Clear Spot
Studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
Released October 1972
Recorded Autumn 1972
Genre Blues rock
Length 37:11
Label Reprise
Producer Ted Templeman
Don Van Vliet
Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology
The Spotlight Kid
(1972) Clear Spot
(1972) Unconditionally Guaranteed
(1974)
Track listing
All lyrics and music by Don Van Vliet.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Low Yo Yo Stuff" 3:41
2. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" 3:46
3. "Too Much Time" 2:50
4. "Circumstances" 3:14
5. "My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains" 2:55
6. "Sun Zoom Spark" 2:13
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Clear Spot" 3:40
8. "Crazy Little Thing" 2:38
9. "Long Neck Bottles" 3:18
10. "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" 2:57
11. "Big Eyed Beans from Venus" 4:23
12. "Golden Birdies" 1:36
Personnel[edit]
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, harmonica, "wings on Singabus" (apparently referring to the flapping noise you can hear when he says the word Singabus, in "Golden Birdies")
Zoot Horn Rollo (Bill Harkleroad) – guitar, slide guitar, mandolin
Rockette Morton (Mark Boston) – guitar, bass
Ed Marimba (Art Tripp) – drums, percussion
Roy Estrada – bass
Additional personnel
Milt Holland – percussion
Russ Titelman – guitar
The Blackberries – backing vocals
