I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978

I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978 Artist: Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Limited Edition
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 603497774128
EAN: 0603497774128
ASIN: B0000DJYPM


Release Date: 2003-11-04

I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978


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Tracks:

  1. Tropical Hot Dog Night [#]
  2. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man [#]
  3. Owed T'Alex [#]
  4. Dropout Boogie [#]
  5. Harry Irene [#]
  6. Abba Zaba [#]
  7. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles [#]
  8. Old Fart at Play [#]
  9. Well [#]
  10. Ice Rose [#]
  11. Moonlight on Vermont [#]
  12. Floppy Boot Stomp [#]
  13. You Know You're a Man [#]
  14. Bat Chain Puller [#]
  15. Apes-Ma [#]
  16. When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy [#]
  17. Veteran's Day Poppy [#]

Tracks:

  1. Safe as Milk [#]
  2. Suction Points [#]

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Electrifying.......2006-04-18

A really happening set from the Good Captain that belongs in the collection of every aficiando (did I spell that right?). The full power of Don's personality shines through this performance, from his ad lib comments to his trenchant vocals. Better than some live performances I have attended in person.

5 out of 5 stars Energy packed set of incredible Beefheart..........2005-04-30

"I'm going to do what I wanna do", Don Van Vliet says while playfully scolding the audience at My Father's Place in NY, 1978 as they bellow song requests. The fans more or less ignore this proclamation and Van Vliet, with his usual uncompromising vigilance, in turn ignores their requests during the rest of the show. The crowd didn't seem to mind.

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band never released an official live album during their tenure as rock's most unique band. This CD set, then, becomes a rare treasure for Beefheart fans. It completely lacks the mediocre sound of most bootlegs. Not only that, the band put on an incredible performance. Van Vliet's voice clearly rises above the mix. The instrumentation nearly has the separation of a studio release (with only a few exceptions - "Suction Prints" sadly suffers from some obtrusive horns). The band bursts and drips with electric energy on every song. The crowd responds in kind.

The crowd happily witnessed a revived Beefheart. Recorded the same year that "Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)" was released, the setlist completely ignores Beefheart's two previous albums (arguably his worst, and recorded with the group now referred to as the "Tragic Band"). Every other album, except "Spotlight Kid" and "Mirror Man", gets represented. The band admirably pulls off difficult material from "Troutmask Replica" and "Lick My Decals Off, Baby". Not only that, the reworked classic songs get revitalized by horns and larger arrangements. 1978 saw a huge Beefheart comeback. The enthusiasm is captured here.

One noteworthy event on this disc occurs during the brilliant a capella "Well". Van Vliet suddenly stops and shouts "Cut it out, man! This is not in 4/4 time! Some things are sacred!" Ravenous Beefheart fans will easily find this CD set sacred.

Unfortunately (and annoyingly), Rhino only produced 5,000 copies of this set in 2000. It has inevitably been harder and harder to find (supposedly an Italian release exists out there that sadly cuts 2-3 songs to fit the set onto 1 CD, but this might be a bootleg). Online auctions are one possible source. Hopefully someone will re-release this set in the future with wider distribution in mind. Beefheart fans should not miss this one.

5 out of 5 stars Perfect.......2005-02-21

The sound quality is clear as a bell, and equal if not better then a studio album.

The quality of the show is just as good, just about every song beating its original version with passion and soul to a T. The band seems to find a groove even in the weirdest material from the Trout Mask Replica album.

Excellent.

Highly, highly, reccomended. The commentary alone is priceless.

5 out of 5 stars

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