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A1	The Floppy Boot Stomp	3:51
A2	Tropical Hot Dog Night	4:48
A3	Ice Rose	3:27
A4	Harry Irene	3:42
A5	You Know You're A Man	3:13
A6	Bat Chain Puller	5:26
B1	When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy	5:03
B2	Owed T'Alex Lyrics By – Herb Bermann	4:04
B3	Candle Mambo	3:23
B4	Love Lies	5:00
B5	Suction Prints	4:20
B6	Apes-Ma	0:38

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – The Automatt
• Mixed At – Wally Heider Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – John Cabalka
• Design [Sleeve] – Brad Kanawyer
• Drums, Percussion – Robert Arthur Williams
• Engineer – Glen Kolotkin
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jeffrey Norman
• Guitar, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck Guitar], Accordion, Bass [Fretless] – Richard Redus
• Guitar, Slide Guitar, Guitar [Spell Guitar] – Jeff Moris Tepper
• Management [In Association With] – Rupert Surcouf, Jr.
• Management [Project Management & Coordination] – Harry Duncan
• Management [San Francisco] – Regular Moon Management
• Mastered By – Phil Brown
• Photography By – Alec Duncan, Richard McCaffree
• Producer – Don Van Vliet, Pete Johnson
• Synthesizer, Grand Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Bass – Eric Drew Feldman
• Trombone, Bass [Air Bass] – Bruce Lambourne Fowler*
• Vocals, Whistling, Harmonica, Soprano Saxophone, Written-By, Lyrics By, Arranged By, Painting [Cover], Illustration [Back Cover] – Don Van Vliet

Notes

Album sleeve comment; "Dedicated to all conservation & wildlife organizations everywhere"

Recorded at the Automatt, San Francisco.
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco.
Produced for Shiny Beast Productions.

Cover painting: "Green Tom" (1976 - 61x46cm)
Back cover illustration onto a lunch bag.

This album represents the official outcome of the fated 'Bat Chain Puller' sessions initiated with Frank Zappa in 1976.

Green "Two Virgins" label.

Made in Japan with Obi strip and two sided (English/Japanese) lyric sheet insert.

¥ 2,000

See images for detail.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout: (Side 1 Machine Stamped) ℗ V 2149A 111 [symbol] (hand etched) E
• Matrix / Runout: (Side 2 Machine Stamped) G V 249B 111 [symbol]

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BSK 3256	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ‎(LP, Album, Los)	Warner Bros. Records	BSK 3256	US	1978
V 2149	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ‎(LP, Album)	Virgin	V 2149	New Zealand	1980
7 73548-2	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Enigma Retro, Straight	7 73548-2	US	1990
OVED 67	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Virgin	OVED 67	UK	1985
CDVR2149, 0946 365517 22, 0946 3 65517 2 2	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band	Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Virgin, EMI, EMI	CDVR2149, 0946 365517 22, 0946 3 65517 2 2	Europe	Unknown