART QUIZ-O-RAMA pic
010381 england CAPTAIN BEEFHEART in conversation

22 november 1980 - 31 january 1981: usa and canada tour
011280 usa THE BEATING OF AN ASHTRAY HEART six pics
031280 usa RARE BEEFHEART
late1280 usa GENUINE BEEFHEART
010181 germany SO NAH WIE EIN KANINCHEN EINEM PAPAGEI KOMMT
010181 usa 'COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL? WHY NOT' two pics
120181 canada PIONEER RIDES NEW WAVE OF ATTENTION
150181 canada BEEFHEART COMING BACK
150181 usa CAPT. BEEFHEART'S MUSIC IS AN EXTENSION OF HIS COLORFUL LIFE
230181 canada BETTER AT SPELLING THAN MUSIC
250181 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: OUTSIDE ALL THE TRENDS two pics
010681 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART [music and sound output] reprint!
010281 usa PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A MEAN LITTLE BOY
010381 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S GROWN THE BEST BATCH YET pic
010381 usa AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT pic
010381 germany UND DU MERKST, DASS ER WIRKLICH SIEHT!
010481 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: METHOD TO HIS MADNESS pic
010384 england CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS VERSUS THE DISCO-FUTURE
010385 usa WHERE'S THE BEEF? [express]

7 august 1982: making of the clip to the last record ice cream for crow
180982 england EXTRA TERRESTRIAL MAN two pics
021082 england THE HOST, THE MOST, THE HOLY GHOST two pics
151082 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS LONER
111182 usa teevee LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN [1]
261182 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART KIDS HIMSELF GRACEFULLY
011282 usa SONIC SCULPTURE IN THE MOJAVE two pics
100183 usa PAINTING, MUSIC: TWO FROM THE BEEFHEART
310183 usa 'STROKE OF GENIUS' pic
010283 usa IN SEARCH OF CAPTAIN BEEFHEART two pics
110383 usa CAPTAIN BEEFHEART'S TARANTULA TALES
230483 holland JEANS IN DE WOESTIJN two pics
010583 usa A WACKY WAY OF KNOWLEDGE

through the years: some short left-overs
1977-81 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? collection of fragments two pics

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notes:
BLUE TITLE = recybered or linked
pic indicates the amount of contemporary pictures illustrating the text
BLACK TITLE = waiting to be added including translations
RED TITLE = text not found yet

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