Favourite Caravan Album
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Topic: Favourite Caravan Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Favourite Caravan Album
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 16:19
My vote goes to Cunning Stunts. 
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 16:35
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Haha, you rascal. That actually is a really good album though, so is Blind Dog.. In fact all of their first 7 albums are very good imo. In fact this is one of my very favorite bands. For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night gets my vote, what an album. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 16:39
You might think I chose Cunning Stunts for the cheeky title, but I really do think it's Caravan's best album, having listened to it again just a few minutes ago.
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YESESIS wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 17:24
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In tHe Land ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 17:29
| It could be that Caravan's self-titled first album from 1968 might be the first ever genuine prog album. I don't know of any prog album that precedes it. |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 18:22
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^ Well you could make a case for Freak Out! by the Mothers of Invention. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 18:33
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Went with Girls, great album title as well as a classic from Caravan. ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 19:24
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In The Land ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 20:12
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If I Could Do It All Over Again. I have never found Land of Grey and Pink to be the masterpiece everyone else seems to -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 22:13
| In the Land by far! |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: November 29 2019 at 22:58
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Really love Caravan I voted for their debut, its a cornerstone in the Canterbury scene
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 00:48
Is Freak Out! really prog though? It sounded more like Psychedelic Rock to me, just as the album title implies.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 03:50
Moody Blues Days of Future Past (Dec 67) The Nice - Thoughts Of Emerlist Davjack (March 68) Procol Harum (début) (November 67) Family's Foll House (juny 68) Caravan's first album was released in October 68 ... Oddly enough Soft Machine's debut is from Dec 68  , despite future Caravan members replacing the Softies having left The Wilde Flowers...Shouldn't you know this by heart, MrPsychoticPaul?
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 05:06
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For Girls... |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 06:39
You're absolutely right! I should have known that the early prog albums by the Moody Blues and Procol Harum both preceded Caravan's debut album. It looks like Procol Harum's debut album from 1967 is the first ever genuine prog album then from your list.
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Posted By: Gentle and Giant
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 11:28
| I went through a phase recently of listening to In the Land of Grey and Pink on repeat, over and over - I like it that much. Second favourite is certainly For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, which sounds very different to early Caravan, but still excellent. |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 11:54
Some sources cite HANSON & KARLSSON's debut album MONUMENT as the very first prog album although being from Sweden it probably wasn't heard by many outside of that nation. https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=23600 ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 13:09
| In The Land of Gray and Pink gets my vote. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 13:12
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I'm surprised "Cunning Stunts" has only picked up one vote (from me) out of the 27 votes cast so far.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 13:22
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I guess i'm weird. I think Waterloo Lily is much more interesting than Grey & Pink which is too pop oriented for Canterbury Scene music IMHO ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 19:00
I like both, but will have to agree with this assessment. That said, I like For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night even better, so that one got my vote. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: November 30 2019 at 22:20
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Don’t get the love Plump. It’s alright is cool, Memory lane i like but the Headloss part is a bit cheesy. Lauberge starts well but drags on. All the other tunes are a bit bland ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 01 2019 at 01:16
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If I Could... ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 02 2019 at 11:36
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Grey and Pink, just over Plump. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 02 2019 at 11:40
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd still Plump for Cunning Stunts In The Land of Grey and Pink because The Album is Better By Far in my opinion.
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: December 02 2019 at 12:49
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I really like some stuff on Stunts, Blind Dog, Waterloo and The Album. I’d pick these all ahead of Plump ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 02 2019 at 18:25
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If I Could Do It ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 02 2019 at 18:41
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Grey ------------- |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: December 03 2019 at 03:52
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Frozen Rose is a great outtake from Grey and Pink ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 03 2019 at 15:20
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G&P followed by Plump. ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 03 2019 at 15:26
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: December 03 2019 at 16:19
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Grey and Pink ...over Girls Who...and If I Could...though it's close for me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 03 2019 at 18:01
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This is Caravan Live in my home town of Nottingham in 1990. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 14 2020 at 08:44
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In The Land ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 06:08
In the Land of Grey and Pink has won this poll by a country mile with 27 votes!. I had a feeling it was going to win, but not by THAT much.  |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 08:16
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Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's (1976) Better by Far (1977) The Album (1980) |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 09:06
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Grey and Pink did handily win but imho 'If I Could' and 'Girls' are just as good musically for me. Pink seems to dominate due to '9 Feet Underground' , but 'For Richard' from If I Could and 'Hunting' from Girls are just as dynamic imho. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 09:16
I haven't yet heard the three Caravan albums I posted above, so I'm looking forward to listening to them later. There's one more album too, that's currently available on YouTube. This is Caravan's most recent album..... Paradise Filter (2013) |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 09:45
I haven't listened to it. I'll check it out sometime this week!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 10:00
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^^ I've heard the "Better by Far" album is better by far.
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 10:26
I haven't listened to anything after Blind Dog. Blind is a pretty decent album, but I guess I need to check out the albums after it.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 12:17
Someone just suggested Caravan to be added  ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 12:19
And I had to be cheeky!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 12:20
To be fair, he's a "newbie" who only joined us two days ago.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 13:13
Who doesn't know how to look under C and check first. ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 13:18
Maybe he came straight to the PA forums without having seen the main index page.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 13:38
I'd like to suggest Pink Floyd for inclusion :D ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 13:41
Accepted!
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 14:34
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At least this Caravan is missing from PA: As is this Caravan: And many others. Not many could fit, and PA wouldn't want a slew of Caravans crossings its borders. Sometimes you just have to build a wall, or at least have security at the border crossings. It's no big deal. It can take some time to familiarise oneself with and navigate the site. One person joined before who found the progarchives forum/s in a search and didn't know that there was more to the site than the board. I spent a year familiarising myself with the site, and exploring the bands and definitions, before I felt comfortable enough to participate in the forums (well other than an earlier account when the forums were very new where I posted once or twice). It's nothing worth feeling bad about. We all make mistakes, and I hope we can be welcoming to new people and show them the ropes -- hopefully that rope doesn't end in a noose. Anyway, I'll vote for the Bill Clinton approved (yeah, I should be more topical) If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 14:47
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^^ Thanks for those two Disco Caravan trailers. This Caravan IS included in PA..... Xhol Caravan (Soul Caravan) - SWF Special Live in the Studio 1970 We'll have a whole trailer park full of Caravans here soon.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 14:51
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^ Yep, I have Xhol Caravan's Electrip in my collection. ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 14:57
I was wondering whether to post Xhol Caravan's Electrip album, or the video above, but then I thought, why not post both, seeing as it's a Caravan thread. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 14:58
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Xhol Caravan is great, but I think Caravan is just a lot better!
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 15:03
The far-out Electrip by Xhol Caravan is more to my tastes than Caravan's albums, but that's because I'm Psychedelic Paul. There's one particular Xhol Caravan album with a title so rude and vulgar that I can't even post it here.
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Posted By: zeuhl1
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 17:59
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In college, the big three were If I Could Do it Again, Land of Grey and Pink and Waterloo Lily (usually in that order) head and shoulders above the rest. Plump was always considered something you looked to if you needed more than those three. It was always 3 bucks in cutout bins in most stores for a long while. |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 19:23
------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 19:27
Agreed! And I'd throw in the mix "With an ear to the ground you can make it/Martinian/Only cox/Reprise" from If I Could and "Derek's Long Thing" and "Memory Lain-Hugh/Headloss" from Girls as songs of repute. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: July 02 2020 at 19:32
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I love the Paris based electroswing band Caravan Palace :) ------------- https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 05:16
| I was under the impression they weren't in the index. |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 05:16
| Caravan, that is |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 05:19
Have you managed to find Caravan in the main PA index now?
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 05:35
| I urge all Carafans to seek out Magic Bus - Transmission from Sogmore’s Garden, you won’t regret it. You’d swear David Sinclair was playing with his Hammond and fuzzbox !! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 05:58
------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: FatherChristmas
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 06:08
Yes
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 08:40
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I was surprised to see that out of the 54 votes cast so far, I was the only one who voted for Caravan's "Cunning Stunts" album, but then again, I'm constantly surprised here.
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Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: July 03 2020 at 09:43
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Girls > In the Land ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Lieutenant_Lan
Date Posted: February 25 2021 at 20:54
| Grey and pink is just beautiful |