From the late 1960s through to 1980, radio show host John Peel collected tapes of recordings of Captain Beefheart's live shows, particularly ones made in the United Kingdom. Don Van Vliet became a rock legend performing as Captain Beefheart, and together with his Magic Band, rose to prominence in the 1960s with a totally unique style of blues-inspired, experimental rock & roll.

During a tidy-up at Nan True's Hole in 2003, Peel discovered around six large reels of tape containing many of Beefheart's live UK performances and sent them on to Ozit Morpheus Records for sorting out and release on the Dandelion imprint.

Here is Volume 1 of material from those tapes. Like all Beefheart live tracks, they are chaotic, erratic and yet charming. Because of the age of the material and sometimes crude recording techniques originally used there is the odd glitch in the recordings, but rather than trying and digitally repairing the sound, we're bringing it to you exactly as it came off the tapes, warts and all, but full of Beefheartian energy. Volume 1 contains songs mainly from the Clearspot era tour of the UK.

Track Listing
Suction Prints
Crazy Little Thing
Electricity
Golden Birdies
I'm Gonna Booglarise You Baby
King Bee/Sugar Mama
Low Yo Yo Stuff
Mirrorman
Peon 2
Peon
Bass Solo
Suction Prints
Sugar 'n' Spikes