Artist
Born: 15th January 1941, Glendale, California, USA
Died: 17th December 2010, Arcata, California, USA.
Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet; vocalist, harp-player, saxophonist, flautist, songwriter, lyricist, poet & painter. As a frontman of "Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band" or as artist working with or without The Magic Band the captain recorded a dozen official albums and more besides. Later on, a lot of live releases would follow - some of them perhaps not entirely official. Van Vliet's career path was also interwoven with that of Frank Zappa, and was followed by secluded 'retirement' with his wife in 1982 - when he began painting full-time. He maintained an affinity with wild life throughout his life and was a keen conservationist. He forged a successful career as a painter, exhibiting in galleries in New York, the UK & Europe, before dying of complications from multiple sclerosis. First recorded appearance: "A Low Forceps Delivery", featuring Don Glen Vliet, at Glendale Research Hospital 16:25 hours on 1941-01-15.
Tracks
A1
Hot Head
03:21
A2
Ashtray Heart
03:26
A3
A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
01:37
A4
Run Paint Run Run
03:38
A5
Sue Egypt
02:57
A6
Brickbats
02:40
B1
Dirty Blue Gene
03:50
B2
Best Batch Yet
05:00
B3
Telephone
01:33
B4
Flavor Bud Living
05:08
B5
Sheriff Of Hong Kong
06:32
B6
Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee
03:10
Releases
Formats
Vinyl, Cassette, CD, CDr, SACD, File
Labels
Music On Vinyl, Virgin, Virgin , 4 Men With Beards, Virgin Records America, Inc., Virgin Records, Astralwerks, Caroline Blue Plate, Ariola Benelux B.V.
Countries
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, UK & Europe
years
1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2021
