1994 Bootleg CD Don's Birthday Party on TUFF BITES Cat No. T.B. 94.1008 Fabrique En Luxembourg with this amazing sleeve illustration by J. Saurer. Although it appears to have been dubbed from the vinyl this is a great sounding though mono CD. Credits say ''These song were recorded live at Showbox, Seattle, January 15th, 1981'' - this was Beefheart's 40th. birthday. The over 70 mins show is complete with tracks:-

Gerry Pratt said this was his favourite boot and it is a great show, very relaxed - a bit too relaxed during ``Bat Chain Puller'' where Beefheart appears to have wandered away from the microphone when he is supposed to be singing so they have to start again! It is a series of highlights with the audience singing ``HAPPY BIRTHDAY'' and Beefheart asking for ``not urine-colored lights'' and berating the audience about the ``smoke smell''. The music includes brilliant driving versions of Hot Head/Ashtray Heart and a Safe As Milk taken at top speed.

• 1994 Luxembourg CD on TUFF BITES T.B. 94.1008

Vinyl Version

Don's Birthday Party

Side 1:

Suction Prints(intro version)
My Human Gets Me Blues
Nowadays A Woman's Got To Hit A Man
Hot Head
Ashtray Heart
Dirty Blue Gene

Side 2:

Best Batch Yet
Safe As Milk
A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets to A Diamond
One Red Rose That I Mean

Side 3:

Dr. Dark
Bat Chain Puller
Sugar 'N Spikes
Veteran's Day Poppy

Side 4:

Sheriff Of Hong Kong
Suction Prints(full band version)
Big Eyed Beans From Venus

From the concert at Showbox Seattle Jan. 15th. '81 (Says *Showboat* on Cover) European bootleg with deluxe yellow &brown cover; originally pressed on multi-colored vinyl.Sides 1 &2 have song separation Recording is Excellent mono.

• 198? European Double Bootleg on DB501/2 - pressed on thick multicoloured vinyl - plain white labels - cover is painting (Yellow/Blue/Brown/Red).
• 198? European Double Bootleg on DB501/2 - pressed on black vinyl - plain black labels with large white stenciled 1 2 3 4. Same pressing and cover as original but not on multicoloured vinyl.