Caravan - Caravan & The New Symphonia
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Artist: CaravanEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2001-04-17
Music Label: Polygram UK
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Free Music Review: Fantastic Recording
Hit: 5 Stars
As someone who enjoys listening to Rock vs. Orchestra hybrids, I find this recording outstanding. Not only did I finally get a chance to update my old LP, bonus tracks really are a bonus.
Why has this held up over the years? I'd say partly due to Caravan's musical sensibilities which already allowed for a lead electric viola. Already playing jazzy rock, the orchestra seems to be less of an extention of the keyboards, but an additional sound to be added to their already unique sound.
I credit the band members as songwriters, as musicians who sound like they really enjoy what they're doing, and as musicians who can jam and excite their audiences. I credit Martyn Ford and his arrangements. I credit the orchestra, no matter how unhappy some individual members may have been. Largely, I credit the engineers at the Pye Mobile Recording Unit who made such a great recording the first time around, allowing the remastering and remixing to sound so good now. While the orchestra in Deep Purple's "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" sounds like it was recorded through a wall or like orchestras on your great grandparents old 78s, and while the orchestra from Barclay James Harvest 1972 BBC concert sounds nasty and out of tune, The New Symphonia sounds fantastic.
I do not recommend this recording as a Caravan fan, but as one who enjoys music that is melodic and doesn't sound like "everything" else.
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Remastered reissue of the British prog-rock act's 1974 album . Recorded live at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on the 28t h of October, 1973. Featuring previously unreleased tracks, 'Memory Lain,Hugh/Headloss', 'The Dog, The Dog, He's At It A gain', 'Hoedown' and 'A Hunting We Shall Go'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.Classic Rock Music CDs
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