Album of the Day

One of rock's most gifted eccentrics, Don Van Vliet - aka Captain Beefheart – is known for a string of critically acclaimed studio releases but I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I WANNA DO: LIVE AT MY FATHER'S PLACE 1978 shows he was also a riveting concert performer. On the road to promote their SHINY BEAST album, Beefheart and band made a stop at the intimate Long Island venue, where a local radio station had set up a two-track tape machine to record the show for broadcast. Along with a healthy chunk of the new album, the set list includes favorites from TROUT MASK REPLICA, SAFE AS MILK and CLEAR SPOT, and the Magic Band (then including Zappa vet Bruce Fowler) was in magical form that night. Originally a limited edition Rhino Handmade CD, LIVE AT MY FATHER'S PLACE 1978 debuts on vinyl this month for Record Store Day 2023.