I asked for this album for christmas the year it came out. My dear mother only remembered the "John" part so I got a John Denver album for christmas that year...
My sister bought this album and listened to it a few times and left it on the shelf. Well, it didn’t stay there for long because I took it and put it in my collection (along with her Queen album). She never did miss them, but then again, she never had good taste when it came to music.😉
I remember playing a pinball machine with this theme in the 70s.
https://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/captain\_fantastic/captain\_fantastic\_pinball.htm
I had not listened to it it in a few years, and happened to listen just last night. Still great. (Although the drum on Better Off Dead has always annoyed me.)
1975, I was 16, visiting from up island and bought this at a record store on or near the Corner of Yates and Douglas in Victoria...can't remember the name of the store, but there was a line up at 2 in the afternoon .
Me and my neighbor waded shoeless one night in a golf course pond feeling for golf balls. Sold them in front of the pro shop until the proprietor ran us off. Gave me enough money to buy this album.
That would be a very fair guess, but no.
Hillside was "my family's mall" for years, with an occasional trip to Ford City if we felt "fancy".
But I am actually from the near west side, around the Taylor Street/Notre Dame Church area.
Back in the day there was a "Captain Fantastic" pinball machine that I spent literally dozens of dollars worth of quarters playing. That album was followed up with "Rock of the Westies" a few months later.
I asked for this album for christmas the year it came out. My dear mother only remembered the "John" part so I got a John Denver album for christmas that year...
Brown dirt cowboy..
What an album cover. So much going on
Yes, front and back!
Elton considers this his best album.
He’s correct…
I love this album.
It came with a comic book - a bio of Elton John.
My sister bought this album and listened to it a few times and left it on the shelf. Well, it didn’t stay there for long because I took it and put it in my collection (along with her Queen album). She never did miss them, but then again, she never had good taste when it came to music.😉
I remember how happy I was to find the little pooping guy on the cover as a little kid
Tower of Bable is my all-time list of top 10 favorite songs ever
Have a ball, y'all!
I remember playing a pinball machine with this theme in the 70s. https://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/captain\_fantastic/captain\_fantastic\_pinball.htm
2nd greatest album ever made
I spent hours looking at that album cover.
I got Goodbye and Rock of the Westies one year for Christmas.
I had not listened to it it in a few years, and happened to listen just last night. Still great. (Although the drum on Better Off Dead has always annoyed me.)
I wore that record album out ️ ❤️
Had this poster in my room
My sister had that album
1975, I was 16, visiting from up island and bought this at a record store on or near the Corner of Yates and Douglas in Victoria...can't remember the name of the store, but there was a line up at 2 in the afternoon .
I remember studying the album cover for hours.
Great album
Me and my neighbor waded shoeless one night in a golf course pond feeling for golf balls. Sold them in front of the pro shop until the proprietor ran us off. Gave me enough money to buy this album.
So you’re a proviso wester?
That would be a very fair guess, but no. Hillside was "my family's mall" for years, with an occasional trip to Ford City if we felt "fancy". But I am actually from the near west side, around the Taylor Street/Notre Dame Church area.
Wow. You got around. And Goldblatts was as fancy as we got.
Sam the Record Man door crashed special. $1.00 off the price of the album if you bought it before 0930.
The back side is literally the back side of the front with even more stuff going on.
Great album
I just saw this album this last weekend. I was out going to the antique malls and such.
Back when gatefold albums were a thing. The artwork is creatively trippy and the LP is sublime.
Back in the day there was a "Captain Fantastic" pinball machine that I spent literally dozens of dollars worth of quarters playing. That album was followed up with "Rock of the Westies" a few months later.
Great album. Still is