Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp

Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp is a live album released by The Monks. It was recorded in 1999, 33 years after their only album Black Monk Time was released, and at their first-ever gig on home turf. Cavestomp was an annual event in New York City that reunited mid-sixties bands for a weekend of live music. Released in 2000 on Cavestomp Records. It was reissued in 2001 by Munster Records.

Let's Start a Beat - Live from Cavestomp
Live album by The Monks
Released	October 31, 2000
Recorded	November 5, 1999
Genre	Protopunk, garage rock
Label	Cavestomp
The Monks chronology
Five Upstart Americans (1999) Let's Start a Beat - Live from Cavestomp (2000) Demo Tapes 1965 (2007)
Alternative Cover
Cover of European release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

• All songs written by Burger/Clark/Shaw/Day/Johnston

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Monk Time"	3:21
2.	"Oh How to Do Now"	4:22
3.	"We Do Wie Du"	2:55
4.	"Boys Are Boys**"	1:42
5.	"Pretty Suzanne"	4:57
6.	"Hushie Pushie"	2:40
7.	"Cuckoo*"	3:23
8.	"Complication"	2:59
9.	"That's My Girl"	4:06
10.	"Shut Up"	3:40
11.	"I Can't Get Over You*"	2:34
12.	"Higgle-Dy Piggle-Dy***"	3:16
13.	"Blast Off!"	3:27
14.	"I Hate You"	5:57
15.	"Monk Jam"	5:58
16.	"An Inspirational Message"	1:44

Enhanced CD content

1. Live performance video of "Complication", "Cuckoo" and "Shut Up"
2. Trailer for Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback, a documentary on the Monks

Personnel

• All lead vocals by Gary Burger except *lead vocal by Roger Johnston; **lead vocal by Dave Day & Eddie Shaw; ***lead vocal by Mike Fornatale
• Gary Burger – lead vocals and guitar
• Larry Clark – organ and vocals
• Dave Day – banjo and vocals
• Roger Johnston – drums and vocals
• Eddie Shaw – bass and vocals

Release history

Region	Date	Title	Label	Format	Catalog
USA	October 31, 2000	Let's Start a Beat – Live from Cavestomp	Cavestomp Records/Varèse Sarabande	CD	302 066 193 2
Spain	2001	...Let's Start a Beat!	Munster Records	LP/CD	MR 207 [LP], MR CD 207 [CD]
USA	February 17, 2015	Monk Jam	Rockbeat Records	CD/Download