Track Listing
1. Obeah Man
2. Just Got Back From The City
3. I'm Glad
4. Triple Combination
5. Here I Am I Always Am
6. Somebody's Walkin' In My Home
7. Tupelo Mississippi
8. Evil
9. Old Folks Boogie
10. Call On Me
11. Sure Nuff 'n' Yes I Do
12. Yellow Brick Road
13. Plastic Factory
14. Electricity
15. Sure Nuff 'n' Yes I Do
16. Rollin' 'n' Tumblin'
17. Electricity
18. You're Gonna Need Somebody On Yer Bond
19. Kandy Korn
20. Korn Ring Finger
21. Hobo Chang Ba/Dachau Blues (tuning up)
22. Bush Recording
23. Hair Pie (bake 1 and 2)
24. Hobo Chang Ba (take 1 and 2)
25. Dachau Blues
26. Old Fart At Play
27. Pachuco Cadaver
28. Sugar 'n' Spikes
29. Sweet Sweet Bulbs
30. Frownland (take 1 and 2)
31. Ella Guru
32. She's Too Much For My Mirror
33. Steal Softly Thru Snow
34. My Human Gets Me Blues
35. When Big Joan Sets Up
36. Candy Man
37. China Pig
38. Blimp Payback
39. Herb Alpert
40. That's Shitty
41. We'll Overdub It 3 Times
42. Electricity (live/video)
43. Sure Nuff 'n' Yes I Do (live/video)
44. Click Clack (live/video)
45. When Big Joan Sets Up (live/video)
46. Woe Is Uh Me Bop (live/video)
47. Bellerin' Plain (live/video)
48. She's Too Much For My Mirror (live/video)
49. My Human Gets Me Blues (live/video)
50. My Human Gets Me Blues
51. When Big Joan Sets Up
52. Woe Is Uh Me Bop
53. Bellerin' Plain
54. Black Snake Moan
55. Grow Fins
56. Black Snake Moan
57. Spitball Scalped Uh Baby
58. Harp Boogie
59. One Red Rose That I Mean
60. Harp Boogie
61. Natchez Burning
62. Harp Boogie
63. Click Clack
64. Orange Claw Hammer
65. Odd Jobs
66. Odd Jobs
67. Vampire Suite
68. Mellotron Improvisation
69. Evening Bell
70. Evening Bell
71. Mellotron Improvisation
72. Flavor Bud Living
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 5 | | Contributing Artists: | Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Distributor: | Cargo | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Full performer name: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.Disc 4 of GROW FINS is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks as well as live performance footage from Cannes, France in 1968, Amougies, Belgium in 1969, Detroit, Michigan in 1971 and Paris, France in 1973.Personnel: Don Van Vliet (vocals, tin whistle, harmonica, soprano saxophone, piano, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer); Mark Boston (guitar, bass); Alex Snouffer, John French (guitar, drums); Frank Zappa, Rich Hepner, Doug Moon, Jeff Cotton, Bill Harkleroad, Elliot Ingber, Denny Wally, Jeff Moris Tepper, Richard Snyder, Lucas (guitar); Victor Hayden (bass clarinet); Eric Drew Feldman (Mellotron, keyboards); John Thomas (synthesizer); Art Tripp (marimba, drums); Jerry Handley, Roy Estrada (bass); PG Blakely, Vic Mortenson, Jeff Bruchell, Robert Williams (drums); Includes liner notes by David Fricke, John French and John Corbett.An exquisitely packaged five-disc set, GROW FINS is manna for the Beefheart obsessive, though anyone who isn't already a fan might find it rough sledding. Disc One consists of demos from the original lineup of the Magic Band, featuring Ry Cooder, which were recorded in 1966 and 1967. Some of these songs ended up on the first Beefheart album, SAFE AS MILK. Disc Two is live tracks from 1968. Disc Three, the holy grail for most Beefheart collectors, is outtakes and alternate takes from the TROUT MASK REPLICA sessions. Disc Four only has a few more TROUT MASK outtakes, but it's an enhanced CD with fascinating live footage from four 1968-1973 shows.The last disc mostly features '70s live material and demos from the late '70s/early '80s period of Beefheart's last musical efforts. The sound is variable, but if you're a Captain Beefheart fan, GROW FINS is simply essential.
Editorial Reviews
4 stars (out of 5) - ...reveals that Van Vliet [Beefheart]...may have shaped his players - and even psychologically scarred them - but that his players shaped the music....an honest appraisal of the Captain's own original talents...Entertainment Weekly (6/24/99, p.133) - ...The five-CD GROW FINS, which is chockablock with old demos, live performances, radio spots, and rare live footage, is a fan's wet dream... - Rating: A-Mojo (1/00, p.31) - Included in Mojo Magazine's Best Boxed Sets of 1999.The Wire (1/00, p.67) - Included in Wire Magazine's 50 Records Of The Year ['99]
Rolling Stone (08/05/1999)
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