Captain Beefheart discography: Difference between revisions

The following is a list of official releases by Captain Beefheart, an American rock musician also known as Don Van Vliet. With his group, the Magic Band, Van Vliet released a total of 12 studio albums between 1967 and 1982, after which he left music to concentrate on a career in painting. His catalogue has since been augmented with extra releases including an EP and various compilations of live material and studio outtakes.

In addition to his work with the Magic Band over this period, Van Vliet also collaborated with several other musicians, most notably Frank Zappa, whom he had known at school and with whom he worked intermittently throughout much of his musical career.

• London 1974 (1994)
• I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978 (2000)
• Live London '74 (2006)

• The Spotlight Kid/Clear Spot (1972)
• The Spotlight Kid/Lick My Decals Off, Baby" (1973)
• Captain Beefheart File (1977)
• Music in Sea Minor (1983)
• Top Secret (1984)
• Safe as Milk/Mirror Man (1988)
• The Best Beefheart (1989)
• At His Best (1992)
• I May Be Hungry but I Sure Ain't Weird: The Alternative Captain Beefheart (1993)
• A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond (1998)
• Electricity (1998)
• Zig Zag Wanderer (1998)
• Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982 (1999)
• The Dust Blows Forward (1999)
• The Mirror Man Sessions (1999)
• The Dust Blows Forward: An Anthology (1999)
• Grow Fins, Vol. 2: Trout Mask House Sessions (1999)
• Merseytrout: Live in Liverpool 1980 (2000)
• I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978 (2000)
• The Best of Captain Beefheart (2002)
• The Buddah Years (2006)

• "Diddy Wah Diddy" / "Who Do You Think You're Fooling" (US) (1965)
• "Moonchild" / "Frying Pan" (US) (1965)
• "Yellow Brick Road" / "Abba Zaba" (UK) (1967)
• "Yellow Brick Road" / "Abba Zaba" (US) (1967)
• "Moonchild" / "Who Do You Think You're Fooling" (UK) (1968)
• "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do" / "Yellow Brick Road" (France) (1970)
• "Pachuco Cadaver" / "Wild Life" (France only) (1970)
• "Zig Zag Wanderer" / "Abba Zabba" (Holland) (1970)
• "Click Clack" / "I'm Gonna Booglarize You, Baby" (1972)
• "Too Much Time" / "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" (US) (1972)
• "Too Much Time" / "Clear Spot" (1973)
• "Upon the My-O-My" / "Magic Be" (UK) (1974)
• "Upon the My-O-My" / "I Got Love On My Mind" (US) (1974)
• "Sure 'Nuff 'n Yes I Do" / "Electricity" (1978)
• "Ice Cream for Crow" / "Tropical Hot Dog Night" / Run Paint Run Run" / "Light Reflected off the Oceands of the Moon" (1982)

• Hot Rats (1969)
• Bongo Fury (1975) US #66
• Zoot Allures (1975)
• One Size Fits All (1975)
• The Lost Episodes (1996)
• Mystery Disc (1998)
• Cheap Thrills (1998) [The Torture Never Stops (Original Version)]

• The Tubes, Now (1977)
• Jack Nitzsche, "Hard Workin' Man", from the film score for Blue Collar (1978)
• Gary Lucas, Improve the Shining Hour (2000)
• Moris Tepper, Moth to Mouth (2000)

• "Some Yo Yo Stuff: An observation of the observations of Don Van Vliet (Anton Corbijn, 1993)

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