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200 YEARS OLD
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
200 Years Old (long version)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
5‐20‐75 Show Start (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
A Pound for a Pound
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Abba Zaba
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandAbba Zaba
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandAbba Zaba (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandAdvance Romance
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
ADVANCE ROMANCE
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Advance Romance (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Advance Romance (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Ah Feel Like Ahcid
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandAlice in Blunderland
Captain Beefheart
Alice in Blunderland (alternate version)
Captain Beefheart
Apostrophe’ (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Apostrophe’ (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Ashtray Heart (2006 digital remaster)
Captain Beefheart
Autumn’s Child
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandAutumn’s Child
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandBest Batch Yet (Track) (version 1)
Captain Beefheart
Big Black Baby Shoes (instrumental)
Captain Beefheart
Bills Corpse
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandBills Corpse
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandBlabber ’n Smoke
Captain Beefheart
Born to Suck
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Born to Suck (vocal session snoop)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Camarillo Brillo
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Camarillo Brillo (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Camarillo Brillo (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
CAROLINA HARD-CORE ECSTASY
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Carolina Hard‐Core Ecstacy
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Carolina Hard‐Core Ecstasy (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Carolina Hard‐Core Ecstasy (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Carolina Hard‐Core Ecstasy (long version)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Circumstances (alternate version 2)
Captain Beefheart
Claremont Rehearsal (rehearsal / Claremont, CA, April 10)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Click Clack
Captain Beefheart
CUCAMONGA
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Dachau Blues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDachau Blues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDali’s Car
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDali’s Car
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDEBRA KADABRA
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Debra Kadabra (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Debra Kadabra (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Diddy Wah Diddy
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDirty Blue Gene (alternate version 1)
Captain Beefheart
Dirty Blue Gene (alternate version 3)
Captain Beefheart
Dirty Blue Gene (instrumental)
Captain Beefheart
Dropout Boogie
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDropout Boogie
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandDrum Solo
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Duke’s Things (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Echidna’s Arf
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Echidna’s Arf (of You) / Terry’s Solo (live in Austin, TX)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Encore Applause
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Enjoy the Steambath (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Florentine Pogen (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Flower Pot
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandFrownland
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandFrownland
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandGlider
Captain Beefheart
Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen (live in Austin, TX)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Grow Fins
Captain Beefheart
Grown So Ugly
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandGrown So Ugly
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHair Pie: Bake 1
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHair Pie: Bake 1
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHair Pie: Bake 2
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHair Pie: Bake 2
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHarry Irene
Captain Beefheart
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandHot Head (live)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandI Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This / Seam Crooked Sam
Captain Beefheart
I’m Glad
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandI’m Glad
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandI’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby
Captain Beefheart
I’m Not Satisfied
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
I’m Not Satisfied (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
I’m Not Satisfied (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Improvisations
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Improvisations (inc. Chariot, Moon Trek)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Kiss Where I Kain’t
Captain Beefheart
Korn Ring Finger
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandLittle Scratch
Captain Beefheart
MAN WITH THE WOMAN HEAD
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Man With the Woman Head (isolated vocal)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Montana
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Montana (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Montana (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Muffin Man
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Muffin Man
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers of Invention
Muffin Man (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Muffin Man (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Muffin Man / A Little Green Rosetta (alternate take)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
My Human Gets Me Blues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandMy Human Gets Me Blues
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandNeon Meate Dream of a Octafish
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandNeon Meate Dream of a Octafish
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandNowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (early mix)
Captain Beefheart
On Tomorrow (instrumental)
Captain Beefheart
Pachuco Cadaver
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPachuco Cadaver
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPena
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPena
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPenguin in Bondage
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Plastic Factory
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPlastic Factory
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandPompadour Swamp/Suction Prints
Captain Beefheart
POOFTER'S FROTH WYOMING PLANS AHEAD
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (live in Austin, TX)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (rehearsal / Claremont)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Portuguese Lunar Landing (rehearsal / Claremont, CA, April)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Pound for a Brown – Part I (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Pound for a Brown – Part I (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Pound for a Brown – Part II (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Pound for a Brown – Part II (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Put a Shirt on Man (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Safe as Milk
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSafe as Milk (take 5)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
SAM WITH THE SHOWING SCALP FLAT TOP
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top (live in Austin, TX)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
She’s Too Much for My Mirror
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandShe’s Too Much for My Mirror
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSleeping in a Jar (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Son of Mirror Man - Mere Man
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSteal Softly Thru Snow
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSteal Softly Thru Snow
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandStink‐Foot (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Stink‐Foot (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Stinkfoot
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandSure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandThe Ampeg Mini‐Moog Controller Guitar Experiment (live)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
The Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandThe Dust Blows Forward ’n the Dust Blows Back
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandThe Spotlight Kid
Captain Beefheart
The Torture Never Stops (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
The Velvet Sunrise (live in Austin, TX – May 20, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
The Velvet Sunrise (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
The Witch Doctor Life (instrumental take)
Captain Beefheart
There Ain’t No Santa Claus on the Evenin’ Stage
Captain Beefheart
Trust Us (take 9)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandTwo Rips in a Haystack/Kiss Me My Love
Captain Beefheart
Velvet Sunrise
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Veteran’s Day Poppy
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandVeteran’s Day Poppy
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWe've Had a Bomb Threat (live in Austin, TX – May 21, 1975)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, The Mothers
Well
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWell
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWhen Big Joan Sets Up
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWhen Big Joan Sets Up
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWhen It Blows Its Stacks
Captain Beefheart
Where There’s Woman
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWhere There’s Woman
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWhite Jam
Captain Beefheart
Why Doesn’t Someone Give Him a Pepsi? (a.k.a. The Torture Never Stops)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart
Wild Life
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandWild Life
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandYellow Brick Road
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandYellow Brick Road
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandZig Zag Wanderer
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandZig Zag Wanderer
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
via Captain Beefheart & His Magic BandA Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
1993 · Virgin
An Ashtray Heart
2011 · Leftfield Media
Bongo Fury
1996 · Rykodisc
Bongo Fury
2012 · Zappa Records
Bongo Fury
1992 · Zappa Records
Bongo Fury
2021
Bongo Fury
1989 · Rykodisc
Captain Hook
1993 · German Records World Productions
Clear Spot
2015 · Reprise Records
Crazy Little Things
1993
Debra Kadabra
2026
Full Moon - Hot Sun
2015 · Keyhole
Full Moon in Cowtown
2014 · Iconography
I May Be Hungry but I Sure Ain't Weird: The Alternate Captain Beefheart
1992 · Sequel Records
Ice Cream for Crow
1991 · Virgin
Live at Knebworth Park
2016 · Dandelion Records (3)
Live in Vancouver 1981
2019 · Keyhole
Merseytrout - Live in Liverpool 1980
2000 · MSI (2)
Pearls Before Swine Ice Cream for Crows
1996 · Sonic Book
Plastic Factory
2015 · Go Faster Records
Poet Rock Musicians of the Desert
2007
Providence College, Rhode Island, April 26th 1975
2014 · Keyhole
Providence College, Rhode Island, April 26th 1975 (live)
2022
Road Tapes, Venue #2
2016 · Vaulternative Records
Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972
2014 · Rhino Records (2)
Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972
2014 · Rhino Records (2)
The Best Beefheart
1990 · Buddah Records
The Classic Interviews
2004 · Chrome Dreams
The Muffin Man Goes to College
2015 · Sonic Boom (5)
The Spotlight Kid Outtakes
2020 · Sutra
Transmission Impossible
2015 · Eat To The Beat
Zig Zag Wanderer: The Best of the Buddah Years
1996 · Wooded Hill Recordings
Other members of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Captain Beefheart is a performer, active since 1941. Captain Beefheart is a member of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, and credits from that group are included in this catalog.
Our database contains 170 recordings and 32 releases credited to Captain Beefheart. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.
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