℗ 2014 Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Released November 17, 2014
Duration 2h 38m 33s
Record Label Rhino/Warner Records
Genre Rock (Blues Rock)
 

Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972

Captain Beefheart

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1.1
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:38
1.2
Doctor Dark
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:46
1.3
I Love You, You Big Dummy
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:38
1.4
Peon
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:46
1.5
Bellerin' Plain
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:35
1.6
Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:06
1.7
Japan in a Dishpan
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:00
1.8
I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
1:53
1.9
Petrified Forest
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
1:40
1.10
One Red Rose That I Mean
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
1:54
1.11
The Buggy Boogie Woogie
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:18
1.12
The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:11
1.13
Space-Age Couple
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:46
1.14
The Clouds Are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:47
1.15
Flash Gordon's Ape
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
4:16
2.1
I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
4:34
2.2
White Jam
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:57
2.3
Blabber 'n Smoke
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:48
2.4
When It Blows Its Stacks
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:41
2.5
Alice in Blunderland
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:55
2.6
The Spotlight Kid
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:21
2.7
Click Clack
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:31
2.8
Grow Fins
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:31
2.9
There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:13
2.10
Glider
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
4:37
3.1
Low Yo Yo Stuff
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:38
3.2
Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:45
3.3
Too Much Time
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:46
3.4
Circumstances
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:11
3.5
My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:57
3.6
Sun Zoom Spark
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:11
3.7
Clear Spot
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:35
3.8
Crazy Little Thing
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:35
3.9
Long Neck Bottles
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
3:17
3.10
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
2:54
3.11
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
4:23
3.12
Golden Birdies
Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band
1:37
4.1
Alice in Blunderland (Alternate Version)
Captain Beefheart
3:55
4.2
Harry Irene
Captain Beefheart
3:33
4.3
I Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This / Seam Crooked Sam
Captain Beefheart
2:00
4.4
Pompadour Swamp / Suction Prints
Captain Beefheart
4:23
4.5
The Witch Doctor Life (Instrumental Take)
Captain Beefheart
5:27
4.6
Two Rips in a Haystack / Kiss Me My Love
Captain Beefheart
2:38
4.7
Best Batch Yet (Track / Version 1)
Captain Beefheart
2:18
4.8
Your Love Brought Me to Life (Instrumental)
Captain Beefheart
3:10
4.9
Dirty Blue Gene (Alternate Version 1)
Captain Beefheart
2:52
4.10
Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (Early Mix)
Captain Beefheart
3:59
4.11
Kiss Where I Kain't
Captain Beefheart
2:44
4.12
Circumstances (Alternate Version 2)
Captain Beefheart
3:23
4.13
Little Scratch
Captain Beefheart
2:57
4.14
Dirty Blue Gene (Alternate Version 3)
Captain Beefheart
3:03
This new four-disc collection revisits the albums Captain Beefheart (aka Don Van Vliet) recorded with the Magic Band in the early Seventies — Lick My Decals Off, Baby; The Spotlight Kid; and Clear Spot. It includes all three albums, which have been remastered for the first time, as well as a disc of unreleased material. The fourth and final disc in Sun Zoom Spark includes 14 unreleased tracks and is a trove of alternate versions, rehearsals and outtakes from the sessions for The Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot. The disc reveals just how much some songs evolved before being released. Among the highlights are a sung-version of “I Can’t Do This Unless I Can Do This/Seam Crooked Sam,” which became a spoken-word performance on Bat Chain Puller; a raucous, off-kilter version of “Dirty Blue Gene” that pointed the way to the final version on Doc at the Radar Station; and an instrumental rehearsal of “The Witch Doctor Life” that is nearly unrecognizable compared to the version heard on 1982’s Ice Cream For Crow.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Warner Records Studio Masters

Disc 1, Tracks 1-15; Disc 2, Tracks 1-10; Disc 3, Tracks 1-12; Disc 4, Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8-14 – 44.1 kHz / 16-bit PCM
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-0.94
-3.27 to 0.00
-15.33
-24.45 to -11.72
-12.50
-21.20 to -9.20
10
6 to 15
1.1
Lick My Decals Off, Baby
0.00-13.52-10.69
1.2
Doctor Dark
-0.44-12.76-9.68
1.3
I Love You, You Big Dummy
-0.38-12.54-9.48
1.4
Peon
-0.86-14.63-12.69
1.5
Bellerin' Plain
-0.63-11.72-9.26
1.6
Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop
-1.13-13.68-10.57
1.7
Japan in a Dishpan
-0.63-13.29-10.58
1.8
I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have to Go
-1.45-14.41-11.38
1.9
Petrified Forest
-1.21-13.38-10.18
1.10
One Red Rose That I Mean
-0.85-16.90-14.210
1.11
The Buggy Boogie Woogie
-1.19-15.09-11.88
1.12
The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig)
-1.04-12.75-9.97
1.13
Space-Age Couple
-0.76-12.94-10.07
1.14
The Clouds Are Full of Wine (Not Whiskey or Rye)
-0.51-12.37-10.07
1.15
Flash Gordon's Ape
-0.89-14.04-10.88
2.1
I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby
-0.04-12.85-10.58
2.2
White Jam
0.00-15.01-12.18
2.3
Blabber 'n Smoke
-0.42-15.40-12.69
2.4
When It Blows Its Stacks
-0.25-15.05-12.29
2.5
Alice in Blunderland
-0.06-14.67-12.210
2.6
The Spotlight Kid
-0.43-14.97-12.29
2.7
Click Clack
-0.48-15.53-12.29
2.8
Grow Fins
-0.59-16.01-13.210
2.9
There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage
-1.01-14.71-12.18
2.10
Glider
-0.96-15.70-13.110
3.1
Low Yo Yo Stuff
0.00-14.18-11.610
3.2
Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man
0.00-15.22-12.211
3.3
Too Much Time
0.00-14.91-12.010
3.4
Circumstances
0.00-14.92-12.110
3.5
My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
0.00-16.06-13.411
3.6
Sun Zoom Spark
0.00-14.49-11.610
3.7
Clear Spot
0.00-15.04-12.010
3.8
Crazy Little Thing
0.00-14.70-11.611
3.9
Long Neck Bottles
0.00-14.17-11.210
3.10
Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles
0.00-15.28-13.011
3.11
Big Eyed Beans from Venus
0.00-13.74-10.89
3.12
Golden Birdies
-0.86-19.48-16.413
4.1
Alice in Blunderland (Alternate Version)
0.00-15.58-12.811
4.2
Harry Irene
-2.32-24.45-21.213
4.3
I Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This / Seam Crooked Sam
-3.27-19.76-16.511
4.4
Pompadour Swamp / Suction Prints
0.00-17.19-13.912
4.5
The Witch Doctor Life (Instrumental Take)
-1.34-19.40-17.013
4.6
Two Rips in a Haystack / Kiss Me My Love
-3.20-17.88-15.710
4.7
Best Batch Yet (Track / Version 1)
-1.76-20.66-18.215
4.8
Your Love Brought Me to Life (Instrumental)
0.00-16.14-13.412
4.9
Dirty Blue Gene (Alternate Version 1)
-2.93-17.08-13.58
4.10
Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (Early Mix)
0.00-14.82-12.010
4.11
Kiss Where I Kain't
0.00-16.13-13.612
4.12
Circumstances (Alternate Version 2)
0.00-14.07-11.29
4.13
Little Scratch
-0.21-16.87-14.412
4.14
Dirty Blue Gene (Alternate Version 3)
-0.85-15.70-13.110

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