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Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band
Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)

Album US 1999 on Revenant label
Blues (Blues Rock, Avant-garde)

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, France. 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 signing 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.

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	Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band , 1965-1982 US album by
	Jerry Handley g, b, US bass
	Mark Boston b, eb, *1949 US bass
	Victor Hayden bcl, US bass clarinet
	Alex St. Clair Snouffer g, 1941-2006 US drums, guitar
	Art Tripp dr, *1944 US drums, marimba
	John French dr, *1948 US drums, liner notes, booklet notes, guitar
	Paul Blakeley dr, US drums
	Bill Harkleroad g, *1948 US guitar
	Doug Moon g, US guitar
	Elliot Ingber g, *1941 US guitar
	Jeff Cotton g, *1948 US guitar
	Rich Hepner g, guitar
	Don Van Vliet voc, h, *1941 US harmonica, shenai, shehnai, soprano saxophone, vocals, written by, tin whistle, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, mellotron
	Laurie Stone , sounds, typewriter
	Willie Dixon b, voc, 1915-1992 US written by, uncredited
	Vic Mortensen dr, drums
	Frank Zappa voc, g, 1940-1993 US voice, at end, acoustic guitar
	Jeff Bruchell dr, drums
	Roy Estrada b, voc, eb, *1943 US bass
	Denny Walley s-g, voc, g, *1940 guitar
	John Thomas key, org, US synthesizer
	Robert Arthur Williams dr, perc, *1955 US drums
	Jeff Moris Tepper g, s-g, guitar
	Richard Snyder mar, vl, guitar
	Eric Drew Feldman ep, syn, *1955 US keyboards, mellotron
	Gary Lucas g, *1952 US guitar

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