Dawn Explosion

Dawn Explosion
Studio album by Captain Beyond
Released	April 1977
Recorded	1976–1977
Studio	Record Plant, Sausalito
Genres	Progressive rock hard rock proto–metal
Length	37:57
Label	Warner Bros.
Producers	John Stronach, Captain Beyond
Captain Beyond chronology
Sufficiently Breathless (1973) Dawn Explosion (1977)

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Allmusic
Rolling Stone	(not rated)

Dawn Explosion, the third and final album by Captain Beyond, was released in 1977. While the band had broken up four years before, Warner Bros. Records signed a deal with the band's original label, Capricorn Records, and contacted the band members asking them to reunite. Original member Bobby Caldwell returned on drums, but original lead vocalist Rod Evans could not be contacted after extensive enquiries: Captain Beyond held auditions, and selected Willy Daffern to replace him.

The track "Dawn Explosion" was recorded during the album sessions, but was cut from the final album, despite taking its title from it.

Track listing

CD reissues split "Breath of Fire, Part 1 & Part 2" into two tracks (subtitled "A Speck Within a Sphere" and "Alone in the Cosmos", respectively), and "Oblivion" into three tracks (with the preceding "Space Interlude" and succeeding "Space Reprise" being the sound effects and percussion that bookend the main section of "Oblivion").

Personnel

Captain Beyond

• Willy Daffern – lead vocals
• Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar
• Lee Dorman – bass, backing vocals, string ensemble synthesizer
• Bobby Caldwell – drums, percussion, backing vocals

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References

• Dawn Explosion (vinyl back cover). Captain Beyond. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. 1977. BS 3047.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)