Captain Beefheart - Sun Zoom Spark: 1970 to 1972 4CD (2014) [Box Set]

Limited Edition Four-Disc Boxed Set Includes Newly Remastered Versions Of Lick My Decals Off, Baby, The Spotlight Kid And Clear Spot, Plus An Entire Disc Of Unreleased Outtakes.

Recorded over a couple of weeks in the summer of 1970 at United Recording Group in Hollywood, Lick My Decals Off, Baby was released the following October. One of Van Vliet's favorites, the album represents the apex of his dissonant style and includes such standout tracks as the quirky-funny "I Love You, You Big Dummy" and the exquisite solo guitar piece "One Red Rose That I Mean."

TRACKLIST

Disc 1: Lick My Decals Off, Baby (October 1970)
1. "Lick My Decals Off, Baby"
2. "Doctor Dark"
3. "I Love You, You Big Dummy"
4. "Peon"
5. "Bellerin' Plain"
6. "Woe-Is-uh-Me-Bop"
7. "Japan in a Dishpan"
8. "I Wanna Find a Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe Till I Have To Go"
9. "Petrified Forest"
10. "One Red Rose That I Mean"
11. "The Buggy Boogie Woogie"
12. "The Smithsonian Institute Blues (or the Big Dig)"
13. "Space-Age Couple"
14. "The Clouds Are Full of Wine (not Whiskey or Rye)"
15. "Flash Gordon's Ape"

Disc 2: The Spotlight Kid (February 1972)
1. "I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby"
2. "White Jam"
3. "Blabber 'n Smoke"
4. "When It Blows Its Stacks"
5. "Alice in Blunderland"
6. "The Spotlight Kid"
7. "Click Clack"
8. "Grow Fins"
9. "There Ain't No Santa Claus on the Evenin' Stage"
10. "Glider"

Disc 3: Clear Spot (November 1972)
1. "Low Yo Yo Stuff"
2. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man"
3. "Too Much Time"
4. "Circumstances"
5. "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains"
6. "Sun Zoom Spark"
7. "Clear Spot"
8. "Crazy Little Thing"
9. "Long Neck Bottles"
10. "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles"
11. "Big Eyed Beans from Venus"
12. "Golden Birdies"

Disc 4: Out-takes (1970 to 1972)
1. "Alice in Blunderland" (Alternate Version)
2. "Harry Irene"
3. "I Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This/Seam Crooked Sam"
4. "Pompadour Swamp/Suction Prints"
5. "The Witch Doctor Life" (Instrumental Take)
6. "Two Rips in a Haystack/Kiss Me My Love"
7. "Best Batch Yet" (Track - Version 1)
8. "Your Love Brought Me To Life" (Instrumental)
9. "Dirty Blue Gene" (Alternate Version 1)
10. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" (Early Mix)
11. "Kiss Where I Kain't"
12. "Circumstances" (Alternate Version 2)
13. "Little Scratch"
14. "Dirty Blue Gene" (Alternate Version 3)