Captain Beyond (album)

Captain Beyond
Studio album by Captain Beyond
Released	July 1972
Recorded	1971 - 1972
Genre	Hard rock, Psychedelic Rock
Length	35:07
Label	Capricorn
Producer	Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond chronology
Captain Beyond (1972) Sufficiently Breathless (1973)

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Captain Beyond, the first album by Captain Beyond, was released in 1972, and featured former members of Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Johnny Winter, and Rick Derringer. The album cover for the U.S. release included 3-D artwork (using lenticular printing).

Track listing

All songs by Rod Evans & Bobby Caldwell.

Side one

1. "Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air)" – 4:01
2. "Armworth" – 1:48
3. "Myopic Void" – 3:30
4. "Mesmerization Eclipse" – 3:48
5. "Raging River of Fear" – 3:47

Side two

6. "Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro)" – 1:19
7. "Frozen Over" – 3:46
8. "Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come and Gone)" – 3:56
9. "I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 1)" – 3:06
10. "As the Moon Speaks (To the Waves of the Sea)" – 2:25
11. "Astral Lady" – 0:16
12. "As the Moon Speaks (Return) – 2:13
13. "I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part 2)" – 1:13

Even though there are 13 tracks, it really sounds as if there are only 5 with tracks 1-3, 6-8 and 9-13 segueing together. Tracks 4 and 5 are the only individual songs that do not segue into each other or into other songs.
In this respect, "Dancing Madly Backwards" runs 9:19, "Thousand Days of Yesterdays" is 9:01, and "I Can't Feel Nothin'" is 9:13.

Personnel

• Rod Evans – vocals
• Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt – guitars
• Lee Dorman – bass guitar, piano, Hammond organ, vocals
• Bobby Caldwell – drums, percussion, Hammond organ, bells, vibraphone, vocals