CAPTAIN'S CARGO
discography
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bootlegs
bootleg
ceedee
RAILROADISM
live in the usa 72-81
england
2003 viper cd 015
time 72:33
note: partner of magnetic hands
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TRACK LISTING
fenway theatre,
boston 220172
OLD BLACK SNAKE
3:34
(unreleased
cover)
town hall, new
york 240273
KING BEE 5:57
(unreleased
cover)
roxy, los angeles
140775
THE BLIMP / soft
shoe 6:16 trout
mask replica 1969 / unreleased
I'M GONNA BOOGLARIZE
YOU BABY 3:46 the
spotlight kid 1972
red creek inn,
rochester 031177
A CARROT IS AS
CLOSE AS A RABBIT GETS TO A DIAMOND 2:20 (later)
doc at the radar station 1980
CHINA PIG / railroadism
8:07
trout
mask replica 1969 / unreleased
I LOVE YOU, YOU
BIG DUMMY [spoken]0:23
lick
my decals off, baby 1970
the bottom line,
new york 251177 (1st show)
GROW FINS 5:50
the
spotlight kid 1972
the bottom line,
new york 251177 (2nd show)
THE FLOPPY BOOT
STOMP 4:06 (later)
shiny beast (bat chain puller) 1978
opry house, houston
011278
HARRY IRENE 3:57
shiny
beast (bat chain puller) 1978
THE DUST BLOWS
FORWARD 'N' THE DUST BLOWS BACK 2:10 trout
mask replica 1969
the country club,
reseda 290181
ASHTRAY HEART 3:45
doc
at the radar station 1980
DIRTY BLUE GENE
3:48
doc
at the radar station 1980
THE SMITHSONIAN
INSTITUTE BLUES (OR THE BIG DIG) 2:18 lick
my decals off, baby 1970
ONE RED ROSE THAT
I MEAN 2:10 lick
my decals off, baby 1970
VETERAN'S DAY POPPY
4:44
trout
mask replica 1969
BIG EYED BEANS
FROM VENUS 5:17 clear
spot 1972
avalon ballroom,
san francisco 1966
AVALON BLUES 3:12
(unreleased)
REVIEWS
looking at the data, i already get an idea of and thoughts on this product (the picture on the front is from an other time and space, for example). but i can't fully judge the production, for at the moment i don't have this just released bootleg in: the 'burning' record companies (you know what i mean?) nowadays selling 'genuine' beefhearts never send me samples. i fear they fear my reviews, because i want quality for my money and usually they don't provide it.so, for now, you will have to do with the following quickies:
1
from mojo #115 010603 england
by mark paytress
rating: 1 star out of 5Grow Fins, Revenant's 5-cd anthology of outtakes and live recordings, was a long overdue adjunct to Beefheart's official work. Unfortunately, the trickle of copyright-dodging material that has appeared since hasn't always best served the reputation, and - thrilling though it may be to aficionados - 'Railroadism' contains nothing that enhances the legacy. Had the sources been better than passable audience recordings, then the power of, say, I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby from a surprisingly good 1975 Magic Band incarnation, or the half-dozen cuts from California in 1981 would be more convincing. Even the Captain's reverberating growl is occasionally reduced to that of a helium-quaffing dwarf, an indication of one or two tape-speed difficulties at the mastering stage. Why, my furtively taped recording (Southampton University, [england - t.t.], 1975) sounds no worse - and I expect some enterprising folk will be knocking that out on cd soon, too
Dispelling once and for all the myth that Van Vliet was appreciated less in his native land than elsewhere, this excellent trawl through nearly a decade of US truck-stops is as much an opportunity to compare Magic Bands as it is to marvel at the Don. Plenty of high points (the Delta growl of 'Old Black Snake' from '72, a swampy 'Grow Fins' from NYC's Bottom Line in '77, a strangely tender 'Harry Irene' a year later), but on this evidence, the newly semi-reformed '81 line-up - six cuts from Reseda Country Club, California - takes some serious shifting. 2
from uncut #73 010603 england
by rob hughes
rating: 4 stars out of 5Companion piece to last year's Magnetic Hands - live in the UK compilation. Includes San Francisco's 1966 add-on 'Avalon Blues'.
[updated 270503]
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