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Captain Beefheart Discography
 
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Compiled by Jasper Leach. If you can help with any further info, please get in touch.

All songs (unless noted differently)

  • Produced by Frank Zappa
  • Engineered by Dick Kunc
  • Recorded at Whitney Studios, Los Angeles, CA; April 1969
1. Frownland
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: glass finger guitar & guitar (left channel)
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: steel guitar & guitar (right channel)
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
2. The Dust Blows Forward 'n the Dust Blows Back
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal

Produced by Don Van Vliet
Engineered by John French
Recorded at Beefheart House, Woodland Hills, CA; c. 1969
3. Dachau Blues
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, bass clarinet?
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass, narration (voice at end)
  • Drumbo: drums
  • (The Mascara Snake: bass clarinet?)
4. Ella Guru
  • Captain Beefheart: lead vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar, flesh horn (vocal w/ hand cupped over mouth)
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
  • The Mascara Snake: backup vocals
5. Hair Pie Bake 1
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, soprano saxophone
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
  • The Mascara Snake: bass clarinet
  • Two unidentified neighbours: voices at end
Recorded at Beefheart House, Woodland Hills, CA, c. 1969
6. Moonlight On Vermont
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: slide guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Gary "Magic" Marker: bass
  • Drumbo: drums

Produced and Engineered by Frank Zappa
Recorded at TTG Recorders, Los Angeles, CA; late 1968
7. Pachuco Cadaver
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, tenor saxophone
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
8. Bills Corpse
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
9. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
10. Neon Meate Dream of an Octafish
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, musette, simran horn (siren?)
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
11. China Pig
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Doug Moon: acoustic guitar

Produced & Engineered by Captain Beefheart
Recorded at Beefheart House, Woodland Hills, CA; c. 1969
12. My Human Gets Me Blues
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
13. Dali's Car
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
14. Hair Pie Bake 2
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
  • Unknown: sleigh bells
15. Pena
  • Captain Beefheart: backup vocals
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar, lead vocals
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
  • The Mascara Snake: voice
  • Frank Zappa: voice
16. Well
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal

Recorded at Beefheart House, Woodland Hills, CA, c. 1969
17. When Big Joan Sets Up
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, soprano saxophone
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
18. Fallin' Ditch
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass, "narration"
  • Drumbo: drums
19. Sugar 'n Spikes
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
20: Ant Man Bee
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, soprano & tenor saxophone
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
21. Orange Claw Hammer
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal

Produced by Don Van Vliet
Engineered by John French
Recorded at Beefheart House, Woodland Hills, CA; c. 1968
22. Wild Life
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal, bass clarinet
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
23. She's too Much For my Mirror
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
  • Richard Kunc: voice
24. Hobo Chang Ba
  • Captain Beefheart: vocals, jingle bells
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar, flute
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
25. The Blimp
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: lead vocal
  • Captain Beefheart: hunting horn, voice
  • Frank Zappa: voice
  • Roy Estrada: bass (uncredited)
  • Arthur Tripp III: drums & percussion (uncredited)
  • Don Preston: piano (uncredited)
  • Ian Underwood & Bunk Gardner: alto & tenor saxes (uncredited)
  • Buzz Gardner: trumpet (uncredited)

Recorded over telephone (vocal) and at Columbia University, New York, 1969
26. Steal Softly Thru Snow
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
27. Old Fart at Play
  • Captain Beefheart: reading
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar, voice
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Rockette Morton: bass
  • Drumbo: drums
28. Veteran's Day Poppy
  • Captain Beefheart: vocal
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens: guitar
  • Zoot Horn Rollo: guitar
  • Gary "Magic" Marker: bass
  • Drumbo: drums

Recorded at TTG Recorders, Hollywood
Nicknames
  • Captain Beefheart - Don Van Vliet
  • Antennae Jimmy Semens - Jeff Cotton
  • Zoot Horn Rollo - Bill Harkleroad
  • Rockette Morton - Mark Boston
  • Drumbo - John French
  • The Mascara Snake - Victor Hayden
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