Track list
Side 1
I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)
My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Click Clack
Side 2
Low Yo Yo Stuff
Too Much Time
Clear Spot
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Rhino blurb :
Captain Beefheart’s “Now Playing” vinyl LP includes 10 seminal tracks from across the artists’ catalog.
Introducing Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band ‘Now Playing’- a diverse mix of blues, soul, and experimental rock, featuring songs like “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” and “Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles” with soulful melodies and introspective tunes like “My Head Is My Only House When It Rains” and “Clear Spot.”
Overview by the Radar Station
What an uninspired and pointless compilation ! It’s certainly not ‘from across the artist’s catalog’.
Seemingly only available on coloured vinyl, and possibly a ‘limited edition’, who is this intended for?
The cover image makes it look like the Grow Fins collection and it doesn’t fit time-wise with the tracks on the album giving the whole thing the feel of a sloppy bootleg release.
Beefheart isn’t the only artist who has suffered this indignity, Rhino have included a number of other bands in this ‘Now Playing ‘ series and they are all half-arsed efforts … have these been compiled by AI ?
Releases
- 2024 vinyl on Rhino/Warner