Captain Beefheart - Bat Chain Puller (recorded in 1976) (2012)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Captain Beefheart - Bat Chain Puller (recorded in 1976)
1. "Bat Chain Puller" 5:07
2. "Seam Crooked Sam" 3:09
3. "Harry Irene" 3:25
4. "81 Poop Hatch" 2:35
5. "Flavor Bud Living" 1:49
6. "Brick Bats" 4:27
7. "Floppy Boot Stomp" 3:57
8. "Chariot (Ah Carrot Is As Close As Ah Rabbit Gets To Ah Diamond)" 1:37
9. "Owed T' Alex" 3:19
10. "Odd Jobs" 5:14
11. "Human Totem Pole (The 1000th And 10th Day Of The Human Totem Pole)" 5:49
12. "Apes-Ma" Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) 0:44
Captain Beefheart Band Members / Musicians
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, harmonica, soprano saxophone
John "Drumbo" French – drums, percussion, guitar, music director
Denny "Feelers Rebo" Walley – guitar, accordion
Jeff Moris Tepper – guitar
John Thomas – piano, Rhodes electric piano, Mini Moog
Bat Chain Puller is the 13th studio album (and first official posthumous album) by Captain Beefheart, released on February 22, 2012. It was recorded in 1976 by DiscReet Records, who had intended to release it with Virgin Records as Captain Beefheart's tenth studio album. It was co-produced by Beefheart and Kerry McNab.