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Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Agora Theatre, Cleveland January 18, 1971 (1971)

Track listing:
  1. When Big Joan Sets Up 8:17
  2. Hair Pie: Bake Iii 3:27
  3. My Human Gets Me Blues 3:13
  4. I Wanna Find A Woman That'll Hold My Big Toe (Till I Have To Go) 2:05
  5. One Red Rose That I Mean 2:53
  6. Abba Zaba 2:33
  7. Hobo Chang Ba 1:54
  8. Woe-Is-Uh-Me-Bop 2:07
  9. Flash Gordon's Ape 7:00
  10. Golden Birdies 2:41

Notes

Audience
Quality: 7.5/10

Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet: vocals, tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet, harmonica
Rockette Morton/Mark Boston: bass guitar, guitar
Drumbo/John French: drums, percussion
Zoot Horn Rollo/Bill Harkleroad: guitar, slide guitar
Winged Eel Fingerling/Elliot Ingber: guitar, slide guitar
Ed Marimba/Art Tripp: marimba, drums, percussion

There were many "Agoras" in the 70's according to a well placed source at the Cleveland Agora. Same ownership of the Cleve. Agora since the 70's.

"Agora" is Greek, not Latin, and means either "gathering place" or "marketplace." Many US cities had an Agora apparently.