For Girls Who Grow Plump in Night [Import, Original recording remastered]

Caravan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram UK
• ASIN: B00005A0UX
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,136 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Memory Lain Hugh Headloss

2. Hoedown

3. Surprise Surprise

4. Cthlu Thlu

5. The Dog The Dog Hes At It Again

6. Be Alright Chance Of A Lifetime

7. LAuberge Du Sanglier A Hunting We Shall Go Pengola Backwards

8. Memory Lain Hugh Headless (US Mix) (Previously Unreleased)

9. No (Be Alright) Waffle (Chance Of A Lifetime)

10. He Who Smelt It Dealt It (Memory Lain Hugh)

11. Surprise Surprise (Previously Unreleased)

12. Dereks Long Thing (Previously Unreleased)

Editorial Reviews

For many aficionados of the creative rock music that surfaced in the heady days of the late 60's / early 70's, the bands who surfaced from the English provincial city of Canterbury produced some of the most consistently interesting music of that period. Of all the groups to emerge from the so-called "Canterbury Scene" (the existence of which many of its main protagonists deny), none were quite so original and so enduring as Caravan.

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night was originally released by Deram Records in 1973 in Europe and on London in North America. No singles were taken from the album, although Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss was remixed for release as a single in the USA to promote Caravan's first US tour. The album's closing track A Hunting We Shall Go demonstrates just how tight and inspired a musical unit Caravan were. It provides a stunning climax to what many consider to be one of Caravan's finest albums and is particularly well remembered by prog lovers in North America. This new Eclectic definitive version is remastered and comes housed in digipak format. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine album that has aged well, January 29, 2002

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Richard J. Atkinson "ratkin" (Queensbury, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump in Night (Audio CD)

Caravan is one of those bands to which detractors loved to attach the deprecating 'art-rock' label. When translated into normal English, 'art-rock' refers to a musical ensemble that knew more than 3 chords, and wasn't too ashamed to let you know it. In the case of Caravan, this meant an ever-evolving style that wove together a strong underpinning of rock with tinges of jazz, a slight flavoring of the psychedelic era, and the faintest hint of classical chord structures. Depending on your point of view their music either suffered from or was enhanced by a constantly changing line-up, with new players bringing their own musical backgrounds not only to the table, but strongly into the mix.

It would be almost impossible to get Caravan fans to reach a concensus on which was their best album, but I've always favored "For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night." It was recorded during one of the many periods when the band was changing line-up. (Several of the bonus tracks are 'work in progress' recordings of songs on the album, but those earlier versions were not recorded by the same line-up as the one that recorded the final versions!)

The new line-up reunited Caravan with former keyboard player Dave Sinclair, as well as featuring viola player Geoff Richardson. A rock band with a viola player? You bet, and it worked really well. The instrumental sections of opening track "Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss" are worth the price of the album by themselves (not to mention that the track also appears as a bonus track in its U.S mix AND as one of the early versions [minus the second section]). Add in my favorite Caravan song, the slyly titled "The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again" and you have a very nice album.

Very often you find that an album (or book, or movie, or whatever) that you loved in your younger days hasn't aged well. This album is definitely not in that category. If anything, I like it more now than I did almost thirty years ago.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Return of the earlier Caravan sound, May 26, 2004

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BENJAMIN MILER (Veneta, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump in Night (Audio CD)

Waterloo Lily obviously threw a few Caravan fans off. With David Sinclair out of the picture, new keyboardist Steve Miller (not to be confused with the American that gave us "Fly Like an Eagle" and "Swingtown") gave the band a more fusion slant. Might have not been a problem to those familiar with the more fusion-oriented Canterbury bands like Hatfield & the North. So after one album with Matching Mole, David Sinclair decided to rejoin Caravan, with two new members, Geoff Richardson on electric violin, and bassist John G. Perry who replaced Richard Sinclair. The results were this, their fifth album which was basically picking up where In the Land of Grey & Pink left off. The album starts off with "Memory Lane, Hugh", a nice, catchy piece with vocal harmonies that remind me of the Byrds. "Headloss" is really cheery and upbeat. There's "Hoedown", which basically revolves a repetitive but great rhythm. As you noticed, David Sinclair bought some new instruments, his organ doesn't get much use here, but he used a Davoli synthesizer, electric piano, and clavinet. "C'Thulu", given the song was obviously inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, is supposed to have a more sinister tone, even John G. Perry, who does some of the vocals here (as well as Pye Hastings, of course) sounds oddly like Ozzy Osbourne here! You can even hear the sound of wolves howling in the background. But the song has some ridiculously cheery passages as well. Side two demonstrates just as well how Caravan decided to stick to the sound they're best known. The ending of the album is largely orchestrated, with even an orchestrated theme from Soft Machine's Third (that is, "Slightly-All-The-Time"). If you're a Caravan fan, you're going to want this album, but if you're new, start with In the Land of Grey & Pink.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars music that teeters between dated 70's and the ethereal, October 10, 2001

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allismile0 "allismile0" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (Audio CD)

4 stars because the song writing and performances are very strong (minus 1 star because the production in some places are weak) - open guitar riffs of memory lain, hugh ripping through with the drums and bass syncopating it- just that is a powerful moment alone. caravan had tons of great musical ideas and talent; lyrically they have a good flow in the words although most of the words lack any substance (there are a lot of puns mostly dealing with sexual inuendos (at least they aren't totally lewd)), they are fun to sing. "The dog, the Dog, he's at it again" has a rolling easy melody with a cool entrumental breakdown. Besides the opening track of Memory Lain, Hugh/ Hedloss the other main song is the follow up to "For Richard"- "A Hunting We Shall Go"; this song has an incredible build up that is quite something to follow. Caravan was a constand chainging band both in style in personal with Pye Hastings as the only constant member and main song writer, and this album is very different from the underrated Waterloo Lily, as Dave Sinclair returned to the keyboards and they added a new instrument to their arsenal, violinist Geoff Richardson- which gave them a whole new feel while maintaining the constant Caravan sound bases. Every song is has something interesting to offer; and although not entirely consistent from start to finish like Land of the Grey and Pink, it is an excellent album.