Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Sugar Bowl	2:16
2	The Past Sure Is Tense	3:24
3	Happy Love Song	3:55
4	The Floppy Boot Stomp	3:55
5	Blue Jeans And Moonbeams	5:04
6	Run Paint Run Run	3:40
7	This Is The Day Written-By – Di Martino*	4:48
8	Tropical Hot Dog Night	4:49
9	Observatory Crest Written-By – Ingher*	3:36
10	The Host The Ghost The Most Holy O	2:25
11	Harry Irene	3:43
12	I Got Love On My Mind	3:07
13	Pompadour Swamp	3:38
14	Love Lies	5:00
15	Sheriff Of Hong Kong	6:37
16	Further Than We've Gone	5:31
17	Candle Mambo	3:33
18	Light Reflected Off The Oceans Of The Moon	5:03
19	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond	1:52

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
• Pressed By – EMI Swindon

Credits

• Accordion – Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Backing Vocals – Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
• Bass – Bob West (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Drumbo (tracks: 15), Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16), Ira Ingber (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19), Rockette Morton (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
• Bass [Fretless] – Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Clarinet [Bass] – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
• Compiled By, Liner Notes [Sleevenotes By] – Simon Hopkins
• Drums – Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19), Drumbo (tracks: 15), Gene Pello (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
• Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 6, 8, 11, 13 to 19)
• Gong [Chinese] – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 5, 6, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19)
• Guitar – Alex Saint Claire* (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16), Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19), Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18), Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17), Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
• Guitar [Bottleneck] – Dean Smith (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Guitar [Glass Finger] – Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19), Zoot Horn Rollo (tracks: 1, 7, 12)
• Guitar [National Steel Duolian] – Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
• Guitar [Nerve] – Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16)
• Guitar [Spell] – Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Harmonica – Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
• Horns [Air Bass] – Bruce Lambourne Fowler* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Horns [Prop-horn] – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
• Instruments [Star Machine] – Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
• Keyboards – Jimmy Caravan (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Mark Gibbons (tracks: 2, 3, 10), Mark Marcellino (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Michael Smotherman* (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
• Liner Notes – David Thomas
• Marimba – Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17), Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 13, 16), Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
• Mellotron, Grand Piano, Electric Piano – Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 5, 9, 16)
• Percussion – Art Tripp (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Robert Arthur Williams (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17), Ty Grimes (tracks: 2, 3, 10)
• Percussion [Additional] – Art Tripp III* (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Producer – Don Van Vliet, Pete Johnson (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16)
• Slide Guitar – Drumbo (tracks: 5, 9, 16), Gary Lucas (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19), Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 18), Richard Redus (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Soprano Saxophone – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4 to 6, 8, 9, 11, 13 to 19)
• Steel Guitar [Steel Appendage], Acoustic Guitar – Jeff Moris Tepper (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
• Synthesizer – Eric Drew Feldman (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
• Trombone – Bruce Lambourne Fowler* (tracks: 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17)
• Viola – Richard Midnight Hatsize Snyder* (tracks: 6, 15, 18, 19)
• Vocals – Captain Beefheart (tracks: 1, 7, 12), Don Van Vliet (tracks: 2 to 6, 8 to 11, 13 to 19)
• Washboard [Glass], Instruments [Shake Bouquet], Drums [Metal] – Cliff R. Martinez* (tracks: 6,15,18,19)
• Whistling – Don Van Vliet (tracks: 4, 8, 11, 14, 17)
• Written-By – Van Vliet*

Notes

Edits from the following Beefheart-tracks are used as intro's to several tracks on this CD:
- Apes Ma
- Hey Garland, I Dig Your Tweed Coat
- Cardboard Cutout Sundown
- "81" Poop Hatch
- Making Love To A Vampire With A Monkey On My Knee
- Party Of Special Things To Do
- Flavor Bud Living

℗ 1974 Virgin Records Ltd. Tracks 1, 7, 9, 12, 13, 16
℗ 1979 Virgin Records Ltd. Tracks 4, 8, 11, 14, 17
℗ 1980 Virgin Records Ltd. Tracks 6, 15, 19
℗ 1982 Virgin Records Ltd. Tracks 2, 3, 10, 18
℗ 1984 Virgin Records Ltd. Track 5

℗ 1993 VIRGIN RECORDS LTD
© 1993 VIRGIN RECORDS LTD

Track 18 was originally entitled "Light Reflected Off The Oceands Of The Moon"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 077778830320
• Matrix / Runout: 788303 . 4
• Matrix / Runout: EMI SWINDON
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): ifpi 1433
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): ifpi 1425
• Label Code: LC3098
• Other (Distribution Code): F: PM527
• Other (Distribution Code - on CD): PM 500
• Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	Captain Beefheart	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin, Virgin	CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	UK & Europe	1993
CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	Captain Beefheart	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond ‎(CD, Comp, RP)	Virgin, Virgin	CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	UK & Europe	Unknown
VK-346	Captain Beefheart	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Not On Label (Captain Beefheart)	VK-346	Russia	Unknown
CDVM 9028	Captain Beefheart	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond ‎(CD, Comp, RP)	Virgin	CDVM 9028	Europe	Unknown
CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	Captain Beefheart	A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond ‎(CD, Comp)	Virgin, Virgin	CDVM 9028, 0777 7 88303 2 0	UK & Europe	1993