Studio album by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Released November 1974 Recorded August 1974 Stronghold Sound Recorders, North Hollywood, CA Genre Rock Length 36:50 Label Mercury (US), Virgin (UK) Producer Andy DiMartino Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974) Bluejeans & Moonbeams (1974) Bongo Fury (1975)
Track listing Side one No. Title Length 1. "Party of Special Things to Do" (Don Van Vliet, Elliot Ingber) 2:48 2. "Same Old Blues" (J. J. Cale) 4:00 3. "Observatory Crest" (Van Vliet, E. Ingber) 3:32 4. "Pompadour Swamp" (Van Vliet) 3:32 5. "Captain's Holiday" (R. Feldman, W. Richmond, S. Hickerson, C. Blackwell) 5:43 Side two No. Title Length 1. "Rock 'n Roll's Evil Doll" (Van Vliet, Mark Gibbons, Ira Ingber) 3:20 2. "Further Than We've Gone" (Van Vliet) 5:31 3. "Twist ah Luck" (Van Vliet, Gibbons, I. Ingber) 3:22 4. "Bluejeans & Moonbeams" (Van Vliet) 5:02 Personnel The musicians in this version of the Magic Band appear on no other Beefheart album. Several of those who had played on Unconditionally Guaranteed and earlier albums had left to form Mallard.
Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) – vocals, harmonica Dean Smith – guitar, bottleneck guitar Micheal Smotherman – keyboards, backing vocals Ty Grimes – percussion Additional personnel Ira Ingber – bass Bob West – bass on "Observatory Crest" Gene Pello – drums Jimmy Caravan – keyboard, star machine Mark Gibbons – keyboards The personnel for the track "Captain's Holiday" is not known. The track was reportedly found on a discarded reel in the studio. The harmonica on the track is not played by Captain Beefheart (by his own admission).