The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot: Double Dynamite - Two Originals

by Captain Beefheart

The Spotlight Kid / Clear Spot: Double Dynamite - Two Originals cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:19:28
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Art Tripp III, Don Van Vliet, Bill Harkleroad, Mark Boston

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Combining two consecutive, surprisingly accessible albums released in 1972, this European two-fer documents Don Van Vliet's attempt at commercial viability. The records feature the Magic Band reigning in their typical avant-garde chaos to deliver tight, heavy, and brilliantly eccentric rhythm and blues grooves.

Genres

Descriptors: experimental, avant-garde, bluesy, eccentric, abrasive

Tracklist

  1. Low Yo Yo Stuff (3:41)
  2. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (3:46)
  3. Too Much Time (2:50)
  4. Circumstances (3:14)
  5. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains (2:55)
  6. Sun Zoom Spark (2:13)
  7. Clear Spot (3:39)
  8. Crazy Little Thing (2:38)
  9. Long Neck Bottles (3:18)
  10. Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles (2:57)
  11. Big Eyed Beans from Venus (4:23)
  12. Golden Birdies (1:36)
  13. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man - Early Mix (4:00)
  14. Clear Spot (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (3:48)
  15. Crazy Little Thing (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (3:06)
  16. Dirty Blue Gene (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (3:43)
  17. Big Eyed Beans From Venus (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (4:41)
  18. Kiss Where I Kain't (2:45)
  19. Sun Zoom Spark (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (2:28)
  20. Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (4:25)
  21. Little Scratch (2:57)
  22. Low Yo Yo Stuff (Rough Mix) - Instrumental (3:47)
  23. Dirty Blue Gene - Alternate Version 3 (3:03)
  24. Circumstances - Alternate Version 2 (3:23)

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