Captain Beefheart – The Spotlight Kid
| Label: | Reprise Records – RCV1 726084, Reprise Records – 603497827657 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Clear [Spotlight Clear] Vinyl, LP, Clear [Spotlight Clear] All Media, Record Store Day, Limited Edition |
| Country: | Worldwide |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Style: | Blues Rock, Avantgarde |
Tracklist
| A1 | I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby | 4:34 | |
| A2 | White Jam | 2:57 | |
| A3 | Blabber 'N Smoke | 2:48 | |
| A4 | When It Blows Its Stacks | 3:41 | |
| A5 | Alice In Blunderland | 3:55 | |
| B1 | The Spotlight Kid | 3:21 | |
| B2 | Click Clack | 3:31 | |
| B3 | Grow Fins | 3:31 | |
| B4 | There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage | 3:13 | |
| B5 | Glider | 4:37 | |
| C1 | The Witch Doctor Life (Instrumental) | 5:27 | |
| C2 | Semi-Multicolored Caucasian (Instrumental) | 4:37 | |
| C3 | Your Love Brought Me To Life (Instrumental) | 3:11 | |
| C4 | Two Rips In A Haystack / Kiss Me My Love | 2:38 | |
| C5 | Harry Irene | 3:33 | |
| C6 | Best Batch Yet (Track) [Version 1] | 2:18 | |
| C7 | I Can't Do This Unless I Can Do This / Seam Crooked Sam | 2:00 | |
| D1 | I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby (Full-Length Version) | 8:58 | |
| D2 | Pompadour Swamp (Full-Length Version) | 14:04 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Record Company – Warner Music Group
- Manufactured By – Rhino Entertainment Company
- Marketed By – Rhino Entertainment Company
- Produced For – God's Golfball Productions
- Recorded At – Amigo Studios
- Mixed At – Timeless Studio, North Hollywood
- Mixed At – Amigo Studios
- Mastered At – D2 Mastering
- Mastered At – GZ Media – 272489E
- Pressed By – Memphis Record Pressing – MRP5375
Credits
- Art Direction, Photography By – Ed Thrasher
- Bass Guitar [Bassus Ophelius] – Rockette Morton
- Co-producer, Engineer – Phil Schier
- Consultant [Project Assistance] – Amelia Halverson
- Design [Package Design] – Rory Wilson
- Drums – Drumbo, Ed Marimba, Rhys Clark, Ted Cactus
- Editor [Editorial] – Sheryl Farber
- Guitar – Winged Eel Fingerling (tracks: A5)
- Guitar [Glass Finger And Steel Appendage] – Zoot Horn Rollo
- Illustration [Liner Illustrations] – Don Van Vliet
- Lacquer Cut By – Chris Bellman
- Marimba, Piano, Harpsichord – Ed Marimba
- Mastered By – Bill Inglot, Dan Hersch
- Mixed By – Brian Kehew (tracks: C1, C3 to C7)
- Producer, Arranged By – Don Van Vliet
- Product Manager – Ricardo Avendaño Vera
- Product Manager [Packaging Manager] – Eric Bello (2)
- Reissue Producer [Reissue Produced For Release By] – Jason Jones (30)
- Vocals, Harmonica, Bells [Jingle Bells] – Captain Beefheart
- Words By, Music By – Don Van Vliet
Notes
Record Store Day 2024 "RSD Exclusive" release. Limited to 4000 copies.
[Back cover and labels]:
This reissue ℗ & © 2024, 1972 Warner Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Made in U.S.A.
[Hype sticker]:
Limited-Edition Deluxe 2LP set
Includes original analogue album cut directly from master tape
Plus rare and previously unreleased outtakes from The Spotlight Kid sessions
On spotlight-clear vinyl
[Back cover and labels]:
This reissue ℗ & © 2024, 1972 Warner Records Inc., a Warner Music Group Company
Manufactured for & Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company
Made in U.S.A.
[Hype sticker]:
Limited-Edition Deluxe 2LP set
Includes original analogue album cut directly from master tape
Plus rare and previously unreleased outtakes from The Spotlight Kid sessions
On spotlight-clear vinyl
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Scanned (From Sticker)): 60349782765 7
- Barcode (Printed (From Sticker)): 6 03497 82765 7
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): R1-726084-A 603497827657 CB MRP5375 / 603497827657-A #1 272489E1 1758391
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): R1-726084-B 603497827657 CB MRP5375 / 603497827657-B #1 272489E2 1758393
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): R1-726084-C Re1 603497827657 CB MRP5375 / 603497827657-C 272489E3 #3 1866663
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): R1-726084-D 603497827657 CB MRP5375 / 603497827657-D #3 272489E4 1758396
Other Versions (5 of 41)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album, Stereo) | Reprise Records | MS 2050 | US | 1972 | ||
| The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album) | Reprise Records | K 44162 | UK | 1972 | |||
| The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album, Stereo) | Reprise Records | REP 44 162 | Germany | 1972 | |||
Recently Edited | The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album, Stereo) | Reprise Records, Reprise Records | 44162, N° 44 162 | France | 1972 | ||
Recently Edited | The Spotlight Kid (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, Album) | Reprise Records | RST 2050-B | US | 1972 |
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Released2021 — WorldwideBox Set —Deluxe Edition
Reviews
- Mastered at GZ Media ( Czech Repulic former state company ) . Now you know it all !
Pressing is a piece of s...e , if you know what I mean ! 
Mine has knarly crackle in right channel side 1 and background rest of the LPs. Disappointing as previous CB I had gotten were top notch. Maybe I got a lemon or my system just does not like it.- Incredible album and AAA mastering. Pressing is so-so - I have non-fill in a few spots on side 1 (mostly the first track). But man, this is fun to listen to. Thoroughly enjoy the second disc too, which might have the better overall sound of the two.
My copies are flat and perfect and the sound is mind blowingly great. I agree that poly-lined inner sleeves would be great but I just buy my own and replace the cheap paper inner sleeves so no biggie.
It's okay. Both records came dirty, the spotlight color has some specks of black wax baked in - looks lousy as f.
Side B presents some distortion on Glider, primarily on Don's vocals (exclusively right channel, not an anti-skating issue though).
I guess it sounds the best it ever sounded on vinyl, but the surface noise and general lousiness in quality control is disappointing.
My copy was slightly warped but didn't effect sound. Poly lined inner sleeves would have been nice as well but the record is 10/10! Sounds absolutely incredible.- This release sounds great. The music comes out of the speakers with pleasure. The bonus disc, according to my ears, is also an analogue mastering (Don't know this as fact, though). I compared to my original and it sounds just as good if not slightly better. Highly recommend this for the extra material.
- Tracks C1 and C3-7 (totaling 19:07) are the same as the alternate versions on the Sun Zoom Spark box https://www.discogs.com/master/759587-Captain-Beefheart-Sun-Zoom-Spark-1970-To-1972-
Tracks C2 and D1-2 are previously unreleased, totaling 27:39. - Better than the 2016 pressing. More
Clarity in the instruments. Both cut by CB but this one Analogue appears to get alittle more out of the recording. You loose your push when you beat around the bush. - No reason to run out and pay retail. Sit back a few weeks and pick it up for way less.
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