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A1	The Floppy Boot Stomp
A2	Tropical Hot Dog Night
A3	Ice Rose
A4	Harry Irene
A5	You Know You're A Man
A6	Bat Chain Puller
B1	When I See Mommy I Feel Like A Mummy
B2	Owed T' Alex Lyrics By – Herb Bermann
B3	Candle Mambo
B4	Love Lies
B5	Suction Prints
B6	Apes-Ma

Companies, etc.

• Copyright (c) – Straight
• Record Company – Warner Bros. Records
• Recorded At – The Automatt
• Mixed At – Wally Heider Studios
• Remastered At – A&M Mastering Studios

Credits

• Art Direction – John Cabalka
• Design – Brad Kanawyer
• Drums, Percussion – Robert Arthur Williams
• Engineer – Glen Kolotkin
• Engineer [Assistant] – Jeffrey Norman
• Guitar, Slide Guitar [Bottleneck], Accordion, Bass [Fretless] – Richard Redus
• Guitar, Slide Guitar [Spell Guitar] – Jeff Moris Tepper
• Management, Coordinator [Project Coordination] – Harry Duncan
• Marimba, Percussion [Additional] – Art Tripp, III*
• Mastered By – Phil Brown
• Photography By – Alec Duncan, Richard McCaffree
• Producer – Don Van Vliet, Pete Johnson
• Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
• Synthesizer, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Grand Piano, Bass – Eric Drew Feldman
• Trombone, Bass [Air Bass] – Bruce Lambourne Fowler*
• Vocals, Whistling, Harmonica, Soprano Saxophone, Music By, Lyrics By, Arranged By, Painting, Illustration – Don Van Vliet

Notes

Digital remastering at A & M Mastering.

Multi-page gatefold insert J card with lyrics and photos.
Original release 1978 on Warner Bros. Records (BSK 3256). Recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco.
Mixed at Wally Heider Recording, San Francisco.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 18777 354844

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