Captured in Time and Space is the eighth release of Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band, Petra

Petra (band)

Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock"...

 and their first live album. The concert was re-released on DVD in 2006.

This album featured newly hired keyboardist, John Lawry

John Lawry

John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...

, who showed his abilities on the techno-like album Beat the System one year before.

The album was recorded during three separate performances of the "Beat the System Tour":

• Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, Tennessee
  Knoxville, Tennessee
  Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
  
   - November 21, 1985
• Memorial Auditorium
  Memorial Auditorium
  Memorial Auditorium may refer to:* Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York* Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex , Kitchener, Ontario* Memorial Auditorium , California...
  
  , Greenville, South Carolina
  Greenville, South Carolina
  -Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
  
   - November 22, 1985
• Township Auditorium, Columbia, South Carolina
  Columbia, South Carolina
  Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
  
   - November 23, 1985

This was the last Petra

Petra (band)

Petra is a music group regarded as a pioneer of the Christian rock and contemporary Christian music genres. Formed in 1972, the band took its name from the Greek word for "rock"...

 album to feature Greg X. Volz

Greg X. Volz

Gregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most noted for being the former lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985 and is currently the lead vocalist of the reunited lineup.-Biography:...

 as lead vocalist.

Track listing

Vinyl release

CD release

Track Information

• This is the third Petra album to feature the song "God Gave Rock and Roll to You". The song was written by Russ Ballard
  Russ Ballard
  Russell Glyn Ballard is an English singer, songwriter and musician.-Career:Ballard was initially a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The Day Breakers in 1961, together with Roy Ballard, Russ's older brother on piano and Bob Henrit on drums...
  
   and covered by KISS
  KISS (band)
  Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
  
   and twice by Petra.
• The song "Hallelujah Chorus" was originally written by George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel
  George Frideric Handel was a German-British Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, anthems and organ concertos. Handel was born in 1685, in a family indifferent to music...
  
  . It was originally part of a masterpiece known as Messiah
  Messiah (Handel)
  Messiah is an English-language oratorio composed in 1741 by George Frideric Handel, with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer. It was first performed in Dublin on 13 April 1742, and received its London premiere nearly a year later...
  
  .
• Between "Godpleaser" and "It Is Finished" there was a song cut out of the CD and LP versions that only exists on the cassette version. It was an improvised song known as "The Great I Am". This recorded concert was the only time it was ever performed. The cover of the CD version refers to it, advertising a "bonus song" that isn't actually included.
• The talking in between songs is different on the CD version in a couple places as compared to the LP version, particularly before the last song where a minute or so has been cut out and several minutes newly added.

Petra

• Bob Hartman
  Bob Hartman
  Robert Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs,...
  
   - Electric, Acoustic & Synth-Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Greg X. Volz
  Greg X. Volz
  Gregory Xavier Volz is a Christian singer. He is most noted for being the former lead singer of Christian rock band Petra from 1979 to 1985 and is currently the lead vocalist of the reunited lineup.-Biography:...
  
   - Lead Vocals
• Mark Kelly
  Mark Kelly (bassist)
  Mark Dean Kelly is a Christian bass guitarist most remembered for being a member of Christian rock band Petra during the 1980s...
  
   - Bass Guitar, Keyboard Bass, Backing Vocals
• Louie Weaver
  Louie Weaver
  Louie Weaver III is a Christian drummer most famous for being the long-time drummer of legendary Christian rock band Petra for 22 years. Weaver was controversially dismissed from the band in 2003. He is currently working on several projects. In 2010, Weaver reunited with former members of Petra...
  
   - Acoustic & Electric Drums
• John Lawry
  John Lawry
  John Lawry is a Christian musician, composer, producer, and songwriter. He is most remembered for being the keyboardist of Christian rock band Petra during their most prolific years.-Biography:...
  
   - Keyboards, Backing Vocals

Recording

• Recorded by Jonathan David Brown
• Remote recording
  Remote recording
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   facilities by Reelsound Recording Co., Austin, Texas
  Austin, Texas
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• Assistant engineers & set up crew - Malcolm Harper, Mason Harlow & Gordon Garrison
• Re-recorded at Fireside Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
  Nashville, Tennessee
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• Re-mixed at Mama Jo's Recording Studio, North Hollywood, California
• Assisted by Todd Van Etten
• Edited at Rivendell Recorders, Pasadena, Texas
  Pasadena, Texas
  Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Harris County, 17th-largest in Texas, and 162nd largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston....
  
  with thanks to Chuck Sugar, Bret Hurst & Steve Dady
• Mastered at Future Disc Systems by Steve Hall