His Magic Band* – Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)
Tracklist
| Just Got Back From The City (1965-67) | |||
| 1-1 | Obeah Man (1966 Demo) | 2:47 | |
| 1-2 | Just Got Back From The City (1966 Demo) | 1:53 | |
| 1-3 | I'm Glad (1966 Demo) | 3:44 | |
| 1-4 | Triple Combination (1966 Demo) | 2:48 | |
| 1-5 | Here I Am I Always Am (Early 1966 Demo) | 3:15 | |
| 1-6 | Here I Am I Always Am (Later 1966 Demo) | 2:32 | |
| 1-7 | Somebody In My Home (1966 Live) | 3:03 | |
| 1-8 | Tupelo (1966 Live) | 4:15 | |
| 1-9 | Evil Is Going On (1966 Live) | 2:33 | |
| 1-10 | Old Folks Boogie (1967 Live) | 3:15 | |
| 1-11 | Call On Me (1965 Demo) | 3:04 | |
| 1-12 | Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (1967 Demo) | 2:11 | |
| 1-13 | Yellow Brick Road (1967 Demo) | 1:45 | |
| 1-14 | Plastic Factory (1967 Demo) | 2:57 | |
| Electricity (1967-68) | |||
| 2-1 | Electricity (1968 Live) | 3:42 | |
| 2-2 | Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (1968 Live) | 2:57 | |
| 2-3 | Rollin N Tumblin (1968 Live) | 11:08 | |
| 2-4 | Electricity (1968 Live) | 3:54 | |
| 2-5 | Yer Gonna Need Somebody On Yer Bond (1968 Live) | 6:25 | |
| 2-6 | Kandy Korn (1968 Live) | 4:21 | |
| 2-7 | Korn Ring Finger (1967 Demo) | 7:23 | |
| Trout Mask House Sessions (1969) | |||
| 3-1 | (Untitled 1) | 4:59 | |
| 3-2 | (Untitled 2) | 8:18 | |
| 3-3 | Hair Pie: Bake 1 | 5:04 | |
| 3-4 | Hair Pie: Bake 2 | 2:44 | |
| 3-5 | (Untitled 5) | 1:04 | |
| 3-6 | Hobo Chang Ba | 2:02 | |
| 3-7 | (Untitled 7) | 1:57 | |
| 3-8 | Hobo Chang Ba (Take 2) | 3:08 | |
| 3-9 | Dachau Blues | 2:06 | |
| 3-10 | Old Fart At Play | 1:23 | |
| 3-11 | (Untitled 11) | 1:01 | |
| 3-12 | Pachuco Cadaver | 4:08 | |
| 3-13 | Sugar N Spikes | 2:40 | |
| 3-14 | (Untitled 14) | 1:00 | |
| 3-15 | Sweet Sweet Bulbs | 2:30 | |
| 3-16 | Frownland (Take 1) | 2:51 | |
| 3-17 | Frownland | 1:52 | |
| 3-18 | (Untitled 18) | 1:10 | |
| 3-19 | Ella Guru | 2:33 | |
| 3-20 | (Untitled 20) | 0:08 | |
| 3-21 | She's Too Much For My Mirror | 1:30 | |
| 3-22 | (Untitled 22) | 0:35 | |
| 3-23 | Steal Softly Through Snow | 2:22 | |
| 3-24 | (Untitled 24) | 1:51 | |
| 3-25 | My Human Gets Me Blues | 2:53 | |
| 3-26 | (Untitled 26) | 1:05 | |
| 3-27 | When Big Joan Sets Up | 4:32 | |
| 3-28 | (Untitled 28) | 0:04 | |
| 3-29 | (Untitled 29) | 0:56 | |
| 3-30 | China Pig | 4:14 | |
| Trout Mask House Sessions (Storytime Portion) (1969) | |||
| 4-1 | Blimp | 5:09 | |
| 4-2 | Herb | 1:06 | |
| 4-3 | Septic Tank | 0:51 | |
| 4-4 | Overdub | 5:26 | |
| Cannes Beach, , 1968 | 6:58 | ||
| 4-Video1a | Electricity | ||
| 4-Video1b | Sure Nuff N Yes I Do | ||
| Amougies, Belgium, 1969 | 5:31 | ||
| 4-Video2a | She's Too Much For My Mirror | ||
| 4-Video2b | My Human Gets Me Blues | ||
| Detroit, Michigan, 1971 | 12:51 | ||
| 4-Video3a | When Big Joan Sets Up | ||
| 4-Video3b | Woe Is Uh Me Bop | ||
| 4-Video3c | Bellerin Plain | ||
| Paris, , 1972 | 2:55 | ||
| 4-Video4a | Click Clack | ||
| Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Grow Fins (1969-82) | |||
| 5-1 | My Human Gets Me Blues (1969 Live) | 3:56 | |
| 5-2 | When Big Joan Sets Up (1971 Live) | 6:13 | |
| 5-3 | Woe Is Uh Me Bop (1971 Live) | 2:46 | |
| 5-4 | Bellerin Plain (1971 Live) | 3:26 | |
| 5-5 | Black Snake Moan (1972 Radio Phone-In) | 1:04 | |
| 5-6 | Grow Fins (1972 Live) | 5:12 | |
| 5-7 | Black Snake Moan II (1972 Radio) | 1:52 | |
| 5-8 | Spitball Scalped Uh Baby (1972 Live) | 9:16 | |
| 5-9 | Harp Boogie I (1972 Radio) | 1:34 | |
| 5-10 | One Red Rose That I Mean (1972 Live) | 1:48 | |
| 5-11 | Harp Boogie II (1972 Radio) | 0:55 | |
| 5-12 | Natchez Burning (1972 Radio) | 0:45 | |
| 5-13 | Harp Boogie III (1972 Radio Phone-In) | 0:52 | |
| 5-14 | Click Clack (1973 Live) | 2:53 | |
| 5-15 | Orange Claw Hammer (1975 Radio) | 4:39 | |
| 5-16 | Odd Jobs (1975 Piano Demo) | 5:13 | |
| 5-17 | Odd Jobs (1976 Band Demo) | 5:12 | |
| 5-18 | Vampire Suite (1980 Worktapes/Live) | 3:48 | |
| 5-19 | Mellotron Improv (1978 Live) | 1:25 | |
| 5-20 | Evening Bell (1980 Piano Worktape) | 0:56 | |
| 5-21 | Evening Bell (1982 Guitar Worktape) | 2:18 | |
| 5-22 | Mellotron Improv (1980 Live) | 2:22 | |
| 5-23 | Flavor Bud Living (1980 Live) | 1:16 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Revenant
- Copyright © – Revenant
- Mastered At – Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
- Remixed At – Bill Schnee Studios
- Copyright © – Don Van Vliet
- Copyright © – Chester Burnett
- Copyright © – John Lee Hooker
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3422
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3498
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3403
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3385
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3404
- Pressed By – Allied DT – 3402
- Recorded At – Original Sound Studio
- Recorded At – Wally Heider Studios
- Recorded At – Gold Star Studios
- Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
- Recorded At – The Magic Band House
- Recorded At – Beacon Theatre, New York
- Recorded At – Actuel Festival, Belgium
- Recorded At – Bickershaw Festival
- Recorded At – Le Bataclan
- Recorded At – The Paradise, Boston
- Recorded At – The Venue, London
- Recorded At – Avalon Ballroom
- Recorded At – MIDEM Music Festival
- Recorded At – Frank Freeman's Dance Studio
- Recorded At – Town Hall, New York
- Recorded At – Stanhope House
- Recorded At – Radio KWST
- Recorded At – WBCN FM Boston
- Recorded At – Tubeworks WABX
Credits
- Art Direction – Jeff Hunt
- Bass – Mark Boston (tracks: 3-1 to 3-30, 5-1 to 5-4, 5-6, 5-14)
- Bass Clarinet – Victor Hayden (tracks: 3-1 to 3-30, 5-1)
- Design, Layout – Susan Archie
- Drums – PG Blakely* (tracks: 1-4, 1-6 to 1-9)
- Edited By [Final CD Editing], Mastered By – Dave Glasser*
- Guitar – Rich Hepner (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5)
- Harmonica – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10, 1-12, 2-1 to 2-7, 5-5 to 5-7, 5-11 to 5-14)
- Liner Notes [Booklet Notes] – John French
- Photography By [Photo Magic] – Sue Pie
- Producer – Gary Marker* (tracks: 1-12 to 1-14)
- Remastered By – Bill Schnee (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)
- Shenai [Shehnai] – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6)
- Soprano Saxophone – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2-3 to 2-6, 3-1 to 4-4, 5-2 to 5-4, 5-8, 5-18)
- Sounds [Typewriter] – Laurie Stone (tracks: 3-2)
- Supervised By [Enhanced CD Direction] – Jeff Economy
- Technician [Audio Wizardry] – Scott Colburn
- Technician [Tape-To-Digital Transfers] – John Thomas (5) (tracks: 3-1 to 4-4)
- Vocals – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 2-1 to 4-4, 5-1 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-11 to 5-15, 5-17, 5-18)
- Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 1-10 to 2-2, 2-4 to 5-4, 5-6, 5-8 to 5-11, 5-13 to 5-23)
Notes
This box set consists of heavy card photo-laminated outer box, containing heavy card photo-laminated wallet book that has a 112-page booklet & 5 CDs (in 5 natural card jackets) bound into the wallet spine. Booklet contains interviews, essays and rare photos, as well as track info.
Disc 4 is a partially-enhanced CD [Macromedia / Quicktime] containing tracks of live footage from 1968-72 performances.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-3 recorded at Original Sound, Hollywood, C.A.
Track 1-4 recorded at Vliet's mother's house, Carolside, Lancaster, CA. (One channel uses an 'Electrovoice 664' microphone for Vliet).
Tracks 1-5, 1-6, recorded at Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Tracks 1-7 to 1-10 recorded live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. (Aug/Sep '67).
Track 1-11 recorded at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 1-12 to 1-14 recorded at Original Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 2-1, 2-2 recorded live at MIDEM Pop Festival, Cannes beach, .
Tracks 2-3 to 2-6 recorded live at Frank Freeman's Dance Studio, Kidderminster, UK.
Track 2-7 recorded at T.T.G Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 3-1 to 4-4 recorded at the Magic Band house, Ensenada Drive, Woodhills, CA.
(3-2 voices are Amway delivery driver & his wife.
3-3 - 3-4 are outtakes and NOT the identically titled tracks on TMR. This is true of other similarly titled tracks to TMR on CD3- all outtakes)
Track 4-2 is reference to Herb Alpert (A&M), not Herb Bermann.
Track 5-1 recorded live at Amougies, Belgium 1969.
Tracks 5-2 to 5-4 recorded live at Detroit Tubeworks. (Jan 1971).
Tracks 5-5 and 5-13 recorded live via phone-in radio KHSU, CA.
Tracks 5-6 and 5-8 recorded live at Bickershaw Festival, Lancashire, UK.
Tracks 5-7, 5-9, 5-11 and 5-12 recorded live at radio WBCN, Boston, MA.
Track 5-10 recorded live at Town Hall, NYC.
Track 5-14 recorded live at Bataclan, Paris.
Track 5-15 recorded live at radio KWST.
Track 5-18 recorded live at The Venue, London, UK.
Track 5-19 recorded live at Paradise, Boston, MA.
Track 5-21 recorded at home, NYC.
Track 5-22 recorded live at Stanhope, NJ. (1980).
Track 5-23 recorded live at Beacon Theater, NYC. (1980).
Track 1-5 voice references to "her" & "she" being Dorothy Heard - relating to the demo gaining an A&M g for the band via Heard and Grant.
Track 1-8 also known as "Tupelo, Mississippi".
©Hooker
Track 1-9 Credited incorrectly in booklet to Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf), who recorded it. It was written for him by Willie Dixon.
Also known as "Evil (Is Going On)".
©Burnett (Evil Is Going On; Natchez Burning; Somebody In My Home)
Track 2-3 is a traditional blues song, recently attributable to McKinley Morganfield in its most popular form.
Tracks 5-5 & 5-7 is a traditional blues song, most recently attributable to Blind Lemon Jefferson in its most popular form.
Art Direction at "world of anArchie, Atlanta, Georgia"
Audio at "Gravelvoice, Seattle, Wshington".
Mastering at "Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado"
Remastering at "Bill Schnee Studios, California"
℗©1999 John Fahey's 'Revenant'
Under license from various owners.
Disc 4 is a partially-enhanced CD [Macromedia / Quicktime] containing tracks of live footage from 1968-72 performances.
Tracks 1-1 to 1-3 recorded at Original Sound, Hollywood, C.A.
Track 1-4 recorded at Vliet's mother's house, Carolside, Lancaster, CA. (One channel uses an 'Electrovoice 664' microphone for Vliet).
Tracks 1-5, 1-6, recorded at Wally Heider Studios, Hollywood, CA.
Tracks 1-7 to 1-10 recorded live at Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, CA. (Aug/Sep '67).
Track 1-11 recorded at Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 1-12 to 1-14 recorded at Original Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 2-1, 2-2 recorded live at MIDEM Pop Festival, Cannes beach, .
Tracks 2-3 to 2-6 recorded live at Frank Freeman's Dance Studio, Kidderminster, UK.
Track 2-7 recorded at T.T.G Studios, Los Angeles, CA.
Tracks 3-1 to 4-4 recorded at the Magic Band house, Ensenada Drive, Woodhills, CA.
(3-2 voices are Amway delivery driver & his wife.
3-3 - 3-4 are outtakes and NOT the identically titled tracks on TMR. This is true of other similarly titled tracks to TMR on CD3- all outtakes)
Track 4-2 is reference to Herb Alpert (A&M), not Herb Bermann.
Track 5-1 recorded live at Amougies, Belgium 1969.
Tracks 5-2 to 5-4 recorded live at Detroit Tubeworks. (Jan 1971).
Tracks 5-5 and 5-13 recorded live via phone-in radio KHSU, CA.
Tracks 5-6 and 5-8 recorded live at Bickershaw Festival, Lancashire, UK.
Tracks 5-7, 5-9, 5-11 and 5-12 recorded live at radio WBCN, Boston, MA.
Track 5-10 recorded live at Town Hall, NYC.
Track 5-14 recorded live at Bataclan, Paris.
Track 5-15 recorded live at radio KWST.
Track 5-18 recorded live at The Venue, London, UK.
Track 5-19 recorded live at Paradise, Boston, MA.
Track 5-21 recorded at home, NYC.
Track 5-22 recorded live at Stanhope, NJ. (1980).
Track 5-23 recorded live at Beacon Theater, NYC. (1980).
Track 1-5 voice references to "her" & "she" being Dorothy Heard - relating to the demo gaining an A&M g for the band via Heard and Grant.
Track 1-8 also known as "Tupelo, Mississippi".
©Hooker
Track 1-9 Credited incorrectly in booklet to Chester Burnett (Howlin' Wolf), who recorded it. It was written for him by Willie Dixon.
Also known as "Evil (Is Going On)".
©Burnett (Evil Is Going On; Natchez Burning; Somebody In My Home)
Track 2-3 is a traditional blues song, recently attributable to McKinley Morganfield in its most popular form.
Tracks 5-5 & 5-7 is a traditional blues song, most recently attributable to Blind Lemon Jefferson in its most popular form.
Art Direction at "world of anArchie, Atlanta, Georgia"
Audio at "Gravelvoice, Seattle, Wshington".
Mastering at "Airshow Mastering, Boulder, Colorado"
Remastering at "Bill Schnee Studios, California"
℗©1999 John Fahey's 'Revenant'
Under license from various owners.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Underside Of Outer Box-Sleeve): 6 30814 0210 23
- Matrix / Runout (CD 1 Variant 1): 3422-2-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD1*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 1 Variant 1): IFPI L452
- Mould SID Code (CD 1 Variant 1): ifpi 7715
- Matrix / Runout (CD1 Variant 2): 3422-2-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD1*
- Mastering SID Code (CD1 Variant 2): IFPI L452
- Mould SID Code (CD1 Variant 2): ifpi 7710
- Matrix / Runout (CD 2 Variant 1): 3498-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD2*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 2 Variant 1): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 2 Variant 1): ifpi 7708
- Matrix / Runout (CD Variant 2): 3403-2-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD2*
- Mastering SID Code (CD Variant 2): IFPI L452
- Mould SID Code (CD Variant 2): ifpi 7712
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3 Variant 1): 3385-2-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD3*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 3 Variant 1): IFPI L452
- Mould SID Code (CD 3 Variant 1): ifpi 7709
- Matrix / Runout (CD 3 Variant 2): 3404-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD3*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 3 Variant 2): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 3 Variant 2): ifpi 7708
- Matrix / Runout (CD 4 Variant 1): 3422-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD4*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 4 Variant 1): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 4 Variant 1): ifpi 7702
- Matrix / Runout (CD 4 Variant 2): 3422-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD4*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 4 Variant 2): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 4 Variant 2): ifpi 7703
- Matrix / Runout (CD 5 Variant 1): 3402-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD5*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 5 Variant 1): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 5 Variant 1): ifpi 7714
- Matrix / Runout (CD 5 Variant 2): 3402-1-1 ALLIED DT *CAPTAIN-BEEFHEART-CD5*
- Mastering SID Code (CD 5 Variant 2): IFPI L451
- Mould SID Code (CD 5 Variant 2): ifpi 7711
Other Versions (5 of 8)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Grow Fins Vol. I: Just Got Back From The City / Electricity (2×LP, Album) | Table Of The Elements | XER-LP-98, Sn 50 | US | 1999 | ||
| Grow Fins Vol. II: Trout Mask House Sessions (2×LP, Album) | Table Of The Elements | XER-LP- 97, Sb 51 | US | 1999 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-82) (CD, Promo, Sampler) | Revenant | none | US | 1999 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Grow Fins Vol. II: Trout Mask House Sessions (2×LP, Album, Promo, White Label) | Table Of The Elements | XER-LP- 97, Sb 51 | US | 1999 | ||
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New Submission
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Grow Fins Vol. II: Trout Mask House Sessions (LP, Album, Test Pressing) | Xeric | XER-LP 97 5/6 | US | 1999 |
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Reviews
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I have to say this one of the Crown Jewels of my collection. Having been a Beefheart fan since the 70s I grabbed this when it came out. I have all his regular non bootleg releases and to be honest if I'm in the moody to listen to Beefheart I tend to play this before anything else just because this truly shows his personality more than any one of his single albums. The expression "Warts And All" comes to mind. On top of that the packaging is beautiful and stands out on the shelf. To think I originally grabbed it thinking it was an expanded "Trout Mask Replica", It's so much more.
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From the formative years of a pre low- Beefheart in the 1966 demo of "Obeah Man" on the opening track of CD 1, to the instrumental complexities of the Gary Lucas rendering of "Flavor Bud Living" on the closing track 23, CD 5, this excellently produced and presented box set should enable every keen collector to up an awful lot of dots in the magical musical journey of the obscure genius that is Captain Beefheart.
This is a formidable collection of cuts, track out-takes, field recordings, enhanced CD video footage, snippets and mutterings, all cleverly herded together by the production team and ed by a glossy 112-page booklet of extensive notes & photos that provides invaluable insights in the machinations of the band's development. This retrospective project, thanks to Revenant's John Fahey, has enabled John 'Drumbo' French to dig deep among band member's memories to provide a fascinating historical document. A credit to French, and one he didn't get on the all-important 'Trout Mask Replica', which is just one of the key albums you'll really need to familiarize yourself with - along with the 'Grow Fins' title source on 'The Spotlight Kid' - before tackling this five-star cornucopia of delights.
The highlight for me is the Captain's rendering of "Orange Claw Hammer", accompanied by Frank Zappa on acoustic guitar. A duet by two alumni of the genre who's paths crossed so often, but were alike as chalk and cheese. Possessing this box set is not a matter of life and death. It's more important than that...
Not one for the faint-hearted.
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