The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 explained

Italic Title:	force
The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975
Type:	live
Artist:	Caravan
Cover:	Caravan_The_Show_of_our_Lives.jpg
Released:	2007
Recorded:	work for the BBC between 1968 and 1975
Genre:	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length:	144:17
Label:	Decca/Universal
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Prev Year:	2003
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The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 is a double album of tracks recorded for the BBC in the period 1968–1975, for John Peel's Top Gear, amongst others by the British Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan.^[1]

Track listing

Disc One

1. "Place Of My Own" – 4:12
2. "Ride" – 4:17
3. "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You" – 2:45
4. "Hello Hello" – 3:10
5. "As I Feel I Die" – 6:23
6. "Love To Love You" – 3:12
7. "Love Song Without Flute" – 3:33
8. "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" – 3:43
9. "Nine Feet Underground" – 14:27
10. "Feelin', Reelin', Squealin" – 9:30
11. "A Hunting We Shall Go" – 9:15
12. "Waffle Part One: Be Alright / Chance Of A Lifetime" – 6:46

Disc Two

1. "Memory Lain Hugh" – 5:04
2. "Headloss" – 4:27
3. "The Love in Your Eye" – 13:54
4. "Mirror For The Day" – 4:15
5. "Virgin On The Ridiculous" – 7:01
6. "For Richard" – 15:04
7. "The Dabsong Conshirtoe" – 15:11
8. "Stuck In A Hole" – 3:14
9. "The Show Of Our Lives" – 4:54

• Tracks 1-1 and 1-2 recorded for John Peel's "Top Gear" Radio Show 31 December 1968 ("Off-Air" Recordings)
• Tracks 1-3 to 1-5 recorded for the BBC Transcription Service "Top of the Pops" 19 August 1970.
• Tracks 1-6 to 1-8 recorded for "Sounds of the Seventies" 11 March 1971.
• Tracks 1-9 and 1-10 recorded for John Peel's "Sunday Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 6 May 1971.
• Tracks 1-11 and 1-12 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 2 August 1973.
• Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 2 August 1973.
• Tracks 2-3 to 2-6 recorded for John Peel's Radio Show 7 February 1974.
• Tracks 2-7 recorded for the BBC "In Concert" at the Paris Theatre, London 21 March 1975.
• Tracks 2-8 and 2-9 recorded for John Peel's Radio Show 26 June 1975.

Personnel

• Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals
• Geoffrey Richardson – viola
• David Sinclair – keyboards
• Steve Miller – keyboards
• Jan Schelhaas – keyboards
• Richard Sinclair – bass, vocals
• Mike Wedgwood – bass
• Richard Coughlan – drums

External links

• Caravan - The Show of Our Lives: Caravan at the BBC 1968-1975 (2007) album credits at Discogs.com
• Caravan - The Show of Our Lives: Caravan at the BBC 1968-1975 (2007) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.discogs.com/Caravan-The-Show-Of-Our-Lives-Live-At-The-BBC-1968-1975/release/1169980 Caravan - The Show of Our Lives: Caravan at the BBC 1968-1975 (2007) album credits at Discogs.com