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Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
Album US 1978 on Warner Bros. Records label
Rock and Blues (Blues Rock, Avant-garde)
Capitol, Los Angeles pressing, denoted by ✲ stamp in runouts. Compare to Winchester pressing and Jacksonville pressing. Album sleeve comment; "Dedicated to all conservation & wildlife organizations everywhere" Produced for Shiny Beast Productions All Selections Published by Singing Ink Music (BMI) Recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco Warner Bros. Records Inc. • a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc., a Warner Communications Company • 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91510 • 3 East 54th Street, New York, New York 10022 • Made In U.S.A. • ©1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc. ℗ 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc. lyrics [from inner sleeve]: ©1976 Singing Ink Music (BMI) except: A2, B1 & B4 ©1978 Singing Ink Music (BMI) and A5: Self Explanatory Comes with printed inner sleeve. Cover painting: "Green Tom" (1976 - 61x46cm) Back cover illustration onto a lunch bag. This album represents the official outcome of the fated 'Bat Chain Puller' sessions initiated with Frank Zappa in 1976.
Musicians
 | Captain Beefheart voc, h, 1941-2010 US vocals, harmonica, soprano saxophone, whistling, album by |
 | The Magic Band , album by |
 | Don Van Vliet voc, h, *1941 US arranged by, illustration, drawing, inner sleeve, music by, painting, illustration, drawings, producer, vocals, harmonica, soprano saxophone, whistling, words by, lyrics by |
 | Robert Arthur Williams dr, perc, *1955 US drums, percussion |
 | Richard Redus s-g, g, acc, b, guitar, accordion, bass, fretless, slide guitar, bottleneck guitar |
 | Jeff Moris Tepper g, s-g, guitar, slide guitar, guitar, spell guitar |
 | Art Tripp dr, *1944 US marimba, percussion, additional |
 | Thomas William Brown III other, logistics |
 | Eric Drew Feldman ep, syn, *1955 US synthesizer, grand piano, bass, electric piano, rhodes |
 | Bruce Fowler tb, *1947 US trombone, bass, air bass |
 | Herb Bermann , *1936 lyrics by |
Producers
| John Cabalka art direction |
| Brad Kanawyer design |
| Glen Kolotkin engineer |
| Jeffrey Norman engineer, assistant |
| Regular Moon Management management |
| Rupert Surcouf, Jr. management, in association with |
| Harry Duncan management, coordinator, project coordination |
| Phil Brown mastered by, mastering |
| Alec Duncan photography by |
| Richard McCaffree photography by |
| Pete Johnson producer |
Composers
| Don Van Vliet |
| Herb Bermann |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | The Floppy Boot Stomp | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 3:51 | |
| 2 | | Tropical Hot Dog Night | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 4:48 | |
| 3 | | Ice Rose | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 3:27 | |
| 4 | | Harry Irene | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 3:42 | |
| 5 | | You Know You're A Man | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 3:13 | |
| 6 | | Bat Chain Puller | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 5:26 | |
| 7 | | When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 5:03 | |
| 8 | | Owed T'Alex | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | Don Van Vliet, Herb Bermann | 4:04 |
| 9 | | Candle Mambo | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 3:23 | |
| 10 | | Love Lies | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 5:00 | |
| 11 | | Suction Prints | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 4:20 | |
| 12 | Apes-Ma | Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band | 0:38 |
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