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The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975

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Released
  
in 2007

Artist
  
Caravan

Label
  
Deram Records

Length
  
144:17

Release date
  
13 August 2007

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Recorded
  
work for the BBC between 1968 and 1975

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Canterbury scene

Similar
  
Caravan albums, Canterbury scene albums

The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 is a double album of tracks recorded for the BBC in the period 1968–1975, for John Peel's Top Gear, amongst others by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan.

Contents

Track listing

Disc One
  1. "Place of My Own" – 4:12
  2. "Ride" – 4:17
  3. "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You" – 2:45
  4. "Hello, Hello" – 3:10
  5. "As I Feel I Die" – 6:23
  6. "Love to Love You" – 3:12
  7. "Love Song Without Flute" – 3:33
  8. "In The Land of Grey and Pink" – 3:43
  9. "Nine Feet Underground" – 14:27
  10. "Feelin' Reelin' Squealin" – 9:30
  11. "A Huntin' We Shall Go" – 9:15
  12. "Waffle Part One: Be Alright / Chance of a Lifetime" – 6:46
Disc Two
  1. "Memory Lain Hugh" – 5:04
  2. "Headloss" – 4:27
  3. "The Love in Your Eye" – 13:54
  4. "Mirror for the Day" – 4:15
  5. "Virgin on the Ridiculous" – 7:01
  6. "For Richard" – 15:04
  7. "The Dabsong Conshirto" – 15:11
  8. "Stuck in a Hole" – 3:14
  9. "The Show of our Lives" – 4:54
  • Tracks 1-1 and 1-2 recorded for John Peel's "Top Gear" Radio Show 31 December 1968 ("Off-Air" Recordings)
  • Tracks 1-3 to 1-5 recorded for the BBC Transcription Service "Top of the Pops" 19 August 1970.
  • Tracks 1-6 to 1-8 recorded for "Sounds of the Seventies" 11 March 1971.
  • Tracks 1-9 and 1-10 recorded for John Peel's "Sunday Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 6 May 1971.
  • Tracks 1-11 and 1-12 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 2 August 1973.
  • Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 2 August 1973.
  • Tracks 2-3 to 2-6 recorded for John Peel's Radio Show 7 February 1974.
  • Tracks 2-7 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 21 March 1975.
  • Tracks 2-8 and 2-9 recorded for John Peel's Radio Show 26 June 1975.
  • Personnel

  • Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals
  • Geoffrey Richardson – viola
  • David Sinclair – keyboards
  • Steve Miller – keyboards
  • Jan Schelhaas – keyboards
  • Richard Sinclair – bass, vocals
  • Mike Wedgwood – bass
  • Richard Coughlan – drums
  • Songs

    1Place of My Own4:13
    2Ride4:18
    3If I Could Do It All Over Again - I'd Do It All Over You2:48

    References

    The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 Wikipedia