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Posted: June 26 2008 at 10:02

bumpity-bump

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 20:38

Still haven't obtained any more Caravan, bah. Although I must admit they're probably among my least favorite Canterbury bands, the only good thing is that means they're still awesome. Tongue

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 20:15

I Love all things Caravan , i have had Dog on a old badly recorded tape for many a year, i now finally
have all the Caravan albums i want on vinyl , Girl grows Plump will always be my fav i think along with Canterbury Tales , Tales is such a good pressing even though it's a best off i find it makes a damn fine album in its own right .

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 17:18

Hawkwise wrote:

got this, this week

Nicely done!

Lots of people find it a disappointment compared to their more 'classic' albums, but I've always had a soft spot for it. I have the vinyl framed on my wall.

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 17:14

got this, this week

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 13:09

That should be good. I'm staying in Rome for quite a few days, so I'll have time to check it out in detail.

As for North American music stores... I consider myself incredibly lucky if I find so much as a Gentle Giant album.

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 13:06

I'll tell you about the ones I know in Rome and Florence, because I don't know the other cities that well (though I've been there, of course). Mainstream music stores don't stock very rare stuff, as you would expect, but still you can find a much larger selection of good music (prog or otherwise) than I have ever seen in US mainstream stores, like FYE or Best Buy (compilation heaven LOL

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Posted: June 14 2008 at 12:53

Ghost Rider wrote:

Thank heavens that some good music can still be found in Italian music stores (of the brick-and-mortar variety, of course!).

Ooh! Whereabouts can I find some nice ones? I'm visiting Italy this summer. (Rome, Venice, Florence, Naples and Livorno)

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Posted: June 13 2008 at 03:29

Thank heavens that some good music can still be found in Italian music stores (of the brick-and-mortar variety, of course!). I'd better get used to not finding much else but compilations when I move to the USA

...

BTW, welcome to our new Canterbury fan

! No Canterbury-related purchases from me this week, I'm afraid..

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 23:11

Rabid wrote:

How is it, when I only live 12 miles from Canterbury, I can never find material from H&TN anywhere?

I hope you both enjoyed it....

I gave up on actual music stores long ago. Welcome to the Canterbury thread!

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Posted: June 12 2008 at 23:07

How is it, when I only live 12 miles from Canterbury, I can never find material from H&TN anywhere?

I hope you both enjoyed it....

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Posted: June 04 2008 at 02:20

That's a wonderful record, as is its follow-up. I was so lucky as to find a boxset of both of them for just €10 (courtesy of Milan's one and only BTF store). When I get back home later in the day I'll give Present for Nancy a spin while I go about my usual business.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 21:25

Chameleon wrote:

Pat (and anyone sharing similar tastes), you need to hear Supersister's Present From Nancy. I haven't given it a spin in a while and I've just fallen in love with it again.

I have it - I'll need to dig that out.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 18:41

Pat (and anyone sharing similar tastes), you need to hear Supersister's Present From Nancy. I haven't given it a spin in a while and I've just fallen in love with it again.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 04:53

James wrote:

I'm scared to listen to Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's now...

Just ordered Blind Dogs on CD cos I miss playing the vinyl so much. CS, Blind Dogs and BBF make up a trilogy of incredible Caravan albums. ' Who Am I' and ' John Waynes single handed liberation of Paris'- awesome stuff.

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 04:30

I'm scared to listen to Blind Dog at St. Dunstan's now...

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Posted: June 03 2008 at 03:03

febus wrote:

YES, Richard Sinclair sings only one song, but the meat of the album---the 2 10mns tracks-- is great and it is the most jazzy CARAVAN i have heard...and the bass of SINCLAIR is an absolute treat on those tracks.Sure i could have survived without the silly short Hastings tracks (Aristocracy, etc). Steve Miller (if my memory is intact

) on keys brings some ''Soft Machine'' athmosphere with his el-piano

My love for Caravan stopped with this album.....never was able to keep up with Hastings voice for a whole album...but that's just me i guess!

My thoughts exactly. Though I do love For Girls...,, it's mostly because of the instrumental parts (I think Geoff Richardson's viola was a great addition to the sound of the band). It's not that Hastings is a bad singer, just that his voice sounds somewhat irritating to me, and his songwriting is not the best in the world.

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Posted: June 02 2008 at 22:28

This was the first in a series of short stints. As Daevid Allen once recalled : "Laurie was one of the most interesting drummers we ever played with. He would play differently every night, and when he couldn't think of a different way to approach it, he would leave the band. He was wonderful to play with, very sensitive... and also very paranoid, he would always play with his back to the wall, he was scared that somebody had to kill him...".

and

And Allan was of course the drummer (alongside Nick Mason) at Wyatt's Drury Lane concert in September 1974 (Wyatt later described the trio of Dave Stewart, Hugh Hopper and Laurie Allan as "my dream rhythm section").

Oooh, now that would be a good rhythm section indeed!

Oh and one more bit:

Any particular memories of Gong?
YES!!! I never got paid for any of the records

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