CARAVAN debut LP US pressing 1968 FTS-3066 Verve Forecast NM

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Over a period of several years I am slowly listing a remarkable record collection for auction on ebay. This collection belonged to my friend Brian, one of the most discerning record collectors I have ever known. Brian started buying records in 1966 when he was a teenager. His infatuation for vinyl developed into a career and he eventually ended up working for RCA records and CBS/Sony records as a disc mastering engineer from 1977 to 1989. Brian’s not with us anymore, and I’m making good on my promise to him to sell his records in lovingly-prepared auctions which reflect the love he had for his vast collection. The proceeds go to his family.

Brian’s collection is the kind that rarely comes up for sale. He had great taste in music and collected vinyl seriously for 40 years, taking superb care of his collection. To see all of Brian’s records that I currently have listed, click here.

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Artist: Caravan

Title: Caravan

Country of Issue: USA

Date of Issue: January 1969

Catalogue Number: FTS-3066

Matrix side one: FTS 3066 side 1 MGS 1856

Matrix side two: FTS 3066 side 2 MGS 1857

Condition of sleeve: The sleeve is VG+ overall. It has some minor wear the corners, a very neat cut-out hole, and some wear to the spine (all shown on the pictures) but has lost none of its essential integrity. Unlaminated sleeves from 45+ years ago usually show up worn to bits, but this one is very nice, especially the back cover.

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Condition of record: NM. Absolutely astonishing condition. It's beautifully clean and plays with next-to-no surface noise. Examination under streaming sunshine reveals some light marks but nothing that could result in affecting your listening experience. I've never seen a nicer copy of this LP and I don't expect to ever again. It must have sat unplayed for the better part of the last half century!

Further Notes:

This album was the result of the band borrowing equipment from Soft Machine (who were touring the U.S. at the time with Jimi Hendrix and using his backline).

Tracklist:

Side one:
1. "Place of my Own" 4:00
2. "Ride" 3:41
3. "Policeman" 2:45
4. "Love Song with Flute" 4:09
5. "Cecil Rons" 4:05

Side Two:
1. "Magic Man" 4:01
2. "Grandma's Lawn" 3:23
3. "Where but for Caravan Would I?” 9:01

All Music Guide:
For their first album, Caravan was surprisingly strong. While steeped in the same British psychedelia that informed bands such as Love Children, Pink Floyd, and Tomorrow, Caravan relates a freedom of spirit and mischief along the lines of Giles, Giles & Fripp or Gong. The band's roots can be traced to a British blue-eyed soul combo called the Wilde Flowers. Among the luminaries to have passed through this Caravan precursor were Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, and Hugh Hopper and Brian Hopper (pre-Soft Machine, naturally). By the spring of 1968, Caravan had settled nicely into a quartet consisting of Pye Hastings (guitar/bass/vocals), Richard Coughlan (drums), David Sinclair (organ/vocals), and Richard Sinclair (bass/guitar/vocals). Inspired by the notoriety and acclaim that Soft Machine encountered during the burgeoning days of London's underground scene, Caravan began a residency at the Middle Earth club. Additionally, the band was shopping a homemade demo tape around to local record companies. Before long, entrepreneur Tony Cox worked out a deal for them to record on the newly founded U.K. division of the Verve label. Caravan's self-titled debut is equally as inventive and infinitely more subtle than the Soft Machine's Volume One or Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Two of the album's best tunes -- the ethereal "Place of My Own" was backed with the dreamlike "Magic Man" -- were issued as the band's first single. Those tracks accurately exemplify the subtle complexities that Caravan would hone to great effect on later recordings. The same can also be said for album cuts such as "Love Song With Flute" and the extended nine-minute "Where but for Caravan Would I?" The latter title aptly exemplifies Caravan's decidedly less than turgid attitude toward themselves -- a refreshing contrast from the temperamental and serious Art School approach adopted by Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues.

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Ebay does not let me specify a greater shipping amount than $4 for US shipping in the listing, but I am in Canada and shipping a record to you in the US costs $12, not $4, so kindly disregard the listed shipping price and follow the shipping charges below. I will send you an invoice with the correct shipping amount shortly after the end of the auction. If you jump the gun and submit a payment with just $4 shipping I will send you a paypal invoice to cover the remaining $8, so it's better to wait for my invoice.
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