Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond (1972 Los Angeles) | Heavy Psych / Hard Rock | Full Vinyl Rip

Captain Beyond, released June 1972 on Capricorn Records (CP 0105), is the self-titled debut from this Los Angeles supergroup. Recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood and mixed at Record Plant LA. The original US pressing came with a 3D lenticular cover glued to the front. This rip is from the Terre Haute pressing, pressed at Columbia’s Terre Haute plant. The band formed in 1971 after Iron Butterfly broke up. Guitarist Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt and bassist Lee Dorman carried over from Butterfly and brought in drummer Bobby Caldwell, an old rival from Florida garage bands. Rod Evans, who had been Deep Purple’s original singer before being replaced by Ian Gillan in 1969, joined on vocals. All four wrote the material, but Reinhardt and Dorman were still under Iron Butterfly contracts - so only Evans and Caldwell received official songwriting credits. The album is dedicated to Duane Allman. Caldwell had played informally with Allman before his death. Capricorn was a Southern rock label - home to the Allman Brothers - and the fit was uncomfortable from the start. What Captain Beyond were making was harder and stranger than anything on Capricorn’s roster. Most of Side B is built as linked suites - Thousand Days of Yesterdays, I Can’t Feel Nothin’, and As the Moon Speaks - running into each other without gaps. Rhino moves between fuzz leads, slide, and acoustic. Caldwell plays vibraphone and bells alongside the kit. Reinhardt later said Capricorn “did everything they could to destroy us” after the band refused to change their sound. Caldwell put it differently: “When we played Chicago it was like Led Zeppelin was playing there.” They peaked at #134 on the Billboard album chart and then largely disappeared. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my personal copy. 🔥 Standout tracks include “Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air)” and “Raging River of Fear.” 🎸 Sounds like: Deep Purple Iron Butterfly Budgie Hawkwind 💿 Tracklist 00:00 Dancing Madly Backwards (On a Sea of Air) 04:04 Armworth 05:35 Myopic Void 09:25 Mesmerization Eclipse 13:16 Raging River of Fear 17:12 Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro) 18:26 Frozen Over 22:11Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come and Gone) 26:10 I Can’t Feel Nothin’ (Part I) 29:16 As the Moon Speaks (To the Waves of the Sea) 31:23 Astral Lady 32:01 As the Moon Speaks (Return) 34:17 I Can’t Feel Nothin’ (Part II) 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ #CaptainBeyond #HeavyPsych #HardRock #VinylRip #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper