This live recording of Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band was taken from a London date during one of the more fierce peaks of the band's existence, the same period that produced the overlooked classic masterpiece Clear Spot.
Though the session was intended to produce a live album for Virgin, the release never materialized, though the versions of "Mirror Man" and "Upon the Me Oh My" came out of the 1975 Virgin sampler V.
Thanks to the obscure Portuguese imprint Movie Play Gold, highlights from the concert made it onto CD at a concise 40 minutes.
The disc features nine tracks of full-tilt Magic Band mayhem on "Full Moon Hot Sun," "Sugar Bowl," "Crazy Little Thing," "This Is the Day," "New Electric Ride," as well as older '60s classics like "Abba Zabba" and "Peaches." The CD has exceptional sound quality, while some other live Captain Beefheart from the same period fares a little rough in recording quality.
This comes highly recommended as an opportunity to hear the Magic Band at an all-time high.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirror Man | Captain Beefheart | Play | 04:48 | 11 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Upon the Me Oh My | Captain Beefheart | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| 3 | Full Moon Hot Sun | Captain Beefheart | Play | 03:29 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 4 | Sugar Bowl | Captain Beefheart | Play | 02:55 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 5 | Crazy Little Thing | Captain Beefheart | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | New Electric Ride | Captain Beefheart | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Peaches | Captain Beefheart | Play | 06:03 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 28 mins | 65 MB | |||||
| 28 mins | 155 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Captain Beefheart | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Ty Grimes | Drums |
| 3 | Phil Newell | Engineer |
| 4 | Alan Perkins | Engineer |
| 5 | Del Simmons | Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone |
| 6 | Dean Smith | Guitar |
| 7 | Michael Smotherman | Keyboards |
| 8 | Paul Uhrig | Bass |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |