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Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD)

By: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD) Album By Captain Beefheart & His Magic ...
1   Obeah Man - (1966 demo)
2   Just Got Back From The City - (1966 demo)
3   I'm Glad - (1966 demo)
4   Triple Combination - (1966 demo)
5   Here I Am I Always Am - (early 1966 demo)
6   Here I Am I Always Am - (later 1966 demo)
7   Somebody In My Home - (live, 1966)
8   Tupelo - (live, 1966)
9   Evil Is Going On - (live, 1966)
10   Old Folks Boogie - (live, 1967)
11   Call On Me - (1965 demo)
12   Sure Nuff N Yes I Do - (1967 demo)
13   Yellow Brick Road - (1967 demo)
14   Plastic Factory - (1967 demo)
 
DISC 2 for Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD) Album By Captain Beefheart & His Magic ...
1   Electricity - (live, 1968)
2   Sure Nuff N Yes I Do - (live, 1968)
3   Rollin N Tumblin - (live, 1968)
4   Electricity - (live, 1968)
5   Yer Gonna Need Somebody On Yer Bond - (live, 1968)
6   Kandy Korn - (live, 1968)
7   Korn Ring Finger - (1967 demo)
 
DISC 3 for Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD) Album By Captain Beefheart & His Magic ...
1   Untitled 1
2   Untitled 2
3   Hair Pie: Bake 1
4   Hair Pie: Bake 2
5   Untitled 5
6   Hobo Chang Ba
7   Untitled 7
8   Hobo Chang Ba - (take 2)
9   Dachau Blues
10   Old Fart At Play
11   Untitled 11
12   Pachuco Cadaver
13   Sugar 'N Spikes
14   Untitled 14
15   Sweet Sweet Bulbs
16   Frownland - (take 1)
17   Frownland
18   Untitled 18
19   Ella Guru
20   Untitled 20
21   She's Too Much For My Mirror
22   Untitled 22
23   Steal Softly Through Snow
24   Untitled 24
25   My Human Gets Me Blues
26   Untitled 26
27   When Big Joan Sets Up
28   Untitled 28
29   Untitled 29
30   China Pig
 
DISC 4 for Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD) Album By Captain Beefheart & His Magic ...
1   "Blimp"
2   "Herb"
3   "Septic Tank"  
4   "Overdub"
 
DISC 5 for Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-82 (Box Set) (CD) Album By Captain Beefheart & His Magic ...
1   My Human Gets Me Blues - (live, 1969)
2   When Big Joan Sets Up - (live, 1971)
3   Woe Is Uh Me Bop - (live, 1971)
4   Bellerin' Plain - (live, 1971)
5   Black Snake Moan I - (1972 radio phone-in)
6   Grow Fins - (live, 1972)
7   Black Snake Moan II - (1972 radio)
8   Spitball Scalped Uh Baby - (live, 1972)
9   Harp Boogie I - (1972 radio)
10   One Red Rose That I Mean - (live, 1972)
11   Harp Boogie II - (1972 radio)
12   Natchez Burning - (1972 radio)
13   Harp Boogie III - (1972 radio phone-in)
14   Click Clack - (live, 1973)
15   Orange Claw Hammer - (1975 radio)
16   Odd Jobs - (1975 piano demo)
17   Odd Jobs - (1976 band demo)
18   Vampire Suite - (live)
19   Mellotron Improv - (live, 1978)
20   Evening Bell - (1981 piano worktape)
21   Evening Bell - (1982 guitar worktape)
22   Mellotron Improv - (live, 1980)
23   Flavor Bud Living - (live, 1980)
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (8/5/99, pp.63-4) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...reveals that Van Vliet [Beefheart]...may have shaped his players - and even psychologically scarred them - but that his players shaped the music....an honest appraisal of the Captain's own original talents..."
Entertainment Weekly (6/24/99, p.133) - "...The five-CD GROW FINS, which is chockablock with old demos, live performances, radio spots, and rare live footage, is a fan's wet dream..." - Rating: A-
The Wire (1/00, p.67) - Included in Wire Magazine's "50 Records Of The Year ['99]"
Mojo (Publisher) (1/00, p.31) - Included in Mojo Magazine's "Best Boxed Sets" of 1999.

Title Note

Disc 4 of GROW FINS is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks as well as live performance footage from Cannes, France in 1968, Amougies, Belgium in 1969, Detroit, Michigan in 1971 and Paris, France in 1973.

Personnel: Don Van Vliet (vocals, tin whistle, harmonica, soprano saxophone, piano, Mellotron, keyboards, synthesizer); Mark Boston (guitar, bass); Alex Snouffer, John French (guitar, drums); Frank Zappa, Rich Hepner, Doug Moon, Jeff Cotton, Bill Harkleroad, Elliot Ingber, Denny Wally, Jeff Moris Tepper, Richard Snyder, Lucas (guitar); Victor Hayden (bass clarinet); Eric Drew Feldman (Mellotron, keyboards); John Thomas (synthesizer); Art Tripp (marimba, drums); Jerry Handley, Roy Estrada (bass); PG Blakely, Vic Mortenson, Jeff Bruchell, Robert Williams (drums);

Includes liner notes by David Fricke, John French and John Corbett.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

An exquisitely packaged five-disc set, GROW FINS is manna for the Beefheart obsessive, though anyone who isn't already a fan might find it rough sledding. Disc One consists of demos from the original lineup of the Magic Band, featuring Ry Cooder, which were recorded in 1966 and 1967. Some of these songs ended up on the first Beefheart album, SAFE AS MILK. Disc Two is live tracks from 1968. Disc Three, the holy grail for most Beefheart collectors, is outtakes and alternate takes from the TROUT MASK REPLICA sessions. Disc Four only has a few more TROUT MASK outtakes, but it's an enhanced CD with fascinating live footage from four 1968-1973 shows.

The last disc mostly features '70s live material and demos from the late '70s/early '80s period of Beefheart's last musical efforts. The sound is variable, but if you're a Captain Beefheart fan, GROW FINS is simply essential.

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