Rare Captain Beefheart Album To Be Released

Recording for the album began in 1976 and was completed but was never released on Frank Zappa's label that Beefheart was signed to at the time, due to "all the usual financial difficulties in the proverbial record business, including breach of contract with the artist, lawsuits with artist management and distribution for the label," according to sources.

Different recordings of some of the songs were released elsewhere, but this will be the first time Captain Beefheart fans will be able to hear the album the way it was intended.

Drummer John French says of the long road from the 1976 recording sessions to the 2012 release: "Just when everything seemed right again in the world, the bomb was dropped. Frank had been on tour during the entire time we were rehearsing and recording the album, When he came back from touring, he found that his manager had changed all the locks to everything...all of Zappa's equipment, all his archived recordings--in effect, everything, was gone--including the master tape of Bat Chain Puller." BEEFHEART released a few re-recorded versions of the songs on other albums, so BAT CHAIN PULLER sat in the vault. "Finally," says French, "all the proverbial ducks being in a row, I'm honored to be the one picked to introduce to the world the legitimate and original version of the Captain Beefheart album entitled Bat Chain Puller."

Track Listing:

1—Bat Chain Puller

2—Seam Crooked Sam

3—Harry Irene

4—81 Poop Hatch

5—Flavor Bud Living

6—Brick Bats

7—Floppy Boot Stomp

8—Ah Carrot Is As Close As Ah Rabbit Gets To Ah Diamond

9—Owed T' Alex

10—Odd Jobs

11—Human Totem Pole

12—Apes-Ma

Bonus Tracks:

13—Bat Chain Puller (Alternate Mix)

14—Candle Mambo

15—Hobo-Ism

You can find out more about the album HERE