Our final item in the Beefheart clearinghouse that has been Egg City Radio for the past week is a great, great set from 1978 that, after several awful bootleggy attempts to put it in the public’s hands, was officially released by Rhino Handmade in ’00. The damned thing is super-out-of-print now, though, since RH only pressed 5,000 copies; at the moment of this writing, the lone used CD available through Amazon is going for US$150.
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do: Live At My Father’s Place, 1978, Disc 1 (ZIP file)
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – I’m Going To Do What I Wanna Do: Live At My Father’s Place, 1978, Disc 2 (ZIP file)
I got my hands on one of em’ just before they sold out. My number is 4,918
of 5,000. WHEW!!!
This is one awesome sounding “boot” , it was originally aired as a live radio broadcast from NYU (I believe).
Good Job on the post.
Thanks for the marvellous things–both this Beefheart week and in weeks past (Post-Punk Junk ‘n’ all). Many lessons and wonders, thanks to you, received here with appreciation. Cheers!
This actually still available at the iTunes store.
Did you choose all the anti-spam words? Pretty funny.
first heard “crazy little things”, and “alice in blunderland” as live versions. was disappointed with the studio versions i heard since. have been searchin’ high and low for the live versions for months now. thank you so much!!!
