From Loudersound.
Canterbury prog legends Caravan have announced that they will release a brand new studio album, It’s None Of Your Business, through Madfish on October 8.
The new ten-track album is Caravan’s first album since 2013’s Paradise Filter and features nine new songs plus one instrumental track influenced, to a degree, by the events and restrictions placed on society over the past 18 months.
ELO/ARW bass player Lee Pomeroy guests on the new album following the departure of Jim Leverton, while Jimmy Hastings has also guested on flute. The remainder of the line-up is Pye Hastings (guitar, vocals), Geoffrey Richardson (viola, mandolin, guitar), Jan Schelhaas (keyboards) and Mark Walker (drums).
The album was recorded, as restrictions allowed, ‘in the old-fashioned way’ between 24th June and 4th July 2021 at Rimshot Studio, Bredgar near Sittingbourne. “Sitting round in a circle having eye to eye contact, a large sound room was required,” Pye Hastings explains. “I much prefer this method because you can bounce ideas off each other as they occur, and voice encouragement when the whole thing begins to click.
“And it is much more rewarding to be able to throw insults at each other in person rather than down a telephone line or via email. This is something we are all very experienced at, believe me!”
This togetherness characterises It’s None Of Your Business with Caravan’s trademark warmth and humour and, also, a sensitivity reflecting the times in which we are living. Sitting among Caravan’s typically whimsical tales Down From London and If I Was To Fly sit the heartfelt and poignant Spare A Thought and Every Precious Little Thing which looks forward to a return to normality.
You can view the new album artwork for It’s None Of Your Business, created by renowned illustrator Bob Venables, below.
Caravan released the 37-disc deluxe box set Who Do We Think We Are? in August.
Caravan: It’s None Of Your Business
01. Down From London
02. Wishing You Were Here
03. It’s None Of Your Business
04. Ready Or Not
05. Spare A Thought
06. Every Precious Little Thing
07. If I Was To Fly
08. I’ll Reach Out For You
09. There Is You
10. Luna’s Tuna
Explore eil.com & 991.com sister – the world’s best online store for rare, collectable & out of print Vinyl Records, CDs & Music memorabilia since 1987.
EIL.COM Favourite Music Update Rare CDs, CD Singles, Rare Records, Vinyl Records, Albums and Music
- Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink - Splatter Pink Vinyl - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £125.00, $161.25, €148.75 (New Item) (arrived 29-Oct-2024 17:00)on November 2, 2024 at 12:49 pm
CARAVAN In The Land Of Grey And Pink (Rare 2011 UK strictly limited edition 12-track double LP pressed on Pink Splatter Vinyl , features the original 1971 5-track album and a bonus disc featuring five Alternative Stereo Mixes by Steven Wilson, numbered gatefold picture sleeve) ***Limited to only 500 copies***
- Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night - 1st (A) - Front Laminated - UK - vinyl LP - £75.00, $96.75, €89.25 (New Item) (arrived 23-Jul-2024 11:37)on November 2, 2024 at 12:49 pm
CARAVAN For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (1973 UK first issue 7-track vinyl LP, on the red & white Deram label design with track four on side one simply listed as C'thlu, with stamped matrices ending with -3U and with the A/B crossed out,within a front-laminated gatefold picture sleeve with dated poly-lined record company inner. The sleeve, being the front-laminated variant, displays only a little light edge wear and little signs of age, and the vinyl looks barely played. A fantastic example SDL-R12)
- Caravan - Canterbury Tales - The Best Of Caravan - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £20.00, $25.80, €23.80 (New Item) (arrived 19-Apr-2024 08:59)on November 2, 2024 at 12:49 pm
CARAVAN Canterbury Tales - The Best Of Caravan (1976 UK 11-track double LP compilation, housed in a superb gatefold picture sleeve with full biography & tracklist details printed inside. The sleeve displays just a little light ringwear & the vinyl looks barely played DKL-R8/1&8/2)
- Caravan - Who Do You Think We Are? - Signed Print - UK - cd album box set - £295.00, $380.55, €351.05 (New Item) (arrived 18-Jun-2024 10:35)on November 2, 2024 at 12:49 pm
CARAVAN Who Do You Think We Are? (Limited Edition 2021 UK THIRTY-SEVEN Disc Deluxe Box Set that celebrates the justly legendary Canterbury band, Caravan, put together with the band’s full co-operation. Includes 14 Newly remastered studio albums & 4 official live albums, 11 Discs of previously unreleased concert recordings. On Blu-Ray for the first time is the 48/24 Stereo & 5.1 Mix by Steven Wilson of In The Land Of Grey & Pink, a DVD including rare footage from The Marquee 1971, Rock En Stock 1972, Bataclan 1973 & French TV performance 1981. Also includes an individually signed photo by the three surviving members Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair & Richard Sinclair, an exclusive 144-page hardback coffee table book featuring rare photographs & memorabilia, an A4 fan club mini book, A4 replica tour programme for Blind Dog At St Dunstans, For Girls That Grow Plump In The Night replica press pack, Caravan’s ‘Trip Down Memory Lain’ map of Canterbury, illustrated family tree & 2 Replica posters, all housed within a 13" square by 3" deep spot lacquered 'finger print' design card box! The packaging shows minor shelf wear & the contents are Near Mint SMABX1129)***Limited to only 2,500 copies***
- Caravan - Blind Dog At St. Dunstans - US - vinyl LP - £15.00, $19.35, €17.85 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jun-2024 13:55)on November 2, 2024 at 12:49 pm
CARAVAN Blind Dog At St. Dunstans (1976 US light blue label 9-track LP produced by David Hitchcock, featuring bassist Mike Wedgewood taking over lead vocal duties on 'Chiefs & Indians' from Pye Hastings, picture sleeve with deletion saw cut. The sleeve [VG+] has some edge scuffing and ringwear, whilst the vinyl has just a few light surface scuffs AL-4088)
Be the first to comment