LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, live at My Fathers Place, Roslyn on 18th November 1978.

After a period of relative inactivity, in 1978 Captain Beefheart re emerged with a new Magic Band and a superb album, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller). To promote it, they undertook a club tour of the US, to the delight of his devoted fans. The wonderfully energetic show featured here was performed in a 200 seat supper club in Long Island on November 18th 1978 and broadcast on WLIR-FM, and finds the band tackling material from the breadth of his career to date.

Track Listing:

• 1-1 Introduction 0:47
• 1-2 Tropical Hot Dog Night 4:36
• 1-3 Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man 5:07
• 1-4 Owed T'Alex 5:20
• 1-5 Dropout Boogie 3:13
• 1-6 Harry Irene 3:46
• 1-7 Abba Zaba 3:44
• 1-8 Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles 4:12
• 1-9 Old Fart At Play 2:26
• 1-10 Well 3:35
• 1-11 Ice Rose 3:56
• 2-1 Moonlight On Vermont 3:52
• 2-2 The Floppy Boot Stomp 4:18
• 2-3 You Know You're A Man 3:26
• 2-4 Bat Chain Puller / Apes-Ma 6:41
• 2-5 When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy 6:04
• 2-6 Veteran's Day Poppy 9:11
• 2-7 Safe As Milk 5:19
• 2-8 Suction Prints 4:41