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Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band

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Releases up to and including Trout Mask Replica (1969) are credited to Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band.
Releases from Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970) are credited to Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band.
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Discography

Releases:
Diddy Wah Diddy / Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (Single) (9 versions)   A&M Records ... 1966
Moonchild / Frying Pan (Single) (2 versions)   A&M Records 1966
Safe As Milk (Album) (42 versions)   Buddah Records ... 1967
Yellow Brick Road / Abba Zaba (Single) (4 versions)   Buddah ... 1967
Moonchild / Who Do You Think You're Fooling? (Single) (2 versions)   A&M Records 1968
Strictly Personal (Album) (8 versions)   Blue Thumb Records ... 1968
Trout Mask Replica (Album) (16 versions)   Straight Records (US) ... 1969
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Album) (9 versions)   Straight ... 1970
Plastic Factory / Where There's Women (Vinyl, Single, Promo)   Buddah Records 1970
Sure 'Nuff 'N' Yes I Do / Yellow Brick Road (Vinyl, Single)   Buddah Records 1970
Click Clack / Glider (Vinyl, Single, Promo)   Reprise Records 1971
Diddy Wah Diddy (7", Comp, Mono, EP, Promo)   A&M Records 1971
Mirror Man (Album, Comp) (19 versions)   Buddah Records ... 1971
Clear Spot (Album) (5 versions)   Reprise Records ... 1972
Click Clack / I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (Single) (2 versions)   Reprise Records 1972
Too Much Time (7", Promo)   Reprise Records, Reprise Records 1972
Bluejeans & Moonbeams (Album) (9 versions)   Virgin ... 1974
Unconditionally Guaranteed (Album) (8 versions)   Mercury ... 1974
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (Album) (9 versions)   Virgin ... 1978
Sure 'Nuff 'N' Yes I Do / Electricity (Single) (2 versions)   Buddah Records 1978
Doc At The Radar Station (Album) (10 versions)   Virgin Records America ... 1980
Ice Cream For Crow (Album) (9 versions)   Virgin ... 1982
Light Reflected Off The Oceands Of The Moon (Vinyl, EP)   Virgin Records Ltd. 1982
Legendary A&M Sessions (MiniAlbum, Maxi) (10 versions)   A&M Records ... 1984
Abba Zaba (LP)   Masters 1988
Safe As Milk / Mirror Man (Album) (2 versions)   Castle Communications 1988
The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot (2 versions)   Reprise Records 1990
I May Be Hungry But I Sure Ain't Weird - The Alternate Captain Beefheart (Comp) (3 versions)   Sequel Records ... 1992
A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (CD, Comp)   Virgin 1993
Grow Fins Vol. I: Just Got Back From The City / Electricity (2xLP)   Xeric, Table Of The Elements 1999
Grow Fins Vol. II: Trout Mask House Sessions (2xLP)   Xeric, Table Of The Elements 1999
Grow Fins Vol. III: Grow Fins (2xLP)   Xeric, Table Of The Elements 1999
Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-1982) (5xCD + Box, Comp, wit + CD, Enh, (CD)   Revenant 1999
Grow Fins: Rarities (1965-82) (CD, Promo, Smplr)   Revenant 1999
The Dust Blows Forward (An Anthology) (2xCD)   Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
The Mirror Man Sessions (Album) (2 versions)   Buddha Records (2) ... 1999
Dust Sucker (Comp) (2 versions)   Milksafe Productions ... 2002
The Best Of Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band (CD, Comp)   EMI Gold 2002
'Dichotomy' (CD, Comp)   Ozit-Morpheus Records 2003
Introducing...Captain Beefheart [Hot Head ] (CD, Album)   EMI Records 2003
Live 'N' Rare (2xCD, Comp, Ltd)   Ozit-Morpheus Records 2005
Amsterdam '80 (CD, Album)   Major League Productions Ltd. 2006
Live In London - Drury Lane '74 (CD, Album, RM)   EMI Records, Virgin 2006
The Buddah Years (CD)   Sony BMG Music Entertainment 2006
It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper (2xLP, Comp, 180)   Sundazed Music 2008
Appears On:
Hits From The Underground: The 70's (Comp) (2 versions)   BMG Special Products 1998
How To Be Soundtrack (CD, Comp, Album) Clear Spot Dreamboat Records 2009
The Big Lebowski (LP, Comp, RE) Her Eyes Are A Blue Mi... Mercury  
Tracks Appear On:
Gutbucket (An Underworld Eruption) (2xLP, Comp, Smplr) Gimme Dat Harp Boy Liberty 1969
Zapped (Comp) (2 versions) The Blimp (Mousetrapre... Reprise Records ... 1969
Heavy Mix (LP, RE, Comp) Electricity, Plastic F... Pickwick 1971
The A&M Bootleg Album (2xLP, Promo, Smplr, Comp, W/Lbl) Diddy Wah Diddy, Who D... A&M Records 1973
The A&M Bootleg Album (2xLP, TP, Promo, Comp, Smplr) Diddy Wah Diddy, Who D... Monarch Record Mfg Co. 1973
V (2xLP, Smplr, Gat) Mirror Man (Live), Upo... Virgin 1975
Dead On Arrival (2xLP, Comp, Lim) New Electric Ride Virgin 1978
Cash-Cows (Comp) (3 versions) Dirty Blue Gene Virgin ... 1980
More Nuggets - Classics From The Psychedelic Sixties - Vol. 2 (CD) Diddy Wah Diddy Rhino Entertainment Company 1987
California Connection: West Coast Rock 1966-1975 (CD, Smplr, Comp) Diddy Wah Diddy, Moonc... A&M Records 1990
Classic Rock - Rock Renaissance IV (CD) Abba Zaba Time Life Music, Warner Special Products 1991
Psychedelique (2xCD, Comp) Electricity, Abba Zaba Carrere 1991
Underground 4 Play (CD, Comp, Smplr) Abba Zaba, Dropout Boo... Buddah Records 1996
Disraeli Years (5xCD, Comp) Gimme Dat Harp Boy, Mi... Dressed To Kill 1997
Ocean Of Sound 4: Guitars On Mars (2xCD) Flavor Bud Living, Eve... Virgin 1997
Sixties Apocalypse (2xCD) Gimme Dat Harp Boy, Mi... Age Of Panic 1997
Feel The Buzz: Hit Time (CD, Comp) Zig Zag Wanderer Polymedia 1998
Geschichte Der Popmusik (52xCD, Comp + Box) Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do Bear Family Records 1998
Hits From The Underground: The 70's (Comp) (2 versions) Abba Zaba BMG Special Products 1998
Midsummer Night Dreams And San Francisco Daze (2xCD, Comp) Diddy Wah Diddy Debutante 1998
Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (4xCD, Comp + Box) Diddy Wah Diddy Rhino Entertainment Company 1998
Psychedelia And The Underground (CD, Comp) Electricity Camden 1998
The Big Lebowski (Comp) (2 versions) Her Eyes Are A Blue Mi... Mercury 1998
Back To Mine (Comp) (3 versions) Big Eyed Beans From Venus DMC Publishing 2002
Totally Wired (CD, Comp) Harry Irene Uncut Magazine 2002
Real 60's The Psychedelic Hits (3xCD + Box, Comp) Yellow Brick Road BMG Special Products 2003
Songs In The Key Of Z - Vols. 1 & 2: The Curious Universe Of Outsider Music (2xCD, Comp) Vampire Suite Cherry Red 2004
John Peel - A Tribute (2xCD, Comp) Big Eyed Beans From Venus Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2005
25 Ans De Musique D'Avant Nova (25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Too Much Time Nova Records 2007
How To Be Soundtrack (CD, Comp, Album) Clear Spot Dreamboat Records 2009
Buddahrama (LP) Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do... Buddah Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Easy Teeth (LP)   The Impossible Recordworks 1978
Best Batch Yet (2xLP, Unofficial)   God's Golfball Records 1981
Captain Hook (CD, Unofficial)   German Records World Productions 1993
Puller Man (CD, Comp, Unofficial)   German Records World Productions 1994
Live At My Father's Place (CD, Album)   Not On Label 1995
Zig Zag Wanderer (The Best Of The Buddah Years) (CD, Comp, Unofficial)   Wooded Hill Recordings 1998
Case Of The Punks (CD, Unofficial)   Not On Label 2000
Hoboism (CD)   Pontiac 2000
Prime Quality Beef (CD, Comp, Unofficial, Ltd)   Ozit Records 2005
Avalon '66 (7", EP)   Blue Desert Recordings  
Don's Birthday Party (2xLP, Unofficial, Red)   Not On Label (Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band)  
Live At Bickershaw Festival 1972 (CD, Unofficial)   Ozit Records  
Merseytrout - Live 1980 (CD)   Ozit Records  
Original 1976 Shiny Beast Version (LP, Unofficial)   Shelter Records  
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