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Captain Beefheart - A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
Label:
Catalog#:
CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0
Format:
CD, Compilation
Country:
Netherlands
Released:
1993
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Art Rock,
Classic Rock
Tracklist
| 1 | Sugar Bowl | 2:16 | ||
| 2 | The Past Sure Is Tense | 3:24 | ||
| 3 | Happy Love Song | 3:55 | ||
| 4 | The Floppy Boot Stomp | 3:55 | ||
| 5 | Blue Jeans And Moonbeams | 5:04 | ||
| 6 | Run Paint Run Run | 3:40 | ||
| 7 | This Is The Day | 4:48 | ||
| Written-By - Di Martino* | ||||
| 8 | Tropical Hot Dog Night | 4:49 | ||
| 9 | Observatory Crest | 3:36 | ||
| Written-By - Ingher* | ||||
| 10 | The Host The Ghost The Most Holy O | 2:25 | ||
| 11 | Harry Irene | 3:43 | ||
| 12 | I Got Love On My Mind | 3:07 | ||
| 13 | Pompadour Swamp | 3:38 | ||
| 14 | Love Lies | 5:00 | ||
| 15 | Sheriff Of Hong Kong | 6:37 | ||
| 16 | Further Than We've Gone | 5:31 | ||
| 17 | Candle Mambo | 3:33 | ||
| 18 | Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon | 5:03 | ||
| 19 | A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond | 1:52 | ||
Credits
Accordion -
Richard Redus
(tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Accordion, Bass [Fretless] - Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Backing Vocals - Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Bass - Bob West (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Drumbo (tracks: 15) , Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16) , Ira Ingber (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Rockette Morton (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Bass [Fretless] - Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Clarinet [Bass] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
Compiled By - Simon Hopkins
Drums - Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Drumbo (tracks: 15) , Gene Pello (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 to 19)
Gong [Chinese] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19)
Guitar - Alex Saint Claire* (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16) , Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Guitar [Bottleneck] - Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Glass Finger] - Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Guitar [National Steel Duolian] - Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Guitar [Nerve] - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
Guitar [Slide] - Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 16) , Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Spell] - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Steel Appendage], Acoustic Guitar - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Harmonica - Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
Horns [Air Bass] - Bruce Lambourne Fowler (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Horns [Prop-horn] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Keyboards - Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Mark Gibbons (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Mark Marcellino (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Marimba - Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16) , Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Mellotron, Piano [Grand], Electric Piano - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16)
Other [Sleevenotes By] - Simon Hopkins
Percussion - Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Ty Grimes (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Percussion [Additional] - Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Performer [Star Machine] - Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Producer - Don Van Vliet , Pete Johnson (2) (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16)
Saxophone [Soprano] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 19)
Synthesizer - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Trombone - Bruce Lambourne Fowler (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Vocals - Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
Voice - Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Washboard [Glass], Performer [Shake Bouquet], Drums [Metal] - Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6,15,18,19)
Whistling - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Written-By - Van Vliet*
Accordion, Bass [Fretless] - Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Backing Vocals - Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Bass - Bob West (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Drumbo (tracks: 15) , Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16) , Ira Ingber (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Rockette Morton (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Bass [Fretless] - Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Clarinet [Bass] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
Compiled By - Simon Hopkins
Drums - Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Drumbo (tracks: 15) , Gene Pello (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 to 19)
Gong [Chinese] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19)
Guitar - Alex Saint Claire* (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16) , Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Guitar [Bottleneck] - Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Glass Finger] - Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
Guitar [National Steel Duolian] - Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Guitar [Nerve] - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
Guitar [Slide] - Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 16) , Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19) , Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18) , Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Spell] - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Guitar [Steel Appendage], Acoustic Guitar - Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Harmonica - Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
Horns [Air Bass] - Bruce Lambourne Fowler (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Horns [Prop-horn] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Keyboards - Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Mark Gibbons (tracks: 2, 3, 10) , Mark Marcellino (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Marimba - Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16) , Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Mellotron, Piano [Grand], Electric Piano - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16)
Other [Sleevenotes By] - Simon Hopkins
Percussion - Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17) , Ty Grimes (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Percussion [Additional] - Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Performer [Star Machine] - Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
Producer - Don Van Vliet , Pete Johnson (2) (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16)
Saxophone [Soprano] - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 19)
Synthesizer - Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Trombone - Bruce Lambourne Fowler (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
Vocals - Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12) , Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
Voice - Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
Washboard [Glass], Performer [Shake Bouquet], Drums [Metal] - Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6,15,18,19)
Whistling - Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
Written-By - Van Vliet*
Notes
Edits from the following Beefheart-tracks are used as intro's to several tracks on this CD:
- Apes Ma
- Hey Garland, I Dig You Tweed Coat
- Cardboard Cutout Sundown
- "81" Poop Hatch
- Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee
- Party Of Special Things To Do
- Flavor Bud Living
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- Apes Ma
- Hey Garland, I Dig You Tweed Coat
- Cardboard Cutout Sundown
- "81" Poop Hatch
- Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee
- Party Of Special Things To Do
- Flavor Bud Living
BIEM/STEMRA