captain
beefheart electricity
CAPTAIN'S CARGO
discography
-
official releases
DOC
AT THE RADAR STATION
1980
- A -
hot head 3:21
ashtray heart
3:26
a carrot is as close as a rabbit gets
to a diamond 1:37 instrumental
*
run paint run run 3:38
sue egypt 2:57
brickbats
2:40
*
- B -
dirty blue gene 3:50
best batch yet 5:00
telephone 1:33
flavor bud living 0:58
instrumental
*
sheriff of hong kong
6:32
making love to a vampire with a monkey
on my knee 3:10
38:56 minutes
words and music
don
van vliet
* =
written for unreleased 1976 album BAT
CHAIN PULLER
JEFF MORIS TEPPER
jeff tapir / white jew * guitar * slide-guitar * nerve guitar
JOHN FRENCH drumbo
*
guitar * slide guitar ** marimba ** bass guitar ** drums
BRUCE FOWLER fossil
/ old hat * trombone
ERIC DREW FELDMAN
black jew kittaboo * bass guitar * synthesizer ** mellotron
** grand piano ** electric piano
ROBERT WILLIAMS
wait for me * drums * percussion
DON VAN VLIET captain
beefheart * vocals * tenor sax * soprano sax * bass clarinet
guest GARY
LUCAS ** guitar ** french horn
'making love to a
vampire with a monkey on my knee'
(untitled drawing
on back cover of elpee)
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ALBUMS
-
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION
with
1979 drawing on front cover and undated one on back cover
-
australia 1980 virgin
by
festival records
= test pressing
sleeve:
l
37440 label:
vgl
37440 white label hand
stamped data on labels misspelled 'dock'
= promo issue l
37440 'this album contains language which
may be considered offensive' sticker
= stock copy l
37440
-
australia 1981 virgin
v 2172 by cbs records australia (cbs
mx 194970/1)
= promo white
label
= standard version
-
canada 1980 virgin
vm 2209
- canada 1980 cassette
virgin vm 4 2209 album front on white background
-
england 1980 virgin
v 2172
= test pressing white
label
= standard version
-
england 1985 virgin
oved 68 mid-price reissue
-
england 1999 audiophile
past
& present / virgin oved 68 limited edition
1000
copies
-
france 1980 virgin
202 870
-
germany 1980 virgin
202 870-320 'ariola euro' pressing
-
greece 1980 virgin
/ polygram 247 3813 limited edition 300
copies
-
holland 1980 virgin
202 870-320 'ariola benelux' pressing sleeve
printed in germany
-
japan 1980 virgin
vip 6966 insert with lyrics and japanese notes
with
obi strip made by victor musical industries
= promo white
label red 'sample' sticker on sleeve
= common release
-
newzealand 1980 virgin
v 2172 marketed by rtc
-
usa 1980 virgin
va 13148 distributed by atlantic records
= test pressing
plain
white label standard white sleeve hand-written
notes
= promo white
label gold stamped sleeve not
for sale
- common release
typed
lyric insert
- with dj timing
strip wrong playing time to 'flavor bud living'
sometimes
stamped 'nov 30 1980'
- with 5 page press
kit and photo
- without extras
- without stamp on
sleeve
= stock copy
-
usa 1980 cassette
virgin
cs 13148 album front on black background distributed by atlantic records
usa disc jockeys were
promised an extremely long version of 'flavor bud living'
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CDS
-
DOC AT THE RADAR STATION
front
without lowest part of painting
-
australia 1986 virgin
cdv 2172
-
england 1986 virgin
cdv 2172
-
england 2001 virgin
cdv 2172 re-issue
-
england 2006 emi
/ virgin cdvr 2172 remastered
= promo
white
'abbey road' plate wrap-around with basic
notes in plastic wallet not
for sale
= stock copy explanatory
notes ad for ringtones box
originally with 're-master' sticker
-
france 1986 virgin
7 87136 2
-
germany 1986 virgin
cdv 2172
-
germany 1989 virgin
252870
-
holland 1986 virgin
7 87136 2
-
holland 2002 virgin
7 87136 2 re-issue
-
usa 1991 caroline
/ blue plate records carol 1824-2
-
usa 2001 virgin
/ emi emdi 7 87136 2
-
usa 2006 astralwerks
remastered
= [no
cat. no.] subtitled: (remastered)
and street date: october 3, 2006 advance
promo no booklet back
sheet and plate with basic information lester
bangs quote not for sale
= asw
65513 explanatory notes with
fbi anti-piracy warning
- promo
punch
hole through barcode promo remark on plate
not
for sale
- stock copy box
originally with sticker with two quotes
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ALSO
-
also see OTHER
WORKS
-
the DUST BLOWS FORWARD
an anthology 4 tracks
-
also see OTHER
ALBUM COMBINATIONS
-
the BEST OF 3x
-
a CARROT IS AS CLOSE
AS A RABBIT GETS TO A DIAMOND 3x
-
HOT HEAD 3x
-
LIGHT REFLECTED OFF
THE OCEANDS OF THE MOON 1x
-
SAMPLER 2x
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compilations
-
CASH-COWS [north-america
several
other artists than on european versions]
sampler
elpee
canada
1981 virgin milk 1 with
'an album for the price of a single' sticker usa
1981 virgin milk 1 as distributed
by dindisc hot head
-
CASH-COWS [europe several
other artists than on north-american version #1
first
track b-side by 'the professionals']
sampler
elpee
england
1981 virgin milk 1 withdrawn!
germany
virgin
202 969 240 promo 'unverkäuflich'
stamped on one label germany
virgin
202 969 240 stock copy holland
1981 virgin 202 969 240 dirty
blue gene
-
CASH-COWS [europe several
other artists than on north-american version #2
first
track b-side by 'magazine']
sampler elpee
england
1981 virgin milk 1 original
(wrong) sleeve front corrected with small
sticker greece
1981 polygram / virgin 2401 736 corrected
sleeve 'magazine' not mentioned on front 'rock
81' series bad printwork cassette
greece
1981 polygram / virgin 31155703 dirty
blue gene
-
the TDK NEW MUSIC REPORT:
ON THE CMJ RADIO NETWORK show #32 preferred air date: may 5, 1991 ceedee
usa
1991 tdk [cat.no. unknown] instant
radio show wrap-around paper sleeve play
list on separate sheet very limited edition
not
for sale making love to a vampire with a monkey
on my knee
also see various
compilations
GUITARS ON MARS flavor
bud living
release message from
the record company
*
list by theo tieman
©1995-2008
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