Label: Decca Records (Europe), 5301443
Style: Canterbury Scene, Art Rock, Progressive Rock
Country: Canterbury, Kent, England
Time: 71:36, 73:20
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 358, 430 Mb
Caravan
were formed in 1968, during the reign of the Canterbury sound – a
sudden waft of enthusiasm for avant-garde progressive rock. By the
mid-seventies, the band had become synonymous with the scene. They found
themselves saddled with a titanic irony: having effectively scripted
for the rulebook for a scene borne from a desire to defy all musical
rules and conventions.
Throughout the eighties and nineties, the band
faded quietly into the background. But, in recent years, shows like BBC
6 Music’s Freak Zone have acted like a life support machine for the
band, with Stuart Maconie regularly dusting off their records, and
generating intrigue in their quirky, jazz-riddled rock.
The Show Of
Our Lives – the closest thing to a Caravan release for four years – is a
collection of BBC archive recordings, charting the band’s youth from
1968 to 1975. It’s a rich resource, bringing together well-polished
recordings of some of the band’s best known and most respected work.
It’s
a release which will appeal exclusively to fans of Caravan. Of course,
this’ll come as no surprise to the Caravan boys: after forty years of
skirting the fringes of obscurity, they’ll be well aware that their
indulgent organ solos and hysterical song structures aren’t to
everyone’s tastes.
Like any album forged together from the archives,
it does feel rather disjointed. For those unfamiliar with the Canterbury
sound’s proudest survivors, The Show Of Our Lives will be a pretty
slapdash and substandard introduction. But if you’re already well
acquainted with their idiosyncratic sound, then it should be a different
story.
(bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vmf9/)
01. Place Of My Own (04:13)
02. Hide (04:18)
03. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (02:47)
04. Hello Hello (03:13)
05. As I Feel I Die (06:25)
06. Love To Love You (03:13)
07. Love Song Without Flute (03:34)
08. In The Land Of Grey And Pink (03:46)
09. Nine Feet Underground (14:28)
10. Feelin', Reelin', Squeelin' (09:31)
11. A Hunting We Shall Go (09:16)
12. Waffle Part One: Be Alright & Chance Of A Lifetime (06:46)
01. Memory Lain Hugh (05:04)
02. Headloss (04:29)
03. The Love In Your Eye (13:55)
04. Mirror For The Day (04:17)
05. Virgin On The Ridiculous (07:02)
06. For Richard (15:06)
07. The Dabsong Conshirtoe (15:13)
08. Stuck In A Hole (03:16)
09. The Show Of Our Lives (04:54)
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