| Captain Beefheart Discography |
| Beefheart Covers Collection- Part 6 |
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Native & Silencers |
ZigZag Wanderer1995? French CD Duos Taratata on Barclay 529509-2 A compilation album of material played on the French TV show 'Taratata'. It looks like bands were encouraged to play together hence the 'duos' part of the album title. The song is actually listed as 'Zig Zag'. I know nothing about these bands so other information welcome. |
| Nectarine No.9 |
Frownland1994 UK CD Guitar Thieves on Postcard/Nighttracks CDNT004
Tackling a difficult song Nectarine No.9 come up with one of the more inspired cover versions around. Originally recorded for a John Peel radio session in March 1993. |
WellThis track is included on the Genus Records' Mama Kangaroos tribute album |
| Old Farts At Play |
Electricity
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| Old Time Relijun |
Wild Lifesee the Neon Meate Dream tribute album |
| Joan Osborne |
His Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles1993 US CD ep Blue Million Miles on Swimming Pool Blue Records
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| John Oswald |
Lick My Decals Off Baby199? Unreleased The legendary 'Plunderphonics' exponent takes the 'Decals' album and mixes it down to one track. Absolutely fascinating. |
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One Red Rose In Flash Gordon's Dishpan |
| Painted Willie |
Clear Spot1988 US CD We Got Power Films Presents... The Melting Plot From a bizarre various artists compilation of covers by alternative bands on the SST label. Painted Willie are David Markey - vocals, drums, percussion, and Phil Newman - bass, slide guitar, guitars. These two are the guys who compiled, directed, recorded and produced this whole CD. See also Dez Cadena |
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Dali's Car1999 US CD Meltdown on Summit Records DCD227 An intriguing cover by a trio - sax, tuba and drums - sounding at times like a Zappa out-take from 'Hot Rats' (yes, honest!). Listed under 'The Rock n Roll Sphere' the track is described as 'A rock sound picture of what Salvador Dali saw while driving his car!'. There are, in fact, two versions. The main one is 2:01 long and there is also 'the rush hour mix' which, with more improvisation, runs to 5:40. From the cover:- The Pilafian Project has a mission to blend different musical styles into a singular listening experience ... Whether jazz, rock or classical in style the source music chosen for each track provided a springboard for creativity. Other composers on the CD include Ornette Coleman, Theolonius Monk, Bela Bartok and Maurice Ravel. An interesting collection. |
Grow Fins1993 Australia CD Not Just A Bit Of Wood on White Ant Records WARP1 |
Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles2008 unreleased Recorded as part of a session on the Have You Heard website. Pontiak are a group of three brothers from Virginia - "We are not eclectic, nor are we fusion. The truth is, I can't say what kind of music we play". |
| The Primevals |
China Pigsee Fast 'n' Bulbous Tribute Album Crazy Little Thing1988 French 7" Fertile Mind / Crazy Little Thing
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Hard Workin' Manplayed live; unreleased The Primevals were formed in 1983 by Michael Rooney. Former member Tom Rafferty described them as " a rock & roll band steeped in American music, blues, jazz, rock & roll, - the Clyde is their Delta". They have connections with another Scottish band, the Beat Poets who also appeared on the tribute album. See The Beat Poets entry for more information about the two bands. |
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Hot Head2002 UK CD Invisible Insurrection Of A Million Minds on Shadazz 002 A "sleazy electro rework" of "Hothead" by Pro Forma on the Scottish electro compilation "Invisible Insurrection Of A Million Minds" (this title quotes Alexander Trochii, Scottish novelist, poet and polemicist). |
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Sure Nuff 'n' Yes I Do
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Lick My Decals Off Baby2006 US CD Puttanesca on Catasonic Records Jazz, funk blues. More about how the band tackled this song can be found on the blog. |
| Hugo Race & The True Spirit |
Clear Spot 1996 German(?) CD Valley of Light on Glitterhouse/EFA
GRCD390
Former member of Nick Cave's Bad Seeds Hugo Race has been releasing albums regularly since the late 80s. This is a good cover but there are no surprises. |
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Electricity2002 US CD In The Grips of The Light on Secretly Canadian Records Hardcore, noise band from Bloomington. This track is also included on the Neon Meate Dream tribute album |
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Grow Fins1995 - 2005 live - various venues unreleased Rock band from New Orleans into some jamming and relentless touring, and have a thing about fish. They have played 'Grow Fins' on a number of occasions over the years ... the versions I've heard are quite short (about a minute or so in length) and are part a medley of other songs which oddly includes Land of a 1000 Dances |
Apes maTwo voices accompanied by scratching and scrapings add extra depth to this otherwise very short poem. This track is included on the Genus Records' Mama Kangaroos tribute album |
Abba Zaba2008 US CD The Fire Keeps Burning on Resonant Music 004 A five minute jazz instrumental interpretation led by Andy Haas' sax. I have to be honest and say that I wouldn't have recognised the song if I hadn't known what it was. There were some themes or motifs that might have got me thinking that it was something I should know. Perhaps someone with a better jazz understanding than I have could explain what it is they've done here. |
Love Lies2007 French CD 331/3 on XIII BIS Records
Very languid acoustic based version with Susheela's gorgeous dark brown vocals. Born in England of Indian parents and seemingly working in France a lot Susheela's influences are wide ranging. This album of covers is an eclectic mix - anything with a Beefheart song has to be that anyway - but this also includes songs by Velvet Underground, Can, Bob Dylan, Throbbing Gristle and Jimi Hendrix amongst others. An excellent album. Find out more at http://www.susheelaraman.com |
Peon2006 live at the Globen Arena, Stockholm John Frusciante and Flea attempt to play Peon. In fact, they have several attempts at it ... and give them their due they keep at it, and it ain't half bad. You can check it out on Youtube |
Zig Zag Wanderer2003 US CDS (I'm a) Ballerina / Zig Zag Wanderer on For Us/Rough Trade Records FU026 The Rogers Sisters are Jennifer on guitar, and Laura on drums, along with (non-sister) bassist Miyuki Furtado. A pretty good, straightforward cover of 'ZigZag Wanderer', with a hint of The B52's. They also play the song at live shows. |
Dropout1971 UK EP Rebel Trousers on United Artists UP35221 Yes, the Roger Ruskin Spear of Bonzos fame does a 'sort of' cover of Dropout Boogie on this rare 4 track vinyl ep. It may also have been added to the CD release of his 'Electric Shocks' album but I haven't been able to confirm this |
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