Captain Beefheart: Show Appearances (Excluding Sessions)

Other Shows Played
(The list below is researched only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add further details if known.)

1967
 * 06 August 1967: Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes I Do (LP: Safe As Milk) Buddah
 * 07 August 1967: Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes I Do (LP - Safe as Milk) Buddah
 * 14 August 1967: Abba Zabba (LP - Safe As Milk)
 * 01 October 1967: Yellow Brick Road (LP - Safe As Milk)
 * 31 December 1967: Dropout Boogie (LP: Safe As Milk) Buddah (JP comments that "the one shop in London" which stocks this album, as yet still unreleased in the UK, has sold 100 import copies in the previous week, "outselling the Beatles and the Stones")

1968
 * 27 October 1968: Safe as Milk (LP - Strictly Personal) Liberty
 * 24 November 1968: Son Of Mirror Man (LP: Strictly Personal) Liberty
 * 22 December 1968: Kandy Korn (LP - Strictly Personal) Liberty

1969
 * 29 June 1969: Neon Meate Dream of A Octofish (LP: Trout Mask Replica) Straight
 * 27 July 1969: Pachuco Cadaver; Pachuco Cadaver (brief reprise) (LP: Trout Mask Replica) Straight
 * 01 November 1969: Bill's Corpse (LP: Trout Mask Replica) Straight
 * 27 December 1969: Orange Claw Hammer; Wild Life (LP: Trout Mask Replica) Straight

1970
 * 12 December 1970: I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby))

1976
 * 30 December 1976: Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP – Clear Spot) Reprise Festive Fifty #18

1978
 * 27 July 1978: Orange Claw Hammer (LP – Trout Mask Replica)
 * 08 August 1978: Hard Workin' Man (LP - Blue Collar soundtrack) MCA
 * 21 August 1978: Hard Workin' Man (LP - Blue Collar soundtrack) MCA
 * 07 November 1978: When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 07 November 1978: Owed t'Alex (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 07 November 1978: Candle Mambo (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 08 November 1978: Love Lies (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 08 November 1978: Suction Prints (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 08 November 1978: Apes-Ma (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))
 * 29 November 1978: Suction Prints (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))

1979
 * 08 January 1979: Bat Chain Puller (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
 * 09 January 1979: Bat Chain Puller (LP–Shiny Beast) Virgin
 * 29 January 1979: Love Lies (LP-Shiny Beast) Virgin
 * 30 August 1979: Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP - Clear Spot) (Reprise)
 * 11 September 1979: Clear Spot (LP - Clear Spot)
 * 13 September 1979: Golden Birdies (LP - Clear Spot)
 * 15 November 1979: Long Neck Bottles (LP - Clear Spot)

1980
 * 02 January 1980: Son Of Mirror Man - Mere Man (LP - Strictly Personal) United Artists
 * 06 November 1980: Ashtray Heart (LP - Doc At The Radar Station) Virgin

1982
 * 18 January 1982: Diddy Wah Diddy (single) A&M
 * 18 January 1982: Grow Fins (LP - The Spotlight Kid) Reprise
 * 18 January 1982: Dirty Blue Gene (LP - Doc At The Radar Station) Virgin
 * 23 August 1982: Ice Cream For Crow (single) Virgin
 * 20 September 1982: The Witch Doctor Life (LP - Ice Cream For Crow)
 * 23 September 1982: Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat (LP - Ice Cream For Crow)

1985
 * 07 May 1985: Low Yo Yo Stuff

1987
 * 08 June 1987: 'Ashtray Heart (LP-Doc At The Radar Station)' (Virgin)

1989
 * 02 January 1989: Ink Mathematics (LP - Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin

1990
 * 23 August 1990: The Floppy Boot Stomp (LP - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller))

1991
 * 06 January 1991: There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage (Double CD reissue-The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 02 February 1991: Low Yoyo Stuff (double CD - The Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot)
 * 09 February 1991: Blabber And Smoke (double CD album - Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot)

1992
 * 09 May 1992: Circumstances (CD - Clear Spot/The Spotlight Kid)
 * 13 June 1992: Sure ‘Nuff ‘N Yes I Do (LP - Safe As Milk) Buddah
 * 24 December 1992: There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage (LP - The Spotlight Kid)

1993
 * 09 April 1993: Click-Clack (LP – The Spotlight Kid) Reprise
 * 01 October 1993: Hair Pie: Bake 1 (LP - Trout Mask Replica)
 * 08 October 1993: Pachuco Cadaver (album - Trout Mask Replica)
 * 11 December 1993: Steal Softly Thru Snow (LP - Trout Mask Replica)

1994
 * 28 January 1994: Cardboard Cutout Sundown (LP: Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin
 * 02 April 1994: Witchdoctor Life (LP: Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin
 * 12 August 1994: ? (LP - London 1974) Movie Play Gold
 * 02 September 1994: Upon The My Oh My (LP - London 1974) Movie Play Gold
 * 23 September 1994: Crazy Little Thing (LP - London 1974) Movie Play Gold

1995
 * 28 April 1995: Sun Zoom Spark (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 16 June 1995: Steal Softly Thru' Snow
 * 23 September 1995: Tropical Hot Dog Night (Album - Live At My Father's Place)
 * 10 November 1995: Golden Birdies (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise

1996
 * 26 January 1996: Sun Zoom Spark (album - Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 18 March 1996: Clear Spot (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise

1997
 * 18 September 1997: The Witchdoctor Life (LP: Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin
 * 18 September 1997: 81 Bophatch (LP: Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin
 * 20 November 1997: Pachuco Cadaver (LP - Trout Mask Replica)

1998
 * 15 April 1998: Ink Mathematics (LP: Ice Cream For Crow) Virgin

1999
 * 30 March 1999: Just Back From The City (LP - Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982))
 * 20 April 1999: Natchez Burning (LP - Grow Fins) sampler
 * 21 April 1999: Hobo Chang Ba (LP - Grow Fins) sampler
 * 05 May 1999: Hobo Chang Ba (LP - Grow Fins Sampler) Revenant
 * 25 May 1999: Observatory Crest (LP - Blue Jeans & Moonbeams)
 * 16 June 1999: Evil is Going On (5xCD: Grow Fins) Revenant
 * 30 June 1999: Evil Is Going On (5xCD - Grow Fins) Revenant
 * 01 July 1999: Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (5xCD – Grow Fins) Revenant
 * 15 July 1999: Electricity (1968 live) (5xCD-Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)) Revenant
 * 27 July 1999: Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (live) (5xCD-Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)) Revenant
 * 28 July 1999: Yer Gonna Need Somebody On Yer Bond (1968 live) (5xCD-Grow Fins) Revenant
 * 29 July 1999: Kandy Korn (1968 Live) (5xCD-Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)) Revenant
 * 03 August 1999: Hair Pie: Bake 1 (5xCD-Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982)) Revenant
 * 03 November 1999: Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do Peelenium 1967
 * 09 November 1999: Pachuco Cadaver Peelenium 1969
 * 16 November 1999: Big Eyed Beans From Venus Peelenium 1972

2000
 * 20 January 2000: Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise All-Time Festive Fifty #13
 * 23 May 2000: Floppy Boot Stomp (LP: Shiny Beast)
 * 18 July 2000: Nowadays A Woman‘s Got To Hit A Man (LP - Mersey Trout) Milksafe
 * 19 July 2000: Abba Zabba (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 20 July 2000: Hot Head (LP - Merseyrout - Live In Liverpool 1980) Milksafe
 * 25 July 2000: Dirty Blue Jean (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 26 July 2000: Best Batch Yet (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 27 July 2000: Safe As Milk (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 01 August 2000: Flavour Bud Living (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 02 August 2000: Her Eyes are a Blue Million Miles (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 03 August 2000: One Red Rose That I Mean (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 08 August 2000: Doctor Dark (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 09 August 2000: Bat Chain Puller (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 10 August 2000: My Human Gets Me Blues (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 15 August 2000: Sugar 'n' Spikes' (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 16 August 2000: Veteran's Day Poppy (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 17 August 2000: Dropout Boogie (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 22 August 2000: Sheriff of Hong Kong (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 23 August 2000: Kandy Korn (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 24 August 2000: Suction Prints (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 30 August 2000: Ice Cream for Crow (CD: The Dust Blows Forward) Warner Archives
 * 13 September 2000: Big-Eyed Beans From Venus (LP - Merseytrout) Milksafe
 * 19 September 2000: Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man (CD - I'm Going To Do What I Wanna Do: Live At My Father's Place 1978) Rhino
 * 27 September 2000: Dropout Boogie (LP - I'm Gonna Do What I'm Gonna Do) Rhino
 * 03 October 2000: Abba Zabba (LP - I'm Going To Do What I Wanna Do) Rhino
 * 09 November 2000: Gimme Dat Harp Boy (LP: Strictly Personal) EMI

2001
 * 16 January 2001: Ah Feel Like Ahcid (LP - Strictly Personal) Liberty
 * 11 April 2001: Lick My Decals Off, Baby (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 12 April 2001: Doctor Dark (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 17 April 2001: I Love You, You Big Dummy (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Reprise
 * 18 April 2001: Peon (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 19 April 2001: Bellerin' Plain (LP - Lick My Decals Off Baby) Straight
 * 24 April 2001: Woe Is A Me Bop (LP: Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Reprise
 * 25 April 2001: Japan In A Dishpan (LP - Lick My Decals Off Baby) Straight
 * 26 April 2001: I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe (LP - Lick My Decals Off Baby) Straight
 * 01 May 2001: Petrified Forest (LP: Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 02 May 2001: One Red Rose That I Mean (LP-Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Reprise
 * 08 May 2001: The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or The Big Dig) (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 09 May 2001: Space Age Couple (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Reprise
 * 10 May 2001: The Clouds Are Full Of Wine (Not Whiskey Or Rye) (LP - Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Reprise
 * 15 May 2001: Flash Gordon's Ape (LP –Lick My Decals Off, Baby) Straight
 * 05 December 2001: Too Much Time (CD – Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 05 December 2001: Big Eyed Beans From Venus (CD – Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 05 December 2001: Golden Birdies (CD – Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot) Reprise

2002
 * 23 April 2002: Floppy Boot Stomp (LP – Dust Sucker) Milksafe
 * 24 April 2002: Bat Chain Puller (LP – Dust Sucker) Milksafe
 * 30 April 2002: Seam Crooked Sam (LP – Dust Sucker) Milksafe
 * 15 May 2002: Floppy Boot Stomp (LP – Dust Sucker) Milksafe
 * 25 June 2002: Golden Birdies (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 26 June 2002: Grow Fins (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 02 July 2002: Peon (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 10 July 2002: Sugar Mama (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 01 August 2002: Nowadays a woman's gotta hit a man (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 08 August 2002: Dropout Boogie (LP - Magnetic Hands) Viper
 * 27 November 2002: Best Batch Yet (LP - Gimmie Dat Harp Boy: Roots of the Captain) Big Snake

2003
 * 25 March 2003: Zig Zag Wanderer (LP - Zig Zag Wanderer) Wooden Hill
 * 13 May 2003: I'm A King Bee (LP - Railroadsim: Live In The USA 72-81) Viper
 * 20 May 2003: Floppy Boot Stomp (LP- Railroadism) Viper
 * 29 May 2003 (Radio Eins): Floppy Boots Stomp
 * 03 June 2003: Old Black Snake (LP- Railroadism) Vanguard
 * 11 June 2003: I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (LP - Railroadism) Viper
 * 12 June 2003 (Radio Eins): Old Black Snake (LP-Railroadism-Live In The USA 1972-81)
 * 17 July 2003: Batchain Puller (LP - Shiny Beast) Virgin
 * 18 June 2003: Avalon Blues (LP - Railroadism Live In The USA 72-81) Viper
 * 23 October 2003: Hot Head (LP- Dichotomy) OzIt/Morpheus
 * 11 November 2003: Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish' (LP - Dichotomy) OzIt/Morpheus

2004
 * 15 January 2004: Sun Zoom Spark (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise
 * 11 May 2004: When Big Joan Sets Up (LP- Trout Mask Replica) Straight
 * 20 May 2004: Click Clack (LP - Live At The Bickershaw Festival)
 * 06 July 2004: Click Clack (LP - Magneticism) Viper
 * 04 August 2004: Grown So Ugly (LP - Safe As Milk) Buddah
 * 05 August 2004: Drop-Out Boogie (LP - Magneticism) Viper
 * 11 August 2004: Kandy Korn (LP - Magneticism) Viper
 * 01 September 2004: Abba Zaba (LP - Magneticism) Viper

Other


 * Peeling Back The Years
 * 1) Diddy Wah Diddy (single) A&M
 * 2) Yellow Brick Road (LP – Safe As Milk)
 * 3) Sure Nuff ‘N’ Yes I Do (LP – Safe As Milk)
 * 4) Pachucho Cadaver (LP – Trout Mask Replica)
 * 5) (with Frank Zappa): Willie The Pimp (LP – Hot Rats)
 * My Top Ten: Big-Eyed Beans From Venus
 * Radio Radio: Sure Nuff & Yes I Do