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Pye Hastings' Finest Hour,
By Wezzy "blackpool_prog" (Blackpool) - See all my reviews
This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (Audio CD)
It was 1973, and after the magnificent "Land of Grey and Pink" but less "Caravan-ish" "Waterloo Lily", bassist Richard Sinclair had joined Hatfield and the North to pursue his jazz-rock urges, his cousin and Caravan keyboardist Dave Sinclair had left as well, and all looked pretty depressing. But Dave returned to the fold. In the mean-time, Pye had come up with some fantastic songs and recruited viola player Geoff Richardson (with Caravan to this day) and Jon Perry on bass. The result was "For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night", a brilliant return to form, full of eccentic English prog, accompanied by string and brass sections. The climax of the album - "Pengola / Backwards..." is orchestral prog rock par excellence, the main theme being lifted by Pye from a Mike Ratledge riff off the track "Slightly All The Time" from Soft Machine's "Third" album. For Caravan fans who think the group was nothing without Richard Sinclair, think again after listening to this.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (Audio CD)
Until recently, "prog" for me consisted of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Yes & Tull. King Crimson are just too hard! That is, until I read in MOJO about the "Canterbury Sound" and bands like Caravan, Soft Machine and Camel.
From nefarious sources, I obtained a copy of "For Girls..." and was blown away. I now own a legal copy! Wonderful intelligent, melodic songs played superbly if not ostentatiously. There are more ideas on this album than in a lifetime of albums by many of the so-called rock greats. Just when you think there's nothing new under the sun, there's....Caravan. I went on and bought two more Caravan albums on the strength of this one, and it doesn't actually rate as their supposed best album!
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This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump (Audio CD)
Quite frankly one of the best albums ever made IMHO. This album is possibly Caravan's finest hour. To prove it, many songs from it are played each year at the annual gig in Diss. Certainly if you were looking for a Caravan album to start your collection you could do much worse than this.
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