LPH 006 - Round About Beefheart (1958-2004)

[Lucky Psychic Hut, 2009; #006]


tracklist:

(1958) Bo Diddley - Diddy Wah Diddy
(1959) Howlin' Wolf - Forty Four
(1966) Lowell George + The Factory - Lightning-Rod Man
(1971) Little Feat - Forty Four Blues/How Many More Years
(1971) MU - Ain't No Blues
(1976) Buzzcocks - I Love You, You Big Dummy/Don't Mess Me 'Round
(1988) Sonic Youth - Electricity
(1988) John Oswald + Henry Kaiser - Replica
(1988) XTC - Ella Guru
(1988) John Oswald + Henry Kaiser - One Red Rose in Flash Gordon's Dishpan
(1993) Pascal Comelade - Dali's Car
(1995) Arno + The Subrovnicks - Hot Heat
(1995) Eugene Chadbourne + Jimmy Carl Black - Clear Spot
(1998) Doctor Nerve - When It Blows Its Stacks
(1998) John French - Hair Pie Drums
(2004) The Magic Band - From the Peel Session:
- Electricity
- Floppy Boot Stomp
- Mirror Man
- Moonlight on Vermont
- Big Eyed Beans from Venus

total time: 77'12


Compositions by Don Van Vliet [Captain Beefheart], except:
1 by Ellas McDaniel [Bo Diddley] + Willie Dixon;
2 by Chester Burnett [Howlin' Wolf];
3 by Lowell George + Martin F. Kibbee;
4.1 + 4.2 by Chester Burnett [Howlin' Wolf];
5 by Jeff Cotton [Antennae Jimmy Semens];
6.2 by Pete Shelley + Howard Devoto;
8 + 10 are plunderphonics by Kaiser + Oswald from the Captain Beefheart + The Magic Band's album 'Lick My Decals Off, Baby';
15 drum solo part by John French [Drumbo].

Beefed by Lucky in April 2009.
Original cover photo by Anton Corbijn, Mojave Desert, 1980.
This is a tribute to Captain Beefheart AND The Magic Band.
Visit the Captain Beefheart Radar Station for more information.