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Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart
Confidential
Album US 1976 on Wizardo Records label
Rock and Blues (Alternative Rock, Blues Rock, Avant-garde)
Unknown release date. White sleeve with pink photocopy insert trapped in shrinkwrap. Discs thin but quality, red translucent-marbled. Labels bear "Mexico" as source (subbed as country) - but doubtful. Text given a 'Mexican' flavor - ie 'El Wizardo Discos'. Insert is American paper-size: 216x279mm As described in the notes, with some interpretation []. A1: Recorded '63/'64 [On Mystery Disc] A2: Recorded live in LA at the Shrine Auditorium '74. A3: Recorded early '64. [On Mystery Disc] A4: Instrumental, Recorded live '74. [line-up as backing band on "Unconditionally Guaranteed"] A5: Recorded live in Hollywood "Two of the earliest known recordings of the original Mothers". [Partly a cover of "Louisiana Blues"] A6: Studio recording, credited to "Mrs Zappa". "Thanx to Doc 'Korny' Phone". [On eponymous album by The Factory] A7: "Studio Flip-side". [alt edit] B1: Early test tapes of The Mothers, '64. [Studio Z] B2: Original track, that didn't make the "Freak Out!" album. B3: '68 track, featuring the 10-piece "Mothers". B4: TMR outtake '69, (as spelled on release). B5: First version. Recorded in London '68 for C.M.P., featuring the 10-piece "Mothers". http://theamazingkornyfonelabel.wordpress.com/2013/07/16/wrmb-365-zappa-beefheart-confidential-aka-metal-man-has-hornets-wings/
Musicians
 | Frank Zappa voc, g, 1940-1993 US album by, lead guitar, narrator, performer, voice, musician |
 | Captain Beefheart voc, h, 1941-2010 US album by, lead vocals, narrator, vocals |
 | The Soots , ensemble |
 | The Magic Band , ensemble |
 | Don Van Vliet voc, h, *1941 US voice, the shout in background |
 | The Mothers , ensemble |
 | The Factory , US ensemble |
 | Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band , 1965-1982 US ensemble |
Producers
| Frank Zappa producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 2 | Original Black Napkins | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 3 | Instrumental / The Story Of Electricity | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 4 | Unconditionally Guaranteed | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 5 | Gone Behind The Sun / Mondo Hollywood | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 6 | Lightning Rod Man | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 7 | I Think My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 8 | Rock Around The Clock / Sandwich Song | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 9 | How Could I Be Such A Fool | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 10 | Boogie For Berkeley | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 11 | Neon Meat Dream Of An Octafish | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart | ||
| 12 | King Kong | Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart |
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