Nololob
Long Live Wock 'n' Woll
Captain Beyond - first album released in 1972 by hard rock "almost" supergroup, the line up was: vocalist Rod Evans (Deep Purple), guitarist Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, bassist Lee Dorman (both Iron Butterfly) and drummer Bobby Caldwell (know for working with Johnny Winter). Commercially wasn't very successful, however it gained a wide audience on the underground.
Track listing:
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
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
I am a big (not as big as Nazareth, Uriah Heep or Omega) fan of Deep Purple, I quite enjoyed Deep Purple Mk I and I got interest on later history of those two guys. Two bands were formed: Warhorse by Nick Simper and Captain Beyond by Rod Evans. I gotta tell you - both bands were heavier (literally!) than Deep Purple Mk I. Especially Captain Beyond, but unlike Warhorse, they are less proggy.
Here's a quote from Wiki about track listing
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.
If you pick this album up and play it - do not skip anything. All 13 songs are perfectly selected and it is like reading a book - if you miss 1, 5, 69 pages you miss a lot of scenes and details.
Some really great riffs and guitar solos Rhino made for us. Drummer did an amazing work, especially on an album opener (at signature 5/4, which is unusual). But in my opinion if Rod could meet Ritchie and show him this album it would make Ritchie pretty jealous. In overall the sound is much, much, much different than IB or DP. Pure hard rock and proto-metal!
Since this album lays on Shelf of Fame I rate this album in scale 1 to 10 as 9.
Here's a taster of this album.