Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) is the 10th studio album by the American author, painter and singer of experimental rock and blues music Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band . The album was released in 1978. After the hardly noticed albums Unconditionally Guaranteed and Bluejeans & Moonbeams , the breakthrough for Beefheart followed after a creative break with Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) . The criticism reacted profusely. In particular, the piece "Owed t'Alex" was highlighted.

backgrounds

The album was originally recorded in 1976 for DiscReet Records . It was produced by Frank Zappa and was to appear under the title Bat Chain Puller . Due to legal disputes between Zappa and its manager at the time, Herb Cohen , who founded DiscReet Records with Zappa, the release was stopped and the Zappa master tapes were put under lock and key. The titles "Harry Irene", "The Floppy Boot Stomp", "Owed t'Alex" and the poem "Apes-Ma" intended for the album had already been sent to Virgin Records and to music journalists as a tape . Various bootlegs contained the titles under record names such as The Original Bat Chain Puller + Paris 1972 , Original 1976 Shiny Beast Version , Bat Chain Puller - The 1976 Sessions , and Dust Sucker . In 1978 Beefheart played the album from scratch for Warner Bros. Records with a new musical line-up, this time without the participation of Frank Zappa and Herb Cohen.

Track list

All titles were written by Captain Beefheart , with the exception of the 8th title, which Herb Bermann assisted with.

Page one
  1. "The Floppy Boot Stomp" - 3:51
  2. "Tropical Hot Dog Night" - 4:48
  3. "Ice Rose" - 3:37
  4. "Harry Irene" - 3:42
  5. "You Know You're a Man" - 3:14
  6. "Bat Chain Puller" - 5:27
Side two
  2. "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy" - 5:03
  3. "Owed t'Alex" (Van Vliet, Herb Bermann ) - 4:06
  4. "Candle Mambo" - 3:24
  5. "Love Lies" - 5:03
  6. "Suction Prints" - 4:25
  7. "Apes-Ma" - 0:40

Musician

Bat chain puller

On February 22, 2012, the Zappa Family Trust released the original 1976 recordings titled Bat Chain Puller on its own label Vaulternative Records . This album was mixed by John French .

Track list

  1. Bat Chain Puller - 5:07
  2. Seam Crooked Sam - 3:09
  3. Harry Irene - 3:25
  4. 81 Poop Hatch - 2:35
  5. Flavor Bud Living - 1:49
  6. Brick Bats - 4:27
  7. Floppy Boot Stomp - 3:57
  8. Chariot (Ah Carrot Is As Close As Ah Rabbit Gets To Ah Diamond) - 1:37
  9. Owed T 'Alex - 3:19
  10. Odd Jobs - 5:14
  11. Human Totem Pole (The 1000th And 10th Day Of The Human Totem Pole) - 5:49
  12. Apes-Ma - 0:44
  13. Bat Chain Puller (alternate mix) - 5:05 (bonus track)
  14. Candle Mambo - 3:25 (bonus track)
  15. Hobo-Ism - 8:18 (bonus track)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Album overviews ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beefheart.com
  2. ↑ a b Lost Captain Beefheart album Bat Chain Puller finally due out , The Guardian , accessed September 23, 2012
  3. ↑ Details of bootleg releases ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at beefheart.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.beefheart.com
  4. ↑ Bat Chain Puller at Discogs

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