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The Early Years 1959-1969
| Label | Beef Music – BF 5969 |
| Format | CD, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release |
| Barcode | 5060230868905 |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Released | 1995 |
| Genre | Rock, Blues |
| Style | Electric Blues, Avantgarde |
| 1 | Lost In A Whirlpool | 2:21 | |
| 2 | Teenage Maltshop | 1:13 | |
| 3 | Metal Man Has Lost His Wings | 3:25 | |
| Avalon Ballroom 1968 | |||
| 4 | Tupelo Mississippi | 4:11 | |
| 5 | Somebody's Walking | 2:46 | |
| 6 | Old Folks Boogie | 3:17 | |
| 7 | Evil | 2:23 | |
| 8 | Blues Jam | 3:10 | |
| Studio Recordings 1966 - 1970 | |||
| 9 | Out Of The Frying Pan - Alt Version | 1:57 | |
| 10 | Almost Grown | 2:08 | |
| 11 | Call On Me - Slow Version | 2:57 | |
| 12 | Sure Nuff And Yes I Do - J. Peel 1968 | 2:33 | |
| 13 | Moody Liz - Rare Acetate Version | 4:38 | |
| 14 | Korn Ring Finger | 7:38 | |
| 15 | Frownland | 1:50 | |
| 16 | Ella Guru | 2:33 | |
| 17 | Hair Pie - Bake 1/Hair Pie - Bake 2 | 5:53 | |
| 18 | Pachuco Cadaver | 4:01 | |
| 19 | Sugar N' Spikes | 2:37 | |
| 20 | Neon Meat Dream Of A Octofish | 2:28 | |
| 21 | The Blimp - Edit/Candy Man/China Pig | 5:40 | |
| 22 | Well Well Well | 1:58 | |
Photography By – Ed Caraeff
The 1995 Unofficial Factory-pressed (Silver) "Early Years" CD - Made in Luxembourg was released in just 500 copies and came with a fold-out inlay of sleeve notes (Allegedly written by the Infamous 'Rollin Red.') and was fronted with one of the iconic Ed Caraeff photos of The Magic Band in Topanga Canyon, California. This was an exciting release at the time for many Beefheart Fans especially, as it included a mixture of 'Live & Unreleased Studio Recordings' inc the earliest known recording of a young Donnie Vliet alongside the Brothers Bobby & Frankie Zappa. Recorded in 1959 in a classroom at the 'Antelope Valley High School' performing the self-penned composition "Lost In A Whirlpool."
Tracks 2 & 3 were from Frank Zappa's "I Was A Teenage Maltshop" Opera (also featuring Don on vocals.) followed by The 1966 'Avalon Ballroom' recordings (with the as-then 'Lost' 5th Track.), a couple of pre-Safe As Milk & 'Wrapper' Acetates - most exciting at the time being "Korn Ring Finger" criminally left off the Sequel CD. Of most interest was extracts from a recently unearthed "Trout Mask Rehearsal" Tape, that until a few months earlier had only been rumoured to exist.
The relatively small run sold out extremely quickly and despite many of these recordings turning up years later on Revenant's "Grow Fins" 5CD Set, it is still a much sought-after CD.
Tracks 2 & 3 were from Frank Zappa's "I Was A Teenage Maltshop" Opera (also featuring Don on vocals.) followed by The 1966 'Avalon Ballroom' recordings (with the as-then 'Lost' 5th Track.), a couple of pre-Safe As Milk & 'Wrapper' Acetates - most exciting at the time being "Korn Ring Finger" criminally left off the Sequel CD. Of most interest was extracts from a recently unearthed "Trout Mask Rehearsal" Tape, that until a few months earlier had only been rumoured to exist.
The relatively small run sold out extremely quickly and despite many of these recordings turning up years later on Revenant's "Grow Fins" 5CD Set, it is still a much sought-after CD.
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