CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) UK LP - Magic Band Prog Psych

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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

UK LP released on Virgin Records. Mid-80s pressing.

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So titled because the original album, simply titled Bat Chain Puller, had to be ditched and rerecorded after a legal tussle involving Frank Zappa's manager, Shiny Beast turned out to be manna from heaven for those feeling Beefheart had lost his way. Then again, what else could be assumed with a song titled "Tropical Hot Dog Night" that sounds like what happened when Beefheart encountered Miami disco and decided to make something of it?

When it comes to singing, though, he's still the atypical growler, snarler and more of lore, conjuring up more wonderfully odd lyrical stories than can easily be measured, while the album as a whole gets steadily more and more bent. "You Know You're a Man" is at once straightforward and incredibly weird when it comes to love and gender, while other standouts include "Bat Chain Puller," a steady chugger that feels like a goofy death march, and the nervy freak of "Owed T'Alex."

As for the Magic Band in general, keyboardist Eric Drew Feldman, guitarists Jeff Tepper and Richard Redus and drummer Robert Williams lay down the business with appropriately gone aplomb, as a listen to "Suction Prints" will demonstrate.

Tracks Are :-

Side One

The Floppy Boot Stomp
Tropical Hot Dog Night
Ice Rose
Harry Irene
You Know You're A Man
Bat Chain Puller

Side Two

When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy
Owed T'Alex
Candle Mambo
Love Lies
Suction Prints
Apes-Ma

Released on 'Virgin Records'

Catalogue No. OVED 67

Disc is in EX condition

Sleeve is in VG+ condition

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