Captain BeefheartThe Spotlight Kid

Label:

Reprise Records – MS 2050

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1 I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby 4:34
A2 White Jam 2:57
A3 Blabber 'N Smoke
Lyrics ByJan Van Vliet
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

Companies, etc.

  • Copyright ©Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Lacquer Cut AtArtisan Sound Recorders
  • Produced ForGod's Golfball Productions
  • Published ByGreen Bump Music, Inc

Credits

  • Art Direction, Photography ByEd Thrasher
  • Bass Guitar [Bassus Ophelius]Rockette Morton
  • Co-producer, EngineerPhil Schier
  • DrumsTed Cactus
  • GuitarWinged Eel Fingerling (tracks: A5)
  • Marimba, Piano, HarpsichordEd Marimba
  • Producer, Arranged By, Words By, Music By, Illustration [Liner]Don Van Vliet
  • Slide Guitar [Glass Finger And Steel Appendage Guitar]Zoot Horn Rollo
  • Vocals, Harmonica, Bells [Jingle Bells]Captain Beefheart

Notes

Includes 1-sided lyric sheet.

No particular pressing plant credited in runout markings.

℗ + © Warner Bros. Records Inc. 1972.

Runouts are etched except '3, 1D' are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 31,324
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 31,325
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 1): MS-2050 31324-1 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 1): MS 2050 31325-1 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 2): MS-2050 31324-1 1 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 2): MS-2050 31325-1 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 3): MS-2050 31324-1 3 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 3): MS-2050 31325-1 1D [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 4): MS-2050 31324-1A [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 4): MS-2050 31324-1B [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, variant 5): 1 MS-2050•A 31324-1A [Artisan logo] B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, variant 5): 1 MS-2050-B 31324-1B [Artisan logo] A

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The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album) Reprise Records K 44162 UK 1972
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The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album, Stereo) Reprise Records REP 44 162 1972
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The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album, Stereo) Reprise Records 44162, N° 44 162 1972
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The Spotlight Kid (Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, Album) Reprise Records RST 2050-B US 1972
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The Spotlight Kid (LP, Album) Reprise Records MS 2050 Australia 1972

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Reviews

  • Minimal-Man's avatar
    Minimal-Man
    I absolutely love this record. The opening track “I’m Gonna Booglarize You Baby” with that heavy bass line just sinks it’s claws into me. I love the balance of more “structured” or “traditional” song writing combined with the odd Beefheart subtleties. This record just has a good feel and flow.

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