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Captain Beefheart - The Peel Sessions (1968)

Track listing:
  1. Yellow Brick Road 3:04
  2. Abba zaba 3:44
  3. Electricity 3:48
  4. Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do 2:55
  5. Safe as milk 4:38
  6. Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones 3:01
  7. Kandykorn 4:50
  8. Trust us 4:31

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The Peel Sessions
Here are the tunes recorded for John Peel's Top Gear show in 1968 - never released and long-since wiped over by the BBC.
Line up for both sessions:

Don Van Vliet: vocals, harmonica, musette, tenor sax, soprano sax
Jeff Cotton: guitar, slide guitar
John French: drums, percussion
Jerry Handley: bass guitar
Alex (Pyjama) St. Claire Alex Snouffer: guitar, slide guitar
Recorded on the 24th January 1968:

London, Maida Vale. Studio 4. Production: Bernie Andrews. Engineering: Dave Tate, Bob Conduct

Yellow Brick Road - 1,289K
Abba Zaba - 1,568K
Electricity - 2,680K (Note: sound quality of this mp3 is significantly worse than the others, but this is possibly the best option available. Sincere thanks to George Minton for sending this very rare tune along).
Sure 'Nuff & Yes I Do - 1,226K
Recorded on the 6th May 1968:

London, 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1 Production: Bernie Andrews. Engineering: Pete Ritzerna, Allen Harris

Safe As Milk - 1,938K
Beatle Bones 'N Smokin' Stones - 2,126K (please see note above for Electricity)
Kandy Korn - 2,030K
Trust Us - 1,901K