Songs for Oblivion Fishermen

Artist: Caravan
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

EAN: 5035303000025
ASIN: B000024XSW

Release Date: 2004-01-06

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Tracks:

Hello Hello
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
As I Feel I Die
Love Song Without Flute
Love To Love You
In The Land Of Grey And Pink
Memory Lain Hugh
A Hunting We Shall Go/Backwards
Love In Your Eye
Mirror For The Day
For Richard
Virgin On The Ridiculous

Customer Reviews:

Caravan - 'Songs For The Oblivion Fisherman' (Hux).......2004-10-04

The title of this release should have simply been 'BBC Sessions' to avoid any confusion.I mean,an old fan of the group COULD mistake this for a 'new' band studio release.Either way,'Songs For...' should satisfy any Caravan follower,as it has a total of twelve tracks that are either in the studio,a radio broadcast or performed live(seemingly without an audience).All tunes come from the 1970-74 era.To me,Caravan has always seemed to have been,if you would call it that,sophisticated progressive.Tunes that I thought stood out are "If I Could Do It","In The Land Of Grey And Pink" and their fifteen minute signature epic "For Richard"(possibly Caravan's best song ever).If you want to explore the band's history a bit,you might want to consider checking out their older material first,lp's like their self-titled debut,'Cunning Stunts' and 'Girls Who Grow Plump...'.Should appeal to fans of Gentle Giant,Soft Machine,The Strawbs and Camel.

May be Caravan's best live CD.......2004-06-30

This is an excellent album with a horrible title. I don't know why, but Amazon has 5 different offertings of this same title.

It is live, in the studio, radio broadcasts. So, while these tracks are done live, there is no audience noise. As mentioned by others, a number of the songs start and end abruptly, where the radio host's comments were edited out.

It comes from radio broadcasts between 1970 and 1974. The first six tracks are very early material from the first three albums. They are short, energetic and a lot of fun. The remaining tracks from the 1973-4 period. They are longer, stretched out versions. They are still played with a lot of energy. Many of the tracks have more of a jazzy feel than the studio versions. In some cases, the viola becomes very dominant. And there are great guitar solos and nice interplay between the viola and guitar.

When I first saw this ablum, I thought, "oh no, not another version of For Richard. Every single Caravan live album has For Richard on it. But this turns out to be probably the best version of For Richard on record.

I think that this is Caravan's best live album. It is strong throughout, without a weak track (except maybe Virgin on the Ridiculous). What really makes it special is the early live recordings that aren't available anywhere else.

The other really good Caravan live album is the reunion album from 1990, called "Live". BBC Radio 1 and the Best Of Caravan Live are also OK. I have listened to the New Symponia album mnay, many times, but I could never really get into it. Steer clear of any of the later live albums, like Canterbury Comes to London or Live at the Astoria. There is a companion album to Songs for Olbivaion Fisherman called Ether way. It picks up at 1975 and goes through 1977. I haven't heard it, yet.

Reeling In The BBC Years.......2000-05-28

This album contains twelve songs recorded for BBC radio between 1970 and 1974. The sleeve notes inform us that some of the earliest recordings by the band have been erased, but those that survive are spread over just two CDs. Given that the second volume (the companion album, "Ether Way") starts with sessions recorded for the corporation in 1975, the tracks here are presumably all that now exist from Caravan's first four years at the BBC. The first three tracks, from 1970, have been edited to remove all traces of the DJ who originally introduced them, and shorn of their intros don't so much start as `sneeze' into life, but the songs and the musicianship are faultless. Next up are three tracks from March `71 and, like the previous three, have been trimmed to exclude any verbal preamble; however, the sheer class of the band's performance outweighs any minor criticism. The remaining six cuts are taken from sessions for John Peel in August `73 and February `74, and like all the tracks here are, for me, far superior to their studio counterparts. The songs have far more passion, particularly "Memory Lain, Hugh" and "A-Hunting We Will Go/Backwards", both of which feature Geoff Richardson's expressive viola and Pye Hastings' uncharacteristically biting lead guitar. Highly recommended for acolytes and neophytes alike!

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