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In 1976, Caravan played concerts to support the release of their latest album Blind Dog at St. Dunstans (1976). A recording of the show at the New Victoria Theatre in London on 4 May 1976 was released as Surprise Supplies featuring songs from Blind Dog at St. Dunstans plus "Love in Your Eye" from the 1972 album Waterloo Lily.
Surprise Supplies | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | 1999 | |||
Recorded | 4 May 1976 | |||
Venue | New Victoria Theatre, London | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, Canterbury scene | |||
Length | 55:18 | |||
Label | HTD | |||
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Recordings from a show recorded on 5 May (broadcast 17 May) for John Peel's BBC radio show appear on the 1998 album Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77.
Track listing
edit- "Here Am I" (Pye Hastings) – 6:15
- "Chiefs and Indians" (Mike Wedgwood) – 5:22
- "Can You Hear Me?" (Hastings) – 6:26
- "All the Way" (Hastings) – 7:17
- "A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik / Bobbing Wide / Come on Back / Oik (reprise)" (Hastings) – 13:01
- "Love in Your Eye" – 16:57 (Richard Coughlan, Hastings, Richard Sinclair)
Personnel
edit- Caravan
- Pye Hastings – vocals, guitar
- Geoffrey Richardson – viola
- Jan Schelhaas – keyboards
- Mike Wedgwood – vocals, bass guitar
- Richard Coughlan – drums
- Additional personnel
- Jimmy Hastings – clarinet, flute, saxophone
Releases information
edit- 1999: CD HTD 96
- 2000: CD Import 70096
- 2002: CD Talking Elephant 039
References
edit- ^ Planer, Lindsay. "Caravan - Surprise Supplies | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
External links
edit- Planer, Lindsay. "AllMusic: Surprise Supplies". Retrieved 15 July 2007.
- "Calyx, the Canterbury website". Retrieved 15 July 2007.
- Caravan - Surprise Supplies album releases & credits at Discogs.com