Band: Caravan
Album: Live At The Fairfield Halls
Release: 1974 (2002)
Genre: Prog rock
Country: UK
Quality: FLAC | lossless

Documented during an era in which U.K. performances by Caravan were few and far between, Live at the Fairfield Halls 1974 is a brilliantly remastered and likewise complete presentation of a concert held just prior to their inaugural tour of North America. Although Caravan had been subjected to several key personnel and managerial alterations in the preceding months, once they hit the stage they shed any behind-the-scenes acrimony and were transformed into a stunning synergy of progressive and symphonic rock. This warm-up show took place on September 1, 1974, at Fairfield Hall in Croydon and was initially documented as a possible promotional tool for their upcoming stateside appearances. The tapes remained on deposit, seemingly forgotten, at the Decca studios storage facility in West Hampstead, U.K., until the stunning 19-minute "For Richard" was resurrected for inclusion on the two-LP Canterbury Tales compilation in 1976.

Tracklist:
1. Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss - 9:27
2. Virgin On The Ridiculous - 7:14
3. Be Alright / Chance Of A Lifetime - 6:37
4. The Love In Your Eye (Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair, Richard Sinclair) - 15:23
5. L'Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise) (Pye Hastings, Mike Ratledge) - 9:49
6. The Dog The Dog He's At It Again - 6:23
7. For Richard (Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair, Richard Sinclair) - 19:01
8. Hoedown - 5:58

Personnel:
Pye Hastings - Guitar, Lead Vocals
David Sinclair - Hammond Organ, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Geoffrey Richardson - Viola
Mike Wedgwood - Bass, Backing Vocals
Richard Coughlan - Drums