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Alberto Muņoz 
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 15:08 |
 Toaster Mantis wrote:
Anyone here familiar with Nebula? A nowadays American space rock band, very similar to Captain Beyond's S/T but they also have just as many influences from Blue Cheer and Hawkwind. Their music is a bit more "accessible" than Beyond, though, since they've got a bigger emphasis on more straight-up hard rock than the progressive elements.
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Yes considered like a stoner rock band for many, i have two albums of them, the selftitled album and one with a gray and blue cover with cables
Good stuff!!! 
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 11:21 |
I'm spinning their selftitled debut right now... finally began to click for me. 
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 10:53 |
UMUR wrote:
Babe Ruth´s debut album is really good. I´ve only listened
to Don Caballero besides the debut and that one´s pretty good too
allthough not as good as the debut. GIVE ME SOME LEG!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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I gotta admit though, the title track is pretty great! Amar Caballero (  ) is a good mini-epic
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 08:47 |
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Babe Ruth´s debut album is really good. I´ve only listened to Don Caballero besides the debut and that one´s pretty good too allthough not as good as the debut. GIVE ME SOME LEG!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 05:55 |
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Babe Ruth First Base Classic  The Rest  |
Hmmm Hawkwise I'm not agree with you I considered First base only a good album, while selftitled from 1975 is my fav Babe Ruth album, just tastes, tastes, tastes after all
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 05:26 |
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Anyone here familiar with Nebula? A nowadays American space rock band, very similar to Captain Beyond's S/T but they also have just as many influences from Blue Cheer and Hawkwind. Their music is a bit more "accessible" than Beyond, though, since they've got a bigger emphasis on more straight-up hard rock than the progressive elements.
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Posted: November 07 2008 at 01:51 |
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As I understand it Bobby Caldwell wrote a lot of the material for the debut while Lee Dorman wrote most the songs for Sufficiently Breathless.
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Posted: November 06 2008 at 15:19 |
zappaholic wrote:
Haven't heard any Beyond beyond the first album, but that first album is the very definition of a "lost classic". Great stuff.
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Posted: October 24 2008 at 03:42 |
Quite right!
I usually try and spin threads out but that's difficult when you can't find the posts.
Thanks to all concerned for the info.
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Posted: October 21 2008 at 22:32 |
Eh? When and why did this thread get moved to Proto and Related? 
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Posted: October 21 2008 at 20:20 |
Haven't heard any Beyond beyond the first album, but that first album is the very definition of a "lost classic". Great stuff.
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 18:45 |
If you like heavy,get the first one.
If you like mellow get the 2nd one.
If you like heavy and the first one get the band Armageddon.
These days I like the 2nd better.I have mellowed out for now.
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 14:40 |
BenMech wrote:
As one who has heard all three CB albums, I can say each has their moment in the sun, and not always for the same reasons.
Give each a good shot. Throw them onto an ipod or whatever, and walk around with them on. You can't go wrong then |
From one Newbie to another - what a good hit. The first CB offering is a great companion to a 5-kilometre walk to a boring job which I've been doing all summer. 50 minutes of walking means you can hear the whole thing and down leafy English lanes, etc... Sometimes even a chance for a second hearing of Dancing Madly.
Tends to make you slightly less aware of oncoming traffic, though.
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 13:06 |
el dingo wrote:
I've had Captain Beyond (Capricorn) for yonks and like it a lot - mainly I guess because I always liked Rod Evans vocals in Purple Mk I and a healthy bit of riffola always pleases me if done well.
I've recently invested in a download of Sufficiently Breathless, but obviously I've got no details apart from the track listing.
I know about the original band and how it was formed, etc, but the second sounds markedly different and I wonder if anyone out there can tell me of any personnel changes, etc. 'cos I know nothing about the second album at all.
Grateful for any info or general discussion on a band a lot of Purple freaks seem not even to have heard of, let alone appreciate! |
The key is obviously the exit of Caldwell. Caldwell made the original Captain Beyond what it was in two ways. First, he was intimately involved in writing the material. There's a big difference between the songs on Captain Beyond and on Sufficiently Breathless. If you are already familiar with Captain Beyond, it should be easy to see that Sufficiently Breathless had much more input from the guitarist in the writing process.
Secondly, Caldwell/Dorman was a rock solid rhythm section that freed up Reinhardt to experiment and skylark. Reinhardt just has to check in on the riffs on the first album, and then he can go ahead and wow us. He was more integral to the band sound after that.
It should be mentioned that Captain Beyond made a concious decision to chase after a wider audience and more popular appeal after the first album. Heck, they even added a keyboardist. They didn't get the formula right on Sufficiently Breathless, for which we should all be grateful. They sold out quite successfully on Dawn Explosion, with the result that there is only a track or two worth listening to on that.
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 13:05 |
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As one who has heard all three CB albums, I can say each has their moment in the sun, and not always for the same reasons.
Give each a good shot. Throw them onto an ipod or whatever, and walk around with them on. You can't go wrong then
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el dingo
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 02:35 |
Both albums are available in MP3 format via GoMusic.Ru at a very cool price, not much more than a dollar each if I remember rightly. You might be able to get them on Soundike as well - similar prices. Both these sites sport disclaimers to say they are legal. I use both of them a lot and can recommend the sound quality. You also get free short soundclips on both sites. Nothing is streamed.
El Dingo is not sponsored by either site, he just rates them!
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 23:23 |
Babe Ruth First Base Classic The Rest
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 23:17 |
MrEdifus wrote:
jammun wrote:
I always avoided albums that had either Rod Evans or a former Iron Butterfly bassist. The guitar players I hung around with at the time disagreed. |
All I can say is that you missed out on a great album. I'm glad I'm finding people here who have heard of this band.
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I'll have to search it out and give it a listen. I'm much more inclusive these days.
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 23:05 |
jammun wrote:
I always avoided albums that had either Rod Evans or a former Iron Butterfly bassist. The guitar players I hung around with at the time disagreed. |
All I can say is that you missed out on a great album. I'm glad I'm finding people here who have heard of this band.
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Posted: October 15 2008 at 22:45 |
I always avoided albums that had either Rod Evans or a former Iron Butterfly bassist. The guitar players I hung around with at the time disagreed.
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