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Captain Beefheart

Real Name:
Don Glen Vliet
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Born : January 15, 1941 // Glendale, CA, United States.
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Discography

Releases:
Zig Zag Wanderer (Album) (2 versions)   Object Enterprises ... 1967
The Spotlight Kid (Album) (6 versions)   Reprise Records ... 1971
Bongo Fury (Album) (8 versions)   Discreet ... 1975
2 Originals Of Captain Beefheart The Spotlight Kid / Lick My Decals Off, Baby (2xLP, RE)   Reprise Records 1977
Music In Sea Minor (10", RE)   PRT Records 1983
Top Secret (2 versions)   Breakaway ... 1983
Rare Beefheart / Vintage Zappa (CD, Album, Comp)   Disky 1991
A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (CD, Comp)   Virgin, Virgin 1993
Pearls Before Swine Ice Cream For Crows (CD, Mini)   Sonic Book 1996
Electricity (CD)   Camden 1998
Production:
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Album) (7 versions)   Straight ... 1970
The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) (2xCD)   Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Appears On:
Safe As Milk (Album) (21 versions)   BMG ... 1967
Hot Rats (Album) (18 versions)   Reprise Records ... 1969
Trout Mask Replica (Album) (11 versions) Neon Meate Dream Of A ... Reprise Records ... 1969
Zapped (Comp) (2 versions) Willie The Pimp Reprise Records ... 1969
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Album) (8 versions)   Straight ... 1970
Diddy Wah Diddy (7", Comp, Mono, EP, Promo)   A&M Records 1971
Mirror Man (Album, Comp) (19 versions)   Buddah Records ... 1971
The Legendary A&M Sessions (12", Mono)   Edsel Records 1986
The Old Masters, Box Three (9xLP, RM, Box) Sam With The Showing S... Barking Pumpkin Records 1987
The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot (2 versions)   Reprise Records 1990
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (2xCD, Comp) The Torture Never Stop... Zappa Records 1991
I May Be Hungry But I Sure Ain't Weird - The Alternate Captain Beefheart (Comp) (3 versions)   Sequel Records ... 1992
Locked In A Dutch Coffeeshop (CD) Captain Beefheart Medl... Fundamental 1995
Pachuco Cadaver (CD, Album)   Fire Ant 1995
Sunk In The Sun (CD, Album) Ashtray Heart Atonal Records 1995
Underground 4 Play (CD, Comp, Smplr)   Buddah Records 1996
Cheap Thrills (CD, Album, Comp, Enh) The Torture Never Stop... Rykodisc 1998
The Mirror Man Sessions (CD, Album)   Buddha Records (2), BMG 1999
White Punks On Dope (CD, Comp) My Head Is My Only Hou... Spectrum Music (2) 2000
Black Rooster EP (CD, EP) Dropout Boogie "Live" ... Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2002
CD Sampler 2003, "I'm Like A Stepping Razor Don't You Watch Me I'm Dangerous" (CD, Smplr) Dropout Boogie Dim Mak Records 2003
The Legend Of Frank Budgen Vol. 1 (10", Ltd)   Specific Recordings 2007
Tracks Appear On:
Looney Tunes And Merrie Melodies (3xLP, Comp, Promo) Lick My Decals Off, Baby Warner Bros. Records 1970
The Big Ball (2xLP, Comp) Ella Guru Warner Bros. Records 1970
Whole Burbank Catalog (2xLP, Comp, Promo) Click Clack Warner Bros. Records 1972
Blue Collar (Music From The Original Motion Picture Score) (Album) (3 versions) Hard Workin' Man (Main... MCA Records ... 1978
Nuggets Volume Six: Punk Part II (LP, Comp) Diddy Wah Diddy Rhino Records (2) 1985
The Psychedelic Years (2 versions) Electricity Knight Records Ltd 1990
Sounds Of The Seventies - FM Rock II (CD) Click Clack Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1992
The Psychedelic Years Revisited (3xCD) Abba Zabba, Trust Us (... Sequel Records 1992
Ocean Of Sound 2: Crooning On Venus (2xCD) White Jam Virgin 1996
Psychedelic Frequencies (CD) Electricity Temple 1996
The Big Lebowski - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (CD, Comp) Her Eyes Are A Blue Mi... Mercury 1998
Savage Pencil Presents... The Antiquack Dead Duck Selection (CD) Safe As Milk EMI Records 1999
The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) (2xCD) Sam With The Showing S... Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 7 (CD, Album, Comp) Electricity Uncut Magazine 1999
NME Presents Under The Influence (CD) Orange Claw Hammer New Musical Express 2000
The Old Grey Whistle Test (2xDVD, PAL, Mono, 4:3 + Box, Gat) Upon The My O My BBC Worldwide 2001
Songs In The Key Of Z: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music (CD) Vampire Suite Gammon Records 2002
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / Second A-Chronology 1936-2003 (CD, Comp + CD, Comp, Enh) She's Too Much For My ... Sub Rosa 2003
Songs In The Key Of Z - Vols. 1 & 2: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music (2xCD, Comp) Vampire Suite Cherry Red 2004
Uncut - The Playlist September 2006 (CD, Album, Com) Ice Cream For Crow Uncut Magazine 2006
10 Allumés Du Rock (CD) Orange Claw Hammer Les Inrockuptibles 2007
Rock & Pop Total Der 70er Und 80er Jahre (DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Met) Upon The My Oh My Horgi Music 2007
Rare Trax DVD - Highligths Aus Dem Beat-Club 1967 Bis 1972 (DVD, Comp, Car) I'm Gonna Booglarize Y... Rolling Stone (Germany) 2008
Radio Simian (CD, Promo) Trust Us Source Records (FR)  
Unofficial Releases:
Flavor Bud Living (2xLP, Unofficial)   Haro Records 1981
It's Too Hard- It's Beefheart (LP, Unofficial)   Love Situation 1982
Las Botas Graciosas Marchan Sobre Polonia! (LP, Comp, Ltd) Sam With The Showing S... Radura Una 1982
Another Chapter From The Lives And Times Of Captain Beefheart (2xVinyl)   Archive Productions (2) 1989
The New York Hot Dog Night (2xCD, Album)   Hallmark 1992
Captain Hook (CD, Unofficial)   German Records World Productions 1993
Crazy Little Things (CD, Album)   Triangle Records (3) 1993
An Evening With Frank Zappa And Captain Beefheart (CD)   Head Records (3) 1998
Over Here Over There (CD)   Head Records (3) 1998
Zig Zag Wanderer (The Best Of The Buddah Years) (CD, Comp, Unofficial)   Wooded Hill Recordings 1998
London 1974 (CD)   Movieplay Gold 2001
Can You Pass The Oof Acid Test? (CD, Mixed, Unofficial, Ltd) Electricity Not On Label (DJ Oof) 2004
Captain's Last Live Concert Plus... (2xCD)   Ozit Records 2006
Inter-Zappa Overdrive (Vinyl, EP, Ltd)   Turnip Records 2006
Poet Rock Muscians Of The Desert (2xCD, Comp)   Ozit Records 2007
Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings (LP)   Ruthless Rhymes, Ltd.  
The Early Years 1959-1969 (CD)   Beef Music  
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