CARAVAN–THE DECCA/DERAM YEARS (AN ATHOLOGY) 1970-75 CARAVAN–THE DECCA/DERAM YEARS (AN ATHOLOGY) 1970-75
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The English city of Canterbury is home to two highly respected universities,
one of the oldest public schools in Britain and, thanks to its cathedral and
being the seat of the Church of England is at the very heart of English history.
It was, therefore, something of a surprise when a group of musicians associated
with progressive and avant-garde music came to define the sound of the city in
the late 1960s
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Caravan was formed in Canterbury 1968 by Pye Hastings (guitar/ vocals), Dave
Sinclair (keyboards), Richard Sinclair (bass/vocals) and Richard Coughlan (drums). Following the release of an impressive self-titled debut on Verve, in 1970
the band signed to Decca’s Deram label where they would record some of the most progressive and elegant music across the decade. Albums such as In The Land Of Grey And Pink, If I Could Do It All Over Again and ‘For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night’ cemented Caravan’s reputation as kings of the Canterbury Sound.
This impressive release collates their Decca/Deram years complete with bonus tracks
and rare live recordings in a striking 9CD Box Set released to coincide with Decca’s 90th
Anniversary
BOX SET FEATURES
- 9 CD box featuring all the albums Caravan recorded for the Decca/Deram label between 1970-1975.
- 2 CD ‘The Story of Our Lives: Live At The BBC 1970-75
- 1974’s ‘Live At Fairfield Halls’ concert
- 8x gatefold digipacks featuring original album art are enclosed in a rigid slipcase with an accompanying 44-page sleeve note detailing the history of arguably the definitive ‘Canterbury Sound’ band.
FULL TRACKLISTING & PRODUCT INFO HERE
Caravan The Decca/Deram Years (An Anthology) 1970-1975 9CD Deluxe Boxset
CD1: If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You
1.If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You
2.And I Wish I Were Stoned / Don’t Worry
3.As I Feel I Die
4.With an Ear to the Ground / You Can Make It / Martinian / Only Cox / Reprise
5.Hello Hello
6.Asforteri
7.Can’t Be Long Now / Françoise / For Richard / Warlock
8.Limits
9.A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett
10.Why? (And I wish I were Stoned)
11.Clipping the 8t (hello hello)
12.As I Feel I Die
CD2: In The Land Of Grey And Pink
1.Golf Girl
2.Winter Wine
3.Love to Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)
4.In the Land of Grey and Pink
5.Nine Feet Underground
6.I don’t know Its name (Alias The Word)
7.Aristocracy
8.It’s Likely To Have A Name Next Week
9.Group Girl
10.Disassociation/100% Proof
CD3: Waterloo Lily
1.Waterloo Lily
2.Nothing at All / It’s Coming Soon / Nothing at All (Reprise)
3.Songs and Signs
4.Aristocracy
5.The Love in Your Eye / To Catch Me a Brother / Subsultus / Debouchement / Tilbury Kecks
6.The World is Yours
7.Pye’s June thing
8.Ferdinand
9.Looking left, looking right / Pye’s Loop
CD4: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night
1.Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
2.Hoedown
3.Surprise, Surprise
4.C’thlu Thlu
5.The Dog, The Dog, He’s at It Again
6.Be All Right / Chance of a Lifetime
7.L’Auberge du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A.Hunting We Shall Go (reprise)
8.Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
9.No! (Be Alright ) / Waffle (Chance of a lifetime)
10.He Who Smelt it Dealt it (Memory Lain, Hugh)
11.Surprise, surprise
12.Derek’s Long Thing
CD5: Caravan & The New Symphonia
1.Introduction by Alan Black / Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
2.The Dog, The Dog, He’s at it again
3.Hoedown
4.Introduction / Virgin On The Ridiculous
5.The Love in Your Eye
6.Mirror for the Day
7.Virgin on the Ridiculous
8.For Richard
9.A Hunting We Shall Go
CD6: Cunning Stunts
1.The Show of Our Lives
2.Stuck in a Hole
3.Lover
4.No Backstage Pass
5.Welcome the Day
6.The Dabsong Conshirtoe
7.Fear and Loathing in Tollington Park Rag
8.Stuck in a Hole
9.Keeping back my love
CD7: Live At The Fairfield Halls, 1974
1.Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss
2.Virgin On The Ridiculous
3.Be Alright / Chance Of A Lifetime
4.The Love In Your Eye
5.L’Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise)
6.The Dog, The Dog, He’s At It Again
7.For Richard
8.Hoedown
CD 8 The Show Of Our Lives: Live At The BBC 1970-1975 Pt.1
1.If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You”
2.Hello, Hello
3.As I Feel I Die
4.Love to Love You
5.Love Song Without Flute
6.In The Land of Grey and Pink
7.Nine Feet Underground
8.Feelin’ Reelin’ Squealin
9.A Huntin’ We Shall Go
10.Waffle Part One: Be Alright / Chance of a Lifetime
CDS: The Show Of Our Lives: Live At The BBC 1970-1975 Pt.2
1.Memory Lain Hugh
2.Headloss
3.The Love in Your Eye
4.Mirror for the Day
5.Virgin on the Ridiculous
6.For Richard
7.The Dabsong Conshirto
8.Stuck in a Hole
9.The Show of our Live
ALBUM PRE ORDER LINK:
https://Caravan.lnk.to/DeccaDeramYears
CARAVAN 2019 UK TOUR DATES:
(Pye Hastings guitar, lead vocals), Geoffrey Richardson (viola, guitar, flute,
vocals), Jan Schelhaas (keyboards), Jim Leverton (bass, vocals) and Mark
Walker (drums, percussion).
27 JULY CAMBRIDGE ROCK FESTIVAL, CAMBRIDGE
https://www.cambridgerockfestival.co.uk
9 AUGUST
FAIRPORT’S CROPEDY CONVENTION, BANBURY, OXFORDSHIRE
https://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/cropredy/2019
10 AUGUST
ELEVEN, STOKE ON TRENT
https://www.ents24.com/stoke-on-trentevents/eleven/caravan/5725575
07 SEPTEMBER
BIG GREEN CARDIGAN FESTIVAL, SEDLESCOMB, EAST SUSSEX
12 OCTOBER
HASLEMERE HALL, HASLEMERE, SURREY
http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/live-music/caravan/
25 OCTOBER
WORCESTER HUNTINGDON HALL, WORCESTER
https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/caravan-huntingdon-hall-worcestertickets/venueartist/254829/852637
26 OCTOBER
PROG VIII AT SHEPHERDS BUSH
EMPIRE, LONDON
http://www.haslemerehall.co.uk/live-music/caravan/
Caravan Website
