Captain Beefheart


 * Career outline (no more than one paragraph, please)
 * Links to Peel (no more than two paragraphs, please)

Festive Fifty Entries

 * Big Eyed Beans From Venus (LP - Clear Spot) (Reprise) 1976 #18, 2000 All-Time #13

Sessions
Two sessions. No known commercial release. Original session tapes were lost and 2001 repeat broadcasts came from a listener tape from the original shows.

1. Recorded: 1968-01-24. First Broadcast: 04 Feburary 1968. Repeated: 06 March 2001
 * Sure 'Nuffn' Yes I Do / Yellow Brick Road / Abba Zabba /Electricity

2. Recorded: 1968-05-06. First Broadcast: 12 May 1968. Repeated: 09 June 1968, 07 March 2001
 * Safe As Milk / Beatle Bones 'N' Smoke'N' Stones / Kandy Korn / You Gotta Trust Us

(Please correct mistakes and add any missing info)

Other Shows Played
1967
 * 14 August 1967: Abba Zabba (LP - Safe As Milk)

1968
 * 27 October 1968: Safe as Milk (LP - Strictly Personal) Liberty

1979


 * 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))

1978
 * 27 July 1978: Orange Claw Hammer (LP – Trout Mask Replica)
 * 08 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))
 * 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: (LP - The Spotlight Kid) Reprise
 * 18 January 1982: (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)

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

1992
 * 09 May 1992: Circumstances (CD - Clear Spot/The Spotlight Kid)
 * 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
 * 11 December 1993: Steal Softly Thru Snow (LP - Trout Mask Replica)

1995
 * 28 April 1995: 'Sun Zoom Spark (LP - Clear Spot)' (Reprise)
 * 10 November 1995: 'Golden Birdies (LP - Clear Spot)' (Reprise)

1996
 * 18 March 1996: Clear Spot (LP - Clear Spot) Reprise

1997
 * 20 November 1997: Pachuco Cadaver (LP - Trout Mask Replica)

1999
 * 30 March 1999: Just Back From The City (LP - Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982))
 * 05 May 1999: Hobo Chang Ba (LP - Grow Fins Sampler) Revenant
 * 30 June 1999: Evil Is Going On (5xCD: Grow Fins)
 * 01 July 1999: Sure Nuff N Yes I Do (5xCD – Grow Fins) Revenant

2001
 * 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
 * 18 April 2001: Peon (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
 * 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
 * 15 May 2002: Floppy Boot Stomp (LP – Dust Sucker) Milksafe

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Other

 * The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart: TV documentary narrated by Peel
 * See also Magic Band

Links

 * Wikipedia
 * Captain Beefheart Radar Station
 * Captain Beefheart Radar Station: Steamed interview with Peel (broadcast 24 April 1973)