Fantastic set from the Captain with full biographical CD booklet of the show.
There are a few references to the Spotlight Kid throughout the show, a reference
to the spotlight being played on the band from the lighting tower in the
audience. At the beginning of the tape after Rockette Morton's bass solo, there
is some weird wordplay on The Mascara Snake. Firstly Rockette, remarks "The
Mascara Snake" and then during a pause in the solo Beefheart says "And this is
the Mascara Fake" Rockette then plays his ass off some more, pauses and then he
says "and this is the Mascara for gods sake". The solo finally finishes and then
Don says "and this is the Mascara...." to much laughter from band and crowd
alike. "Why don't you turn off the monitors, we'll do this next composition
without the monitors??? We don't need the monitors to play. Doh! Oh, it's not
the monitor. Now everybody's going to know we're human beings. No, I'm just
kidding, I'm kidding, I'm kidding." He then mutters something indiscernible and
the band laugh. "If I had an electric light on right now, I wouldn't take it out
for nothing." "Sorry." "All right, here we go, ah. Zoot Horn Rollo on guitar. A
composition, a composition Peon from the album Lick My Decals Off Baby. Rockette
Morton on bass this time. Thank you, thank you for waiting".
The Band:
Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet: vocals, sax, harmonica
Rockette Morton/Mark Boston: bass guitar, guitar
Oréjon-Audi Hon/Roy Estrada: bass guitar
Zoot Horn Rollo/Bill Harkleroad: guitar, slide guitar
Winged Eel Fingerling/Elliot Ingber: guitar, slide guitar
Ed Marimba/Art Tripp: drums, percussion
Tracks:
1 Rockette Morton's bass solo
2 Mascara Snake
3 When It Blows Its Stacks
4 Click Clack
5 Grow Fins
6 Hobo Chang Ba
7 I'm Gonna Booglarise You
8 Old Black Snake
9 Peon
10 Abba Zabba
11 Alice in Blunderland
12 My Human Gets Me Blues
13 Steal Softly Through Snow
14 Golden Birdies
15 Spit Ball Scalped A Baby.
(Ozit/Cargo)
