Caravan "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" UK 1ST PRESS DERAM SDL-R1 G/FOLD Brown
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Caravan ? "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" Deram ?– SDL-R1 First Pressing vinyl LP, released in a full laminated fold-out cover on a brown/white Deram label - first matrix 1D 1D
Matrix / Runout: ZAL-10424.P-1D Matrix / Runout: ZAL-10425.P-1D
The vinyl has lots of surface marks but plays through without any hop, skip, or jump on my admittedly unsophisticated Dansette. There is a little background noise in some quieter passages but nothing overwhelming and certainly nothing that gets in the way of enjoying the album. The gate-fold sleeve is in great condition with a little laminate lift to the front. The sleeve is intact and completely legible. The vinyl is housed in the original inner sleeve, which has a small tear on both sides.
"In the Land of Grey and Pink" is Caravan's third album, released in April 1971 on Deram Records. It was produced by David Hitchcock and was the last album to feature the original line-up of Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and David Sinclair until 1982's "Back to Front".
The album was written and recorded during late 1970 and early 1971, and featured more material from Richard Sinclair. Hastings, who had been the main songwriter on the previous two releases, contributed only one track. Instrumentally, the music is dominated by David Sinclair's keyboard solos, and side two is taken up by a 22-minute suite of songs, "Nine Feet Underground". The cover features a Tolkien-influenced painting.
The album was critically well received but was not a chart success, which led to frustration within the band and David Sinclair's departure. Nevertheless, it has remained in print and sold steadily, and been recommended by critics as a good introduction to the Canterbury Scene genre. The band look back favourably on the album and several of its tracks have remained fixtures in Caravan's live repertoire.
Rolling Stone listed the album as No. 34 on their list of 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time, saying it evoked "a Middle Earth sunset, with the music wavering between medieval folk melodies and jazz-savvy musos". According to AllMusic reviewer Dave Thompson, the album is "one of the most beloved, and eccentric prog albums of them all" and "probably Caravan's finest hour". He also said that "Nine Feet Underground" was "the most for the dynamic chemistry that blended the band together" and that "Golf Girl" "emerges as the kind of song that remains stuck in your head for days after you hear it, no matter how many more records you play immediately after". Progressive rock author Stephen Lambe has said that "Nine Feet Underground" is "not just the archetypal Caravan piece but a symbol of a whole movement." Marco Rossi, writing in Record Collector said "Canterbury Scene initiates are strongly advised to start here." In the Q and Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came No. 19 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". Mojo also said In the Land of Grey and Pink was "the quintessential Canterbury album".
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