Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
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Features Disc of the day
Caravan
Caravan
(MGM/Verve, 1968)
Lush debut by Canterbury’s prime exponents of Aquarian prog-pop
This week is 1968 Week on MOJO, and every Disc Of The Day will reflect that theme.
It’s not just the lyrical reference to Soft Machine on the track Magic Man that links Caravan to their fellow freaky hometown prog adventurers. Indeed, the four-piece of Pye Hastings (guitar/ vocals), Dave Sinclair (keyboards), Richard Sinclair (bass/ vocals) and Richard Coughlan (drums) had played with Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt in pre-Softs combo The Wilde Flowers before forming their own group in early ’68. While Wyatt, Ayers, Daevid Allen and Mike Ratledge embraced a more chaotic approach, Caravan retained a certain sonic
Phil Alexander
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Further Listening
The Soft Machine – Volume One (ABC/Probe, 1968)
Deep Purple – Shades Of Deep Purple (Harvest, 1968)
Caravan – If I Could Do It All Over Again (Decca, 1969)
What’s YOUR favourite 1968 album? Enlighten us below...
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An overlooked small wonder from an unpredictable career.
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Causa Sui - Summer Sessions Vol 1-3
Epic Danish jams, for when the neighbours get you down.
6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2011
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A great year indeed. White Album, Ladyland, Sailor, Beggar's Banquet? Could go on forever...
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