The Magic Band – Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
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Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3256 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Blues |
Style: |
Avantgarde |
Tracklist
| A1 | The Floppy Boot Stomp | 3:51 | |
| A2 | Tropical Hot Dog Night | 4:48 | |
| A3 | Ice Rose | 3:27 | |
| A4 | Harry Irene | 3:42 | |
| A5 | You Know You're A Man | 3:13 | |
| A6 | Bat Chain Puller | 5:26 | |
| B1 | When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy | 5:03 | |
| B2 | Owed T'Alex | 4:04 | |
| B3 | Candle Mambo | 3:23 | |
| B4 | Love Lies | 5:00 | |
| B5 | Suction Prints | 4:20 | |
| B6 | Apes-Ma | 0:38 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Published By – Singing Ink Music
- Recorded At – The Automatt
- Mixed At – Wally Heider Studios
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
- Produced For – Shiny Beast Productions
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. Inc.
- Licensed From – Warner Bros. Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
Credits
- Arranged By – Don Van Vliet
- Art Direction – John Cabalka
- Design – Brad Kanawyer
- Drums, Percussion – Robert Arthur Williams
- Engineer – Glen Kolotkin
- Engineer [Assistant] – Jeffrey Norman
- Guitar, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck Guitar], Accordion, Fretless Bass – Richard Redus
- Guitar, Slide Guitar, Guitar [Spell Guitar] – Jeff Moris Tepper
- Management – Regular Moon Management
- Management [In Association With] – Rupert Surcouf, Jr.
- Management, Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Harry Duncan
- Marimba, Percussion [Additional] – Art Tripp III*
- Mastered By [Mastering] – Phil Brown
- Music By – Don Van Vliet
- Other [Logistics] – Thomas William Brown III
- Painting, Drawing [Drawings] – Don Van Vliet
- Photography By – Richard McCaffree
- Producer – Pete Johnson (2)
- Synthesizer, Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Bass – Eric Drew Feldman
- Trombone, Performer [Air Bass] – Bruce Lambourne Fowler*
- Vocals, Harmonica, Soprano Saxophone, Whistling – Don Van Vliet
- Words By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B6)
Notes
Capitol, Los Angeles pressing, denoted by ✲ stamp in runouts.
Compare to Jacksonville pressing.
Album sleeve comment; "Dedicated to all conservation & wildlife organizations everywhere"
Produced for Shiny Beast Productions
All Selections Published by Singing Ink Music (BMI)
Recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco
Warner Bros. Records Inc. • a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc., a Warner Communications Company • 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91510 • 3 East 54th Street, New York, New York 10022 • Made In U.S.A. • ©1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
℗ 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
lyrics [from inner sleeve]:
©1976 Singing Ink Music (BMI)
except: A2, B1 & B4 ©1978 Singing Ink Music (BMI)
and A5: Self Explanatory
Comes with printed inner sleeve.
Cover painting: "Green Tom" (1976 - 61x46cm)
Back cover illustration onto a lunch bag.
This album represents the official outcome of the fated 'Bat Chain Puller' sessions initiated with Frank Zappa in 1976.
Some copies have a gold foil "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" stamp on the jacket; center labels do not indicate this.
Compare to Jacksonville pressing.
Album sleeve comment; "Dedicated to all conservation & wildlife organizations everywhere"
Produced for Shiny Beast Productions
All Selections Published by Singing Ink Music (BMI)
Recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco
Warner Bros. Records Inc. • a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros. Inc., a Warner Communications Company • 3300 Warner Blvd., Burbank, Calif. 91510 • 3 East 54th Street, New York, New York 10022 • Made In U.S.A. • ©1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
℗ 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
lyrics [from inner sleeve]:
©1976 Singing Ink Music (BMI)
except: A2, B1 & B4 ©1978 Singing Ink Music (BMI)
and A5: Self Explanatory
Comes with printed inner sleeve.
Cover painting: "Green Tom" (1976 - 61x46cm)
Back cover illustration onto a lunch bag.
This album represents the official outcome of the fated 'Bat Chain Puller' sessions initiated with Frank Zappa in 1976.
Some copies have a gold foil "Promotional Copy Not For Sale" stamp on the jacket; center labels do not indicate this.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Both sides, stamped, all variants): ✲
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 1): BSK-1-3256-LW2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 1): BSK-2-3256-LW3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 2): BSK-1-3256-LW2
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 2): BSK-2-3256-RE-1-LW3
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched, variant 3): BSK-1-3256-LW2··
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched, variant 3): BSK-2-3256-LW2··
- Matrix / Runout (Both sides, stamped parallel to grooves, variant 3): 1
- Rights Society: BMI
Other Versions (5 of 51)
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3256 | US | 1978 | ||
| Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (LP, Album, Test Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3256 | US | 1978 | |||
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3256 | Canada | 1978 | ||
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (8-Track Cartridge, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | M8 3256 | US | 1978 | ||
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | BSK 3256 | US | 1978 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 4 months agoIt's nearly two years later and still no digital or CD release of the 2023 release/bonus tracks? -
Insanely good album and an insanely good pressing. Vliet's last great album IMO and a great starting point for Beefhart new-starters. Beware that Apes-Ma induces psychosis
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I prefer this to Doc at the Radar Station, mainly because the first two tracks rival his best work since Lick My Decals.
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Edited 6 years agoMy favorite Beefheart album. A good starter album for people that haven’t heard him, much more accessible than Trout Mask Replica. Bobby Mcferrin level whistling by Don on ‘Harry Irene’.
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I have a BSK 3256, but it has a promotional copy seal on the cover. I don't think I see it on here.
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