Dust Sucker

Dust Sucker Artist: Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band
Label: Ozit Morpheus
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 655035000329
EAN: 0655035000329
ASIN: B000067ARH


Release Date: 2002-05-14

Dust Sucker


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Tracks:

  1. Bat Chain Puller
  2. Seam Crooked Sam
  3. Harry Irene
  4. 81 Poop Hatch
  5. Flavor Bud Living
  6. Brickbats
  7. Floppy Boot Stomp
  8. Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond
  9. Owed T'Alex
  10. Odd Jobs
  11. 1010th Day of the Human Totem Pole
  12. Apes-Ma
  13. Bat Chain Puller
  14. Harry Irene
  15. Flavor Bud Living
  16. Floppy Boot Stomp
  17. Owed T'Alex
  18. Well, Well, Well
  19. My Human Gets Me Blues

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Real Treat!.......2003-08-20

I hate to admit that various reviews that suggested that this was a low fidelity disc were intimidating. But how can a Beefheart fan resist the original vision of Bad Chain Puller? The good news is that the rather primitive mix and a predictable light touch of tape hiss does little to distract from the original versions of some of the Captain's great late material. The performances are warm, comfortable and a little more fun. Shiny Beast is a great album, but this stuff that had been hidden away for so long is just about as damn good as we had a right to hope for. Treat yourself.

4 out of 5 stars Good demos, recommended for collectors.......2002-10-29

Of the 19 tracks on this CD, the first 12 are demos from 1976 for an album called Bat Chain Puller. Of those 12 songs, 11 were later to be rerecorded for Beefheart's last three studio albums: Shiny Beast (1978), Doc at the Radar Station (1980), and Ice Cream for Crow (1982). Shiny Beast (1978) was subtitled Bat Chain Puller, much as the Beach Boys' title for Smiley Smile pays homage to the abandoned album Smile. This production sound on this early incarnation (1976) of Bat Chain Puller is not great, but the performances are.

The eight-page insert booklet has fun illustrations, collages incorporating ticket stubs and photos of Beefheart and his band. The information it provides is tantalizing because of what's missing. I wish the liner notes had more information - for instance, who wrote them? Where did the art come from? Who discovered the master tapes, when and how? Ken Brooks is thanked for providing information. Who is Brooks? Did the Captain give Brooks the reel-to-reel tape pictured on page 2 of this booklet? And so forth. Sometimes you have to step into the spotlight to communicate.

The last seven tracks are intriguing. "Well, Well, Well" is a studio outtake featuring the voice of Rocket Morton and so could be from 1973. Some live tracks could be the 1978 band. The notes are silent on who was performing, when, and where. If Beefheart handed the tapes over and couldn't provide that information, why not say so in the insert notes?

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  2. Dark Ages ~ Bedhead
  3. All Lights Off ~ Rearview Mirror
  4. Live -- Studio and Stage ~ The Easybeats
  5. The Art of Disappointment ~ The Benjamins
  6. Joe Perry ~ Joe Perry
  7. Ash Ra Tempel ~ Ash Ra Tempel
  8. The Willowz ~ The Willowz
  9. Experimenting With Contrast ~ The Dropscience
  10. Arborescence: Become the Other ~ Ozric Tentacles

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Outfit ~ Motoharu Yoshizawa

20 Jahre Zillertaler Schürzenjäger Live ~ Zillertaler Sch%C3%BCrzenj%C3%A4ger

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Biriko ~ Kandia Kouyate

C'e Sempre Un Motivo ~ Adriano Celentano

Amor Libre ~ Camilo Sesto