Beefheart* – Bat Chain Puller

Label:
VAULTernative – VR2012-1
Format:
CD, Album, Digipak
Country:
US
Released:
22 Feb 2012
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Avantgarde

Tracklist Hide Credits‘
1 		Bat Chain Puller 	5:07 	
2 		Seam Crooked Sam

    Guitar – John "Drumbo" French* 

	3:09 	
3 		Harry Irene 	3:27 	
4 		81 Poop Hatch 	2:36 	
5 		Flavor Bud Living

    Guitar – John "Drumbo" French* 

	1:50 	
6 		Brick Bats 	4:27 	
7 		Floppy Boot Stomp 	3:57 	
8 		Ah Carrot Is As Close As Ah Rabbit Gets To Ah Diamond 	1:37 	
9 		Owed T' Alex 	3:19 	
10 		Odd Jobs

    Guitar [End Section] – John "Drumbo" French* 

	5:15 	
11 		Human Totem Pole (The 1000th And 10th Day Of The Human Totem Pole) 	5:50 	
12 		Apes-Ma 	0:44 	
  	Bonus Tracks
13 		Bat Chain Puller (Alternate Mix) 	5:06 	
14 		Candle Mambo

    Mixed By – Spence Chrislu* 

	3:27 	
15 		Hobo-Ism

    Lyrics By – Don Van Vliet Music By – Denny Walley Producer – Captain Beefheart, Denny Walley 

	8:19 	

Companies etc‘

    Recorded At – Paramount Studios
    Mixed At – Paramount Studios
    Mixed At – UMRK
    Mastered At – Gateway Mastering

Credits‘

    Art Direction, Typography [Text] – Gail Zappa
    Directed By [Bat Chain Puller Music Director] – John French
    Drums – John "Drumbo" French*
    Graphics [Renderment], Layout – Michael Mesker
    Guitar – Denny "Feelers Rebo" Walley*, Jeff "Morris" Tepper*
    Liner Notes – Denny Walley, John French
    Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
    Painting – Van Vliet*
    Photography By ["orange Halloween Fur" Painting, Bat] – Michael Mesker
    Photography By [Cb Photo] – GZ*
    Photography By [Denny Walley Photo] – Norman Joss
    Piano [Acoustic], Piano [Rhodes], Synthesizer [Mini Moog (bass And Effects)] – John Thomas (5)
    Producer – Captain Beefheart
    Product Manager [Vaulternative Records Production Manager] – Melanie Starks
    Recorded By, Mixed By, Remix – Kerry McNabb (tracks: 1 to 14)
    Transferred By – Joe Travers
    Vocals, Harmonica, Soprano Saxophone – Don "Captain Beefheart" Van Vliet*
    Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 1 to 14)

Notes‘

Tracks 1 - 14 Recorded at Paramount Studios, 16,17,18 & 31 March 1976
"Candle Mambo" mixed at UMRK, 1995
Vaultmeister & Transfer of Original 6 April 1976 1/4" Stereo Master Tapes at 48K 24B .WAV, 15 April 2007, by Joe Travers at UMRK