Mastodawn

Caravan is the debut album by the British Canterbury scene and progressive rock band Caravan. It was released by Verve Forecast in January (UK) and February 1969 (USA) and was the group's only album for the label.

Review by Lindsay Planer

Caravan's self-titled debut is equally as inventive and infinitely more subtle than the Soft Machine's Volume One or Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Two of the album's best tunes -- the ethereal "Place of My Own" was backed with the dreamlike "Magic Man" -- were issued as the band's first single. Those tracks accurately exemplify the subtle complexities that Caravan would hone to great effect on later recordings. The same can also be said for album cuts such as "Love Song With Flute" and the extended nine-minute "Where but for Caravan Would I?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQvcm2B2NI&list=PLky8Mxrvk-59bXU8yNcQaswrUMFS2u2D-&index=1

#Caravan #CanterburyScene #Prog #Music #JazzRock #Psychedelia

gongplanet Feb 23

Birmingham, Friday 10/04 : Soft Machine + Phil Miller Legacy Band #SoftMachine #PhilMiller #FredBaker #jazz #CanterburyScene https://philmillerthelegacy.com/soft-machine-gig-supported-by-the-phil-miller-legacy-band/

moose magoon Feb 16

'Early Days' - Fred Baker plays Phil Miller [videos, audio, pdf score] #JazzGuitar #CanterburyScene #FredBaker #PhilMiller #InCahoots https://philmillerthelegacy.com/opus/early-days/

moose magoon Feb 3

Phil Miller - 'chances are mistakes that you justify somehow…' [audio 5m] #PhilMiller #InCahoots #CanterburyScene #MusicComposition #jazzGuitar https://philmillerthelegacy.com/were-phils-compositions-down-to-chance/

Johnny J. Blair Jan 13

https://open.substack.com/pub/blairproductions32/p/time-travelers-turntable-my-encounters?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web #birthday #TrevorRabin #DaevidAllen #Gong #SoftMachine #Yes #JonAnderson #RickWakeman #Rabbitt #SouthAfrica #film #soundtrack #hardrock #progrock #powerpop #NewWave #NAMM #composer #guitarist #singersongwriter #canterburyscene #artrock #WilliamDuckworth #BillDuckworth #pianist #Internet #pioneer #inventor #author #minimalism #gamelan #Bucknell #NewYorkCity #professor #NoraDuckworth #johnnyjblair

rwdf Jan 9

Pretty sure I've heard the song Fascinating Rhythm played by a #fusion band, like #Gong or #SoftMachine, but I can't remember. Anyone know?

#jazzfusion #canterburyscene #prog

Tony Masiello Jan 4

This has been gifted...

I have an extra download code for the Høvikodden 1971 release, a really fantastic set of two live shows. If this is something that you are interested in having in lossless files, please reply and I will select one response to gift the code to.

#CanterburyScene #CanterburySound #Canterbury

Keep Left Dec 31

#nowPlaying

Caravan, In The Land of Grey and Pink (1971)

#prog #progressiveRock #psychedelicRock #canterburyScene

Couldn’t find their first album, so decided to start my Prog Journey with Caravan’s third. First impression: liked it. Very accessible, very early 70s, very British. Good start! I hope I get inspired enough to write an engaging enough blog post. Not sure where I’ll go from here, but I’ll try not to be too haphazard. Onward!

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mhd--34rq3PPLiBrhaCgqUZD4HqtN4-PA

In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Album by Caravan

In the Land of Grey and Pink is the third album by English progressive rock band Caravan, released in April 1971 on Deram Records. It was produced by David Hitchcock and was the last album to feature the original lineup of Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and Dave Sinclair until 1982's Back to Front. The album was written and recorded during late 1970 and early 1971, and featured more material from Richard Sinclair. Hastings, who had been the main songwriter on the previous two releases, contributed only one track. Instrumentally, the music is dominated by David Sinclair's keyboard solos, and side two is taken up by a 22-minute suite of songs, "Nine Feet Underground". The cover features a Tolkien-influenced painting. The album was critically well received but was not a chart success, which led to frustration within the band and David Sinclair's departure. Nevertheless, it has remained in print and sold steadily, and been recommended by critics as a good introduction to the Canterbury Scene genre. The band look back favourably on the album and several of its tracks have remained fixtures in Caravan's live repertoire.

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Keep Left Dec 29

ISO the first Caravan album. Never heard it before. Going to make this the starting point for a Prog dive. Not willing to spend too much through Discogs (shipping can be a little much), so this could be a frustrating journey.

Tallyho!

#progressiverock #prog #canterburyscene #caravan

moose magoon Dec 22

In Cahoots : 'Red Shift' – Phil Miller’s expanding universe #InCahoots #PhilMiller #FredBaker #SteveFranklyn #EltonDean #PipPyle #CanterburyScene https://philmillerthelegacy.com/opus-update-red-shift-phil-millers-expanding-universe/