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| I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | September 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 18 November 1978 | |||
| Venue | My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY | |||
| Length | 83:27 | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
| Producer | Roland Worthington Hand | |||
| Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Pitchfork Media |  [2] |
| PopMatters | (favourable)[3] |
I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do is a live album from Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. In support of the US release of his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), Beefheart and the band undertook a promotional club tour. On Saturday 18 November 1978 they performed at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New York. My Father's Place was located under a motorway bridge, held about 200 people and the patrons sat at long tables and could dine whilst listening if they wished.[4] The show was recorded and mixed directly to two-track tape. The tape was used for a radio broadcast on WLIR-FM on 11 December 1978. Following a limited release on CD, Rhino Records made the tracks available for download. In April 2023, Rhino released the concert on a double vinyl LP, limited to 5000, for Record Store Day.
The show featured ten of the twelve songs from Captain Beefheart's then-current release, Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller), three songs from Safe as Milk (1967), four songs from Trout Mask Replica (1969), and two songs from Clear Spot (1972).
All tracks are written by Don Van Vliet, except "Owed T' Alex" and "Dropout Boogie" by Don Van Vliet and Herb Bermann.
| No. | Title | Studio version | Length |
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| 1. | "Tropical Hot Dog Night" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978) | 4:36 |
| 2. | "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" | Clear Spot (1972) | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Owed T' Alex" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 5:20 |
| 4. | "Dropout Boogie" | Safe as Milk (1967) | 3:13 |
| 5. | "Harry Irene" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Abba Zaba" | Safe as Milk | 3:44 |
| 7. | "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" | Clear Spot | 4:12 |
| 8. | "Old Fart at Play" | Trout Mask Replica (1969) | 2:26 |
| 9. | "Well" | Trout Mask Replica | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Ice Rose" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 3:56 |
| 11. | "Moonlight on Vermont" | Trout Mask Replica | 3:52 |
| 12. | "The Floppy Boot Stomp" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 4:18 |
| 13. | "You Know You're a Man" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 3:26 |
| 14. | "Bat Chain Puller" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 5:55 |
| 15. | "Apes-Ma" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 0:46 |
| 16. | "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 6:04 |
| 17. | "Veteran's Day Poppy" | Trout Mask Replica | 9:11 |
| No. | Title | Studio version | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Safe as Milk" | Safe as Milk | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Suction Prints" | Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | 4:41 |
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Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band (1964–1982)
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