"If it had come out two years earlier, it would have captured the zeitgeist": Captain Beyond miss their moment on much-loved debut album

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond cover art.

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond

(Image credit: Capricorn Records)

Dancing Madly Backwards (on a Sea of Air)
Armworth
Myopic Void
Mesmerization Eclipse
Raging River of Fear
Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Intro)
Frozen Over
Thousand Days of Yesterdays (Time Since Come and Gone)
I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part I)
As the Moon Speaks (to the Waves of the Sea)
Astral Lady
As the Moon Speaks (Return)
I Can't Feel Nothin' (Part II)

Duane and Gregg Allman were apparently so knocked out by Captain Beyond’s demos that they promptly took the tape over Capricorn Records and convinced the label to sign them. In truth, there might have been more than a touch of nepotism on the brothers’ part, seeing as Captain Beyond drummer Bobby Caldwell knew the Allmans well from his days touring with Johnny Winter.