The Legendary A&M Sessions

Infobox Album
Name = The Legendary A&M Sessions
Type = EP
Artist = Captain Beefheart


Released = October 1984
Recorded = early 1966
Genre = Rock
Length = 11:43
Label = A&M
Producer = David Gates
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 Unterberger, Richie. [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hifpxqw5ldke All Music Guide review] ]
Last album = "Ice Cream for Crow" (1982)
This album = "The Legendary A&M Sessions" (1984)
Next album =

"The Legendary A&M Sessions" is an extended play featuring five songs by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, recorded early in their career for their original record label A&M Records. The EP was released by the company in 1984 after Captain Beefheart, whose real name is Don van Vliet, had gone into retirement.

Four of the EP's five tracks had previously been released on two singles in 1966, the first, "Diddy Wah Diddy"—a much reworked cover of a Blind Blake blues tune that had also been recorded by Bo Diddley—being paired with "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?", and the second comprising "Moonchild" and "Frying Pan". The fifth tune featured here, "Here I Am I Always Am", was apparently a rejected B-side which had remained unreleased until the EP's appearance in 1984.Barnes, p. 357]

Track listing

:All songs composed by Don van Vliet, except where noted;Side one
# "Diddy Wah Diddy" (Willie Dixon, Ellas McDaniel) – 2:28
# "Who Do You Think You're Fooling?" – 2:10;Side two
# "Moonchild" (David Gates) – 2:30
# "Frying Pan" – 2:05
# "Here I Am I Always Am" – 2:33

Personnel

* Don van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – vocals, harmonica
* Doug Moon – guitar
* Richard Hepner – guitar
* Jerry Handley – bass
* Alex St. Clair Snouffer – drums (track 1–4)
* PG Blakely – drums (track 5)

Notes

References

* Barnes, Mike (2000). "Captain Beefheart". Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-412-8