The Magic Band – Don's Birthday Party

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Label:	Not On Label (Captain Beefheart) – DB 501, DB 502
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Mono, Unofficial Release
Country:	Europe
Released:
Genre:	Blues
Style:	Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1		Suction Prints (Intro Version)
A2		My Human Gets Me Blues
A3		Nowadays A Woman's Gotta Hit A Man
A4		Hot Head
A5		Ashtray Heart
A6		Dirty Blue Gene
B1		Best Batch Yet
B2		Safe As Milk
B3		A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
B4		One Red Rose That I Mean
C1		Doctor Dark
C2		Bat Chain Puller
C3		Sugar 'N' Spikes
C4		Veteran's Day Poppy
D1		Sheriff Of Hong Kong
D2		Suction Prints (Full Band Version)
D3		Big Eyed Beans From Venus

Notes

2x180gm black vinyl LPs
(Stylized color illustration on the cover: based on 1st press cover image of Vliet in desert, photographed by Anton Corbijn during "YoYo Stuff" filming)
Back cover top right claims to be :"High Rondo-lette Fidelity"

Recorded live, 15th January 1981, during Vliet's birthday party performance with The Magic Band at "The Showboat" Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA

The recording is quality mono.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: DB 501-A
Matrix / Runout: DB 501 -B
Matrix / Runout: DB 502 -A
Matrix / Runout: DB 502 - B

Other Versions (5 of 8)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Don's Birthday Party (CD, Unofficial Release, Digipak)	Tuff Bites	T.B. 94.1008	Europe	1994
New Submission	Don's Birthday Party (CD, Unofficial Release, Digipak)	Tuff Bites	T.B. 94.1008	Luxembourg	1994
Recently Edited	Don's Birthday Party (2×LP, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release, Mono, Brown/Red marbled)	Not On Label (Captain Beefheart)	DB 501, DB 502	Europe	Unknown
Recently Edited	Don's Birthday Party (2×LP, Unofficial Release, Mono, Grey Vinyl)	Not On Label (Captain Beefheart)	DB 501, DB 502	Europe	Unknown
Recently Edited	Don's 40th Birthday Party (CD, Unofficial Release)	Musically Tuned	MT4@	Italy	Unknown