I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978

I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do
Live album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Released	September 2000
Recorded	18 November 1978
Venue	My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY
Length	83:27
Label	Rhino
Producer	Roland Worthington Hand
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology
Grow Fins (1999) I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do (2000) An Ashtray Heart (2011)

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I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do is a live album from Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. In support of the US release of his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Beefheart and the band undertook a promotional club tour. On Saturday 18 November 1978 they performed at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York. My Father's Place was located under a motorway bridge, held about 200 people and the patrons sat at long tables and could dine whilst listening if they wished . The show was recorded and mixed directly to two-track tape. The tape was used for a radio broadcast on WLIR-FM on 11 December 1978. Rhino Records made the album available for download, after a limited release on CD. Released by Rhino on 4/22/23 on 2 vinyl LP's, limited to 5000, for Record Store Day.

The show featured ten of the twelve songs from Captain Beefheart's then-current release, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), three songs from Safe as Milk (1967), four songs from Trout Mask Replica (1969), and two songs from Clear Spot (1972).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Van Vliet, except "Owed T' Alex" and "Dropout Boogie" by Don Van Vliet and Herb Bermann

Disc One: Main Show

No.	Title	Studio version	Length
1.	"Tropical Hot Dog Night"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)	4:36
2.	"Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man"	Clear Spot (1972)	5:07
3.	"Owed T' Alex"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	5:20
4.	"Dropout Boogie"	Safe as Milk (1967)	3:13
5.	"Harry Irene"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	3:46
6.	"Abba Zaba"	Safe as Milk	3:44
7.	"Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles"	Clear Spot	4:12
8.	"Old Fart at Play"	Trout Mask Replica (1969)	2:26
9.	"Well"	Trout Mask Replica	3:56
10.	"Ice Rose"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	3:56
11.	"Moonlight on Vermont"	Trout Mask Replica	3:52
12.	"The Floppy Boot Stomp"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	4:18
13.	"You Know You're a Man"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	3:26
14.	"Bat Chain Puller"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	5:55
15.	"Apes-Ma"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	0:46
16.	"When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	6:04
17.	"Veteran's Day Poppy"	Trout Mask Replica	9:11

Disc Two: Encores

No.	Title	Studio version	Length
1.	"Safe as Milk"	Safe as Milk	5:19
2.	"Suction Prints"	Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)	4:41

Personnel

The Musicians

• Don Van Vliet (C.B.) – vocals, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, harmonica, whistling
• Jeff Moris Tepper – guitar, slide guitar
• Richard Redus – guitar, slide guitar, slide bass, accordion
• Bruce Fowler – trombone and air bass
• Eric Drew Feldman – bass guitar, synthesizer, keyboards
• Robert Williams – drums, percussion

with

• Mary Jane Eisenberg – shake bouquet

Technical

• Jeff Kracke – recording engineer
• Michael Billeter – recording technician
• Peter Hedeman – recording technician
• Michael Tapes – event executive producer
• Bob Fisher – mastering

External links

• http://www.freewebs.com/teejo/live/78fath.html