I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 from Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. In support of the US release of his album Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)

Shiny Beast is the tenth studio album by Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band. Originally released in 1978, it is considered to be Beefheart's comeback album following 1974's poorly received efforts, Unconditionally Guaranteed and Bluejeans & Moonbeams, and is the first of his three critically...

, 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

Roslyn, New York

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. 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. The show was recorded and mixed directly to two-track tape. Rhino Records made the album available for download, after a limited release on CD.

Track listing

1. "Tropical Hot Dog Night" – 4:36
2. "Nowadays a Woman's Gotta Hit a Man" – 5:07
3. "Owed t'Alex" – 5:20
4. "Dropout Boogie" – 3:13
5. "Harry Irene" – 3:46
6. "Abba Zaba" – 3:44
7. "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" – 4:12
8. "Old Fart at Play" – 2:26
9. "Well" – 3:35
10. "Ice Rose" – 3:56
11. "Moonlight on Vermont" – 3:52
12. "The Floppy Boot Stomp" – 4:18
13. "You Know You're a Man" – 3:26
14. "Bat Chain Puller" – 5:55
15. "Apes-Ma" – 0:46
16. "When I See Mommy I Feel Like a Mummy" – 6:04
17. "Veteran's Day Poppy" – 9:11
18. "Safe as Milk" – 5:19
19. "Suction Prints" – 4:41

Personnel

• Richard Redus – guitar
  Guitar
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  , slide guitar
  Slide guitar
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  , accordion
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• Jeff Moris Tepper – guitar, slide guitar
• Bruce Fowler
  Bruce Fowler
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   – trombone
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• Eric Drew Feldman
  Eric Drew Feldman
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   – bass guitar
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  , keyboards
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  , synthesizer
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• Robert Williams
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   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
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• Don Van Vliet – vocals
  Singing
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  , tenor sax, soprano sax, harmonica
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• Mary Jane Eisenberg – shake bouquet