Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Deluxe Edition) (2025)
Artist: Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band, Captain Beefheart
Title: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Deluxe Edition)
Year Of Release: 1978 / 2025
Label: Rhino - Warner Records
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:24:51
Total Size: 1.18 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Deluxe Edition)
Year Of Release: 1978 / 2025
Label: Rhino - Warner Records
Genre: Rock, Blues Rock
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 1:24:51
Total Size: 1.18 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Disc 1
1. Captain Beefheart – The Floppy Boot Stomp (2023 Remaster) (03:51)
2. Captain Beefheart – Tropical Hot Dog Night (2023 Remaster) (04:48)
3. Captain Beefheart – Ice Rose (2023 Remaster) (03:37)
4. Captain Beefheart – Harry Irene (2023 Remaster) (03:41)
5. Captain Beefheart – You Know You're a Man (2023 Remaster) (03:13)
6. Captain Beefheart – Bat Chain Puller (2023 Remaster) (05:25)
7. Captain Beefheart – When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy (2023 Remaster) (05:03)
8. Captain Beefheart – Owed T'Alex (2023 Remaster) (04:06)
9. Captain Beefheart – Candle Mambo (2023 Remaster) (03:24)
10. Captain Beefheart – Love Lies (2023 Remaster) (05:01)
11. Captain Beefheart – Suction Prints (2023 Remaster) (04:21)
12. Captain Beefheart – Apes-Ma (2023 Remaster) (00:39)
Disc 2
1. Captain Beefheart – Suction Prints (Instrumental Demo) (04:22)
2. Captain Beefheart – Brickbats (Instrumental Rough Mix) (03:34)
3. Captain Beefheart – The Witch Doctor Life (Demo) (02:04)
4. Captain Beefheart – When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy (Demo) (04:34)
5. Captain Beefheart – Run Paint Run Run (Instrumental Rough Mix) (04:04)
6. Captain Beefheart – Tropical Hot Dog Night (Rough Mix) (05:05)
7. Captain Beefheart – You Know You're a Man (Instrumental Alternate Version) (03:22)
8. Captain Beefheart – Candle Mambo (Demo) (03:20)
9. Captain Beefheart – Love Lies (Demo) (03:35)
10. Captain Beefheart – Harry Irene (Rough Mix) (03:32)
Review by Ned Raggett
So titled because the original album, simply titled Bat Chain Puller, had to be ditched and rerecorded after a legal tuzzle involving Frank Zappa's manager, Shiny Beast turned out to be manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way on his two Mercury albums. Then again, what else could be assumed with a song titled "Tropical Hot Dog Night" that sounds like what happened when Beefheart encountered Miami disco and decided to make something of it? When it comes to singing, though, he's still the atypical growler, snarler and more of lore, conjuring up more wonderfully odd lyrical stories than can easily be measured, while the album as a whole gets steadily more and more bent. "You Know You're a Man" is at once straightforward and incredibly weird when it comes to love and gender, while other standouts include "Bat Chain Puller," a steady chugger that feels like a goofy death march, and the nervy freak of "Owed T'Alex." As for the Magic Band in general, keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman, guitarists Jeff Tepper and Richard Redus and drummer Robert Williams lay down the business with appropriately gone aplomb, as a listen to "Suction Prints" will demonstrate.
So titled because the original album, simply titled Bat Chain Puller, had to be ditched and rerecorded after a legal tuzzle involving Frank Zappa's manager, Shiny Beast turned out to be manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way on his two Mercury albums. Then again, what else could be assumed with a song titled "Tropical Hot Dog Night" that sounds like what happened when Beefheart encountered Miami disco and decided to make something of it? When it comes to singing, though, he's still the atypical growler, snarler and more of lore, conjuring up more wonderfully odd lyrical stories than can easily be measured, while the album as a whole gets steadily more and more bent. "You Know You're a Man" is at once straightforward and incredibly weird when it comes to love and gender, while other standouts include "Bat Chain Puller," a steady chugger that feels like a goofy death march, and the nervy freak of "Owed T'Alex." As for the Magic Band in general, keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman, guitarists Jeff Tepper and Richard Redus and drummer Robert Williams lay down the business with appropriately gone aplomb, as a listen to "Suction Prints" will demonstrate.
contains tracks in various sample rates:
Disc 1 - 44.1kHz/16bit
Disc 2 - 96kHz/24bit
Disc 1 - 44.1kHz/16bit
Disc 2 - 96kHz/24bit
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