Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982 cover

Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982

Captain Beefheart · 1999

235 min · 78 tracks · alternative rock · progressive rock · psychedelic rock

An eclectic collection of raw demos and live performances that capture Beefheart's avant-garde spirit.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Obeah Man (early 1966 demo) 2:49
  • 2 Just Got Back From the City (early 1966 demo) 1:55
  • 3 I'm Glad (early 1966 demo) 3:47
  • 4 Triple Combination (early 1966 demo) 2:50
  • 5 Here I Am I Always Am (early 1966 demo) 3:15
  • 6 Here I Am I Always Am (later 1966 demo) 2:34
  • 7 Somebody in My Home (1966 live) 2:49
  • 8 Tupelo (1966 live) 4:09
  • 9 Evil Is Going On (1966 live) 2:34
  • 10 Old Folks Boogie (1967 live) 3:07
  • 11 Call on Me (1965 acetate demo) 3:03
  • 12 Sure Nuff n Yes I Do (1967 acetate demo) 2:10
  • 13 Yellow Brick Road (1967 acetate demo) 1:38
  • 14 Plastic Factory (1967 acetate demo) 2:53

Disc 2

  • 1 Electricity (1968 live) 3:42
  • 2 Sure Nuff n Yes I Do (1968 live) 2:59
  • 3 Rollin n Tumblin (1968 live) 11:10
  • 4 Electricity (1968 live) 3:57
  • 5 Yer Gonna Need Somebody on Yer Bond (1968 live) 6:28
  • 6 Kandy Korn (1968 live) 4:23
  • 7 Korn Ring Finger (1967 demo) 7:23

Disc 3

  • 1 [untitled] 4:59
  • 2 [untitled] 8:18
  • 3 Hair Pie: Bake 1 5:04
  • 4 Hair Pie: Bake 2 2:44
  • 5 [untitled] 1:04
  • 6 Hobo Chang Ba 2:02
  • 7 [untitled] 1:57
  • 8 Hobo Chang Ba (take 2) 3:08
  • 9 Dachau Blues 2:06
  • 10 Old Fart at Play 1:23
  • 11 [untitled] 1:01
  • 12 Pachuco Cadaver 4:08
  • 13 Sugar N Spikes 2:40
  • 14 [untitled] 1:00
  • 15 Sweet Sweet Bulbs 2:30
  • 16 Frownland (take 1) 2:51
  • 17 Frownland 1:52
  • 18 [untitled] 1:10
  • 19 Ella Guru 2:33
  • 20 [untitled] 0:08
  • 21 She's Too Much for My Mirror 1:30
  • 22 [untitled] 0:35
  • 23 Steal Softly Through Snow 2:22
  • 24 [untitled] 1:51
  • 25 My Human Gets Me Blues 2:53
  • 26 [untitled] 1:06
  • 27 When Big Joan Sets Up 4:32
  • 28 [untitled] 0:04
  • 29 [untitled] 0:56
  • 30 China Pig 4:17

Disc 4

  • 1 Blimp 5:09
  • 2 Herb 1:06
  • 3 Septic Tank 0:51
  • 4 Overdub 5:28

Disc 5

  • 1 My Human Gets Me Blues (1969 live) 3:56
  • 2 When Big Joan Sets Up (1971 live) 6:13
  • 3 Woe Is Uh Me Bop (1971 live) 2:46
  • 4 Bellerin Plain (1971 live) 3:26
  • 5 Black Snake Moan I (1972 radio phone-in) 1:04
  • 6 Grow Fins (1972 live) 5:12
  • 7 Black Snake Moan II (1972 radio) 1:52
  • 8 Spitball Scalped Uh Baby (1972 live) 9:16
  • 9 Harp Boogie I (1972 radio) 1:34
  • 10 One Red Rose That I Mean (1972 live) 1:48
  • 11 Harp Boogie II (1972 radio) 0:55
  • 12 Natchez Burning (1972 radio) 0:45
  • 13 Harp Boogie III (1972 radio phone-in) 0:52
  • 14 Click Clack (1973 live) 2:53
  • 15 Orange Claw Hammer (1975 radio) 4:39
  • 16 Odd Jobs (1975 piano demo) 5:13
  • 17 Odd Jobs (1975 band demo) 5:12
  • 18 Vampire Suite (1980 worktapes/live) 3:48
  • 19 Mellotron Improv (1978 live) 1:25
  • 20 Evening Bell (1981 piano worktape) 0:56
  • 21 Evening Bell (1982 guitar worktape) 2:18
  • 22 Mellotron Improv (1980 live) 2:22
  • 23 Flavor Bud Living (1980 live) 1:16

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