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The following is a list of official releases by Captain Beefheart, an American rock musician whose real name is Don van Vliet. With his group, the Magic Band, van Vliet released a total of 12 studio albums between 1967 and 1982, after which he left music to concentrate on a career in painting. His catalogue has since been augmented with an EP and various compilations of live material and studio outtakes.
In addition to his work with the Magic Band over this period, van Vliet also collaborated with several other musicians, most notably Frank Zappa, whom he had known at school and with whom he worked intermittently throughout much of his musical career.
[edit] Main releases
[edit] Studio albums
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
Magic Band personnel |
Charts |
| US |
UK[1] |
| 1967 |
Safe as Milk |
- Released in September 1967
- Label: Buddah
|
- John French
- Alex St. Claire
- Jerry Handley
|
— |
— |
| 1968 |
Strictly Personal |
- Released in October 1968
- Label: Blue Thumb
|
- John French
- Alex St. Claire
- Jeff Cotton
- Jerry Handley
|
— |
— |
| 1969 |
Trout Mask Replica |
|
- John French
- Jeff Cotton
- Bill Harkleroad
- Mark Boston
- Victor Hayden
|
— |
21 |
| 1970 |
Lick My Decals Off, Baby |
- Released in December 1970
- Label: Reprise
|
- John French
- Bill Harkleroad
- Mark Boston
- Art Tripp
|
— |
20 |
| 1971 |
Mirror Man |
- Released in May 1971
- Label: Buddah
|
- John French
- Alex St. Claire
- Jeff Cotton
- Jerry Handley
|
— |
— |
| 1972 |
The Spotlight Kid |
- Released in January 1972
- Label: Reprise
|
- John French
- Bill Harkleroad
- Mark Boston
- Art Tripp
- Elliot Ingber
|
131 |
— |
| 1973 |
Clear Spot |
- Released in January 1973
- Label: Reprise
|
- Bill Harkleroad
- Mark Boston
- Art Tripp
- Roy Estrada
|
191 |
— |
| 1974 |
Unconditionally Guaranteed |
- Released in April 1974
- Label: Virgin
|
- Bill Harkleroad
- Mark Boston
- Alex St. Claire
- Mark Marcellino
- Art Tripp
|
192 |
— |
| 1974 |
Bluejeans & Moonbeams |
- Released in November 1974
- Label: Virgin
|
- Michael Smotherton
- Ty Grimes
- Dean Smith
|
— |
— |
| 1978 |
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) |
- Released in autumn 1978
- Label: Warner
|
- Jeff Moris Tepper
- Bruce Lambourne Fowler
- Eric Drew Feldman
- Richard Redus
- Robert Arthur Williams
- Art Tripp
|
— |
— |
| 1980 |
Doc at the Radar Station |
- Released in August 1980
- Label: Virgin
|
- John French
- Jeff Moris Tepper
- Gary Lucas
- Eric Drew Feldman
- Bruce Lambourne Fowler
- Robert Arthur Williams
|
— |
— |
| 1982 |
Ice Cream for Crow |
- Released in September 1982
- Label: Virgin
|
- Jeff Moris Tepper
- Gary Lucas
- Eric Drew Feldman
- Richard Snyder
- Cliff R. Martinez
|
— |
— |
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
Magic Band personnel |
| 1984 |
The Legendary A&M Sessions |
- Released in October 1984
- Label: A&M
- Features four tracks taken from the band's earliest singles in 1966, and a fifth track recorded in the same year
|
- Doug Moon
- Richard Hepner
- Jerry Handley
- Alex St. Claire
|
[edit] Live albums
[edit] Compilations
- I May Be Hungry but I Sure Ain't Weird (1992)
- A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (1993)
- Electricity (1998)
- Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982 (1999)
- The Dust Blows Forward (1999)
- The Best of Captain Beefheart (2002)
- The Buddah Years (2006)
[edit] Singles
- "Diddy Wah Diddy" / "Who Do You Think You're Fooling" (1966)
- "Moonchild" / "Frying Pan" (1966)
- "Yellow Brick Road" / "Abba Zaba" (1967)
- "Pachuco Cadaver" / "Wild Life" (France only) (1970)
- "Click Clack" / "I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby" (1972)
- "Too Much Time" / "Clear Spot" (1973)
- "Upon the My-O-My" / "Magic Be" (UK) (1974)
- "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do" / "Electricity" (1978)
- "Ice Cream for Crow" / "Tropical Hot Dog Night" / Run Paint Run Run" / "Light Reflected off the Oceands of the Moon" (1982)
[edit] Other appearances
[edit] with Frank Zappa
- See also: Frank Zappa discography
[edit] Other collaborations
- "Some Yo Yo Stuff: An observation of the observations of Don Van Vliet (Anton Corbijn, 1993)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
