| Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) | ||||
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| Released | October 1978 | |||
| Recorded | July – August 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Automatt, San Francisco | |||
| Length | 47:20 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. (US) Virgin (UK) | |||
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Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) is the tenth studio album by American band Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, released in October 1978 by Warner Bros. Records. The album emerged from production difficulties surrounding Bat Chain Puller, an album Captain Beefheart recorded for DiscReet and Virgin Records in 1976. DiscReet co-founders Herb Cohen and Frank Zappa feuded over the production of the album, because Cohen funded the production with Zappa's royalty checks. Captain Beefheart recorded a new album titled Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) after Zappa withheld the master tapes of the original Bat Chain Puller album.