| Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982 |
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| Released | May 18, 1999 |
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| Recorded | 1965–1982 |
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| Length | 234:12 |
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| Label | Revanant |
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| AllMusic |     [1] |
Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982 is a 5-HDCD box set compiled from previously unreleased recordings by Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band. The featured material spans the band's entire career, but focuses mainly on their work up to the late 1960s and the sessions for Beefheart's best-known album, Trout Mask Replica (1969).
Track listing
Disc one: Just Got Back From the City (1965-67)| Title |
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| 1. | "Obeah Man" (1966 demo) | 2:46 |
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| 2. | "Just Got Back from the City" (1966 demo) | 1:55 |
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| 3. | "I'm Glad" (1966 demo) | 3:43 |
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| 4. | "Triple Combination" (1966 demo) | 2:50 |
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| 5. | "Here I Am I Always Am" (early 1966 demo) | 3:17 |
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| 6. | "Here I Am I Always Am" (later 1966 demo) | 2:33 |
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| 7. | "Somebody in My Home" (live Avalon Ballroom '66) | 3:03 |
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| 8. | "Tupelo" (live Avalon Ballroom '66) | 4:15 |
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| 9. | "Evil" (live Avalon Ballroom '66) | 2:33 |
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| 10. | "Old Folks Boogie" (live Avalon Ballroom '67) | 3:15 |
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| 11. | "Call On Me" (1965 demo) | 3:04 |
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| 12. | "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do" (1967 demo) | 2:11 |
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| 13. | "Yellow Brick Road" (1967 demo) | 1:45 |
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| 14. | "Plastic Factory" (1967 demo) | 2:57 |
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Disc two: Electricity (1967-68)| Title |
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| 1. | "Electricity" (live at Cannes 1968) | 3:42 |
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| 2. | "Sure Nuff" (live at Cannes 1968) | 3:00 |
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| 3. | "Rollin n Tumblin" (Kidderminster 1968) | 11:10 |
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| 4. | "Electricity" (Kidderminster 1968) | 3:42 |
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| 5. | "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" (Kidderminster 1968) | 6:28 |
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| 6. | "Kandy Korn" (Kidderminster 1968) | 4:23 |
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| 7. | "Korn Ring Finger" (1967 demo) | 7:23 |
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Disc three: Trout Mask House Sessions (1969)| Title |
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| 1. | "Hobo Chang Ba" and "Dachau Blues" tuning up" | 4:59 |
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| 2. | "'bush recording'" | 8:18 |
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| 3. | "Hair Pie: Bake 1" | 5:04 |
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| 4. | "Hair Pie: Bake 2" | 2:44 |
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| 5. | "'noodling'" | 1:05 |
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| 6. | "Hobo Chang Ba" | 2:02 |
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| 7. | ""Hobo" practice" | 1:58 |
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| 8. | "Hobo Chang Ba" (take 2) | 3:08 |
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| 9. | "Dachau Blues" | 2:06 |
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| 10. | "Old Fart at Play" | 1:23 |
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| 11. | "'noodling'" | 1:01 |
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| 12. | "Pachuco Cadaver" | 4:08 |
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| 13. | "Sugar 'n Spikes" | 2:40 |
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| 14. | "'noodling'" | 1:01 |
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| 15. | "Sweet Sweet Bulbs" | 2:31 |
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| 16. | "Frownland" (take 1) | 2:51 |
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| 17. | "Frownland" | 1:52 |
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| 18. | "'noodling'" | 1:11 |
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| 19. | "Ella Guru" | 2:33 |
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| 20. | "'silence'" | 0:09 |
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| 21. | "She's Too Much for My Mirror" | 1:30 |
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| 22. | "'noodling'" | 0:36 |
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| 23. | "Steal Softly thru Snow" | 2:22 |
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| 24. | "'noodling'" | 1:52 |
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| 25. | "My Human Gets Me Blues" | 2:54 |
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| 26. | "'noodling'" | 1:06 |
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| 27. | "When Big Joan Sets Up" | 4:32 |
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| 28. | "'silence'" | 0:05 |
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| 29. | "Candy Man" | 0:57 |
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| 30. | "China Pig" | 4:15 |
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Disc four: Trout Mask House Sessions (Storytime Portion) (1969)| Title |
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| 1. | "Blimp playback" | 5:09 |
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| 2. | "Herb Alpert" | 1:07 |
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| 3. | "Septic tank" | 0:51 |
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| 4. | "We'll overdub it 3 times" | 5:26 |
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Disc four is an enhanced CD which also contains the following video material:| Title |
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| 1. | "Cannes Beach live '68" ("Electricity" and "Sure Nuff 'N Yes I Do") | |
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| 2. | "Paris Bataclan live '73" ("Click Clack") | |
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| 3. | "Detroit Tubeworks program, winter of late 1970/early 1971" ("When Big Joan Sets Up", "Woe Is Uh Me Bop" and "Bellerin Plain") | |
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| 4. | "Amougies live '69" ("She's Too Much for My Mirror" and "My Human Gets Me Blues") | |
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Disc five: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Grow Fins (1969-81)| Title |
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| 1. | "My Human Gets Me Blues" (live Amougies '69) | 3:56 |
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| 2. | "When Big Joan Sets Up" (live 'Detroit Tubeworks' 1971) | 6:13 |
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| 3. | "Woe Is Uh Me Bop" (live 'Detroit Tubeworks' 1971) | 2:46 |
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| 4. | "Bellerin Plain" (live 'Detroit Tubeworks' 1971) | 3:26 |
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| 5. | "Black Snake Moan I" (KHSU '72) | 1:04 |
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| 6. | "Grow Fins" (live Bickershaw '72) | 5:12 |
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| 7. | "Black Snake Moan II" (WBCN '72) | 1:52 |
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| 8. | "Spitball Scalped Uh Baby" (live, Bickershaw '72) | 9:15 |
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| 9. | "Harp Boogie I" (WBCN '72) | 1:35 |
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| 10. | "One Red Rose That I Mean" (Town Hall '72) | 1:48 |
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| 11. | "Harp Boogie II" (WBCN '72) | 0:56 |
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| 12. | "Natchez Burning" (WBCN '72) | 0:46 |
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| 13. | "Harp Boogie III" (1972 radio phone in) | 0:53 |
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| 14. | "Click Clack" (Paris, '73) | 2:53 |
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| 15. | "Orange Claw Hammer" ('75 from radio with Zappa on acoustic guitar) | 4:39 |
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| 16. | "Odd Jobs" (Don piano demo, '76) | 5:13 |
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| 17. | "Odd Jobs" (full band demo '76) | 5:12 |
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| 18. | "Vampire Suite" (1980 worktapes/live) | 3:49 |
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| 19. | "Mellotron Improv" (live '78) | 1:25 |
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| 20. | "Evening Bell" (Don piano demo '81) | 0:57 |
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| 21. | "Evening Bell" (Lucas worktape '81) | 2:18 |
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| 22. | "Mellotron Improv" (live '80) | 2:23 |
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| 23. | "Flavor Bud Living" (live '81) | 1:17 |
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References
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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (1964–1982)
The Magic Band (2003–2017)
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