IF I COULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU

First what I heard from Caravan was this album, their second ,and my favourite one among their numerous releases. From the very first beat it offered that sophisticated Canterbury sound, not so forceful , somehow more gentle prog but very persuasive and expressed through superb musicianship. On the first side of the record definitely dominates 'And I Wish I Were Stoned' with its tuneful melody, while on the side two that would be 'Cant Be Long Now'. All the material on this album was written by band members, and in playing it they had support in wind instruments (sax and flute) by 'brother James' (Hastings) whose contribution was not of complementary kind, but consistent one and superb in every way. Although my interest in Caravan music reached somewhere till 'Blind Dog At St. Dunstan' album, my praise of this band begins and finishes with this one.