Tapdancin' Bats is the name of a 1984 album by the band NRBQ

NRBQ

NRBQ is an American rock band founded in 1967. It is known for its live performances, containing a high degree of spontaneity and levity, and blending rock, pop, jazz, blues and Tin Pan Alley styles. Its best known line-up is the 1974–1994 quartet of pianist Terry Adams, bassist Joey Spampinato,...

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The album is composed of completely archival material. The reason for this is that at the time of production, NRBQ were signed onto Bearsville Records

Bearsville Records

Bearsville Records was founded in 1970 by Albert Grossman. Artists included Todd Rundgren, Elizabeth Barraclough, Foghat, Halfnelson/Sparks, Bobby Charles, Randy VanWarmer, Paul Butterfield's Better Days, Lazarus, Jesse Winchester, and NRBQ. The label closed in 1984, two years before Grossman's...

 and the label's owner, Albert Grossman

Albert Grossman

Albert Bernard Grossman was an American entrepreneur and manager in the American folk music scene and rock and roll. He was most famous as the manager of Bob Dylan between 1962 and 1970.-Biography:...

, didn't want NRBQ to record any more albums and wouldn't let them out of their contract. Luckily for NRBQ, the band had amassed enough archival material to compile several future albums.

Track listing

1. Captain Lou
2. I Don't Think Of...
3. Proctor's Gample
4. You Got It
5. Rats In My Room
6. Big Goodbyes
7. Tex
8. Boardin' House Pie
9. Trouble at the Henhouse
10. Ain't It All Right
11. Pretty Thing
12. Dry Up and Blow Away
13. Come On and Ride
14. Capriccio
15. The Dough Got Low
16. Tapdancin' Bats