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Release Date: 2012-02-22Label: VAULTernative Records
Released in digipak. Includes a 32-page booklet.This is the official release of the shelved 'Bat Chain Puller' project, resulting from the closure of operations between FZ & Herb Cohen. Beefheart became somewhat a victim of the wrangles which ensued, resulting in the work going to storage and him having to freshly record material which became Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller).
Tracks 1 - 12, 14 Recorded at Paramount Studios, 16,17 & 18 March 1976,
Track 13 Recorded at Paramount Studios, 31 March 1976
"Candle Mambo" mixed at UMRK, 1995
Vaultmeister & Transfer of Original 6 April 1976 1/4" Stereo Master Tapes
at 48K 24B .WAV, 15 April 2007, by Joe Travers at UMRK