Caravan

In The Land of Grey and Pink

London Records PS_6593 1971 12" 33rpm (USA)

In the Land of Grey and Pink is considered by many to be a pinnacle release from Caravan. The album contains an undeniable and decidedly European sense of humor and charm. In addition, this would mark the end of the band's premiere lineup. Co-founder David Sinclair would leave Caravan to form Matching Mole with Soft Machine drummer and vocalist Robert Wyatt in August of 1971. As a group effort, In the Land of Grey and Pink displays all the ethereal brilliance Caravan created on their previous pair of 12" outings. Their blending of jazz and folk instrumentation and improvisational styles hints at Traffic and Family, as displayed on "Winter Wine," as well as the organ and sax driven instrumental introduction to "Nine Feet Underground." These contrast the decidedly aggressive sounds concurrent with albums from King Crimson or Soft Machine. In fact, beginning with the album's title, there seems to be pastoral qualities and motifs throughout. Another reason enthusiasts rank this album among their favorites is the group dynamic which has rarely sounded more singular or cohesive. David Sinclair's lyrics are of particular note, especially the middle-earth imagery used on "Winter Wine" or the enduring whimsy of "Golf Girl."

Tracklist
A1 Golf Girl 5:00
A2 Winter Wine 7:35
A3 Love To Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly) 3:03
A4 In The Land Of Grey And Pink 4:59
Nine Feet Underground (22:40)
B1a Nigel Blows A Tune 
B1b Love's A Friend 
B1c Make It 76 
B1d Dance Of The Seven Paper Hankies 
B1e Hold Grandad By The Nose 
B1f Honest I Did! 
B1g Disassociation 
B1h 100% Proof 

Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Printed By – Robert Stace
Published By – Aristocrat Music
Recorded At – Air Studios
Mixed At – Air Studios
Recorded At – Decca Studios
Mixed At – Decca Studios

Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Richard Sinclair
Bells, Effects [Cannon, Wind], Engineer [Decca Studios] – David Grinsted
Design, Art Direction – Joe McGillicuddy
Drums, Percussion – Richard Coughlan
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Pye Hastings
Engineer [Assistant @ Air Studios] – Alan Harris (tracks: A1 to A4)
Engineer [Assistant @ Decca Studios] – David Baker (tracks: B1a to B1h)
Engineer [Overdubbing @ Decca Studios] – Derek Varnals (tracks: B1a to B1h)
Engineer [Rhythm Track, Overdubbing, Re-mix @ Decca Studio] – David Grinsted (tracks: A2, B1a to B1h)
Flute, Piccolo Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Hastings
Illustration [Cover] – Anne Marie Anderson
Mixed By [@ Air Studios] – John Punter (tracks: A1, A4)
Organ, Piano, Mellotron, Harmony Vocals – David Sinclair
Producer – David Hitchcock
Recorded By [@ Air Studios], Engineer – John Punter (tracks: A1 to A4)
Written-By – Sinclair, Hastings, Coughlan, Sinclair

Vinyl is VG++  , in a plastic inner sleeve in a gatefold hard card picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition

Note About Shipping To The U.S.
We are located in Canada, but have registered ourselves on eBay.com instead of eBay.ca because it gives us significantly better global exposure.  The problem with this is that eBay wants us to charge shipping appropriate to US, where media mail and other options make for fairly reasonable delivery costs. We tried it for a while but ended up losing money on shipping or having to cancel the orders because we couldn't afford to ship for those rates. To manage this we have set the US shipping to run a calculator based on an American location (we chose Plattsburgh as fairly close) and charging according to UPS pricing.  This avoids the cancellation issue, but appears to the buyer to be a prohibitive shipping cost and misrepresents the shipping as being only expedited. If you give us your postal code we will see if we can offer a more reasonable option, but generally we can get a single LP by air to most places in the continental US for $11, a few bucks less for ground.
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