For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
1973 studio album by Caravan
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night | ||||
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Studio album by Caravan | ||||
Released | 5 October 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Tollington Park Studios; Chipping Norton Recording Studios; Decca Studios, West Hampstead | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, Canterbury scene | |||
Length | 45:09 | |||
Label | Deram | |||
Producer | David Hitchcock | |||
Caravan chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night is the fifth studio album released by the Canterbury scene band Caravan.[2] Richard Sinclair and Steve Miller left the band prior to the recording of this album. They were replaced by John G. Perry and the returning Dave Sinclair. Viola player Geoff Richardson was added to the band.
Track listing
All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted.
- Side one
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Memory Lain, Hugh" "Headloss" | 9:19 |
2. | "Hoedown" | 3:10 |
3. | "Surprise, Surprise" | 4:03 |
4. | "C'thlu Thlu" | 6:10 |
- Side two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "The Dog, The Dog, He's at It Again" | 5:53 | |
6. | "Be All Right" "Chance of a Lifetime" | 6:38 | |
7. | "L'Auberge du Sanglier" "A Hunting We Shall Go" "Pengola" "Backwards" "A Hunting We Shall Go (reprise)" | Pye Hastings, John G. Perry, Mike Ratledge | 9:56 |
The following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of the CD.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Memory Lain, Hugh" "Headloss" | 9:18 | |
9. | "No! (Be Alright)" "Waffle (Chance of a Lifetime)" | 5:09 | |
10. | "He Who Smelt It Dealt It (Memory Lain, Hugh)" | 4:42 | |
11. | "Surprise, Surprise" | 3:15 | |
12. | "Derek's Long Thing" | Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Geoff Richardson, Derek Austin, Stuart Evans[3] | 10:57 |
Personnel
- Caravan
- Pye Hastings – electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals
- Geoff Richardson – viola
- David Sinclair – Hammond organ, piano, electric piano, Davoli synthesizer, ARP synthesizer on (1 b)
- John G. Perry – bass, vocals, percussion
- Richard Coughlan – drums, percussion, timpani
- Additional personnel
- Rupert Hine – ARP synthesizer (1a,b & 6)
- Frank Ricotti – congas ( 1 b, 2, 4, 7)
- Jimmy Hastings – flute (1)
- Pete King – flute, alto saxophone (1)
- Harry Klein – clarinet, baritone saxophone (1)
- Tony Coe – clarinet, tenor saxophone (1)
- Henry Lowther – trumpet (1)
- Chris Pyne – trombone (1)
- Barry Robinson – piccolo (1)
- Tom Whittle – clarinet, tenor saxophone (1)
- Jill Pryor – voice (4)
- Paul Buckmaster – electric cello (7)
- Orchestra arranged by John Bell and Martyn Ford, conducted by Martyn Ford
Releases
Year | Type | Label | Catalog # |
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1973 | LP | Deram | SDLR12 |
1973 | LP | London | 627 |
1991 | CD | Polydor Records | PO 1836 |
1999 | CD | Deram | 820971 |
2001 remaster | CD | Decca | 8829802 |
2001 | CD | Decca | 9060 |
2002 | CD | Universal/Island | 2392 |
2005 | CD | Universal International | 882980 |
2007 | CD | Eclectic Discs | 1303 |
2014 | SACD | Universal | UIGY-9545 |
Source:[2]
References
External links
- "For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night released by Caravan in 1973 (ProGGnosis Release Page)". www.proggnosis.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- "Ground and Sky review: Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night". www.progreviews.com. Retrieved 17 May 2009.
- Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
- Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
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Caravan
- Pye Hastings
- Geoffrey Richardson
- Jan Schelhaas
- Jim Leverton
- Mark Walker
- Richard Coughlan
- Richard Sinclair
- Dave Sinclair
- Steve Miller
- Derek Austin
- Stuart Evans
- John G. Perry
- Mike Wedgwood
- Dek Messecar
- Doug Boyle
- Simon Bentall
- Jimmy Hastings
- Caravan
- If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
- In the Land of Grey and Pink
- Waterloo Lily
- For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
- Cunning Stunts
- Blind Dog at St. Dunstans
- Better by Far
- The Album
- Back to Front
- Cool Water
- The Battle of Hastings
- The Unauthorized Breakfast Item
- Paradise Filter
- It's None of Your Business
- Caravan and the New Symphonia
- Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974
- BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert
- Live: Canterbury Comes to London
- Songs for Oblivion Fishermen
- Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77
- Surprise Supplies
- Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions
- The Show of Our Lives
- The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales
- Travelling Man
- All Over You...Too
- The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975
- The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976
- Bruford
- Camel
- Delivery
- Earthworks
- Egg
- Gong
- Hatfield and the North
- In Cahoots
- Khan
- Matching Mole
- National Health
- Soft Heap
- Soft Machine
- Uriel
- The Wilde Flowers