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3 unusual facts about Mystery Disc


Ahead of Their Time

Portions of this performance originally found their way on to the Mystery Disc contained on the second box of "The Old Masters" and the Honker Home Video release of Uncle Meat.

Mystery Disc

A number of the earlier tracks—"I Was a Teen-Age Malt Shop", "The Birth of Captain Beefheart" and "Metal Man Has Won His Wings", all likely recorded in 1964—feature Captain Beefheart on vocals.

) The CD omits two tracks from the box sets, "Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?" and "Big Leg Emma", both of which were included on the CD version of Absolutely Free (1967).



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