Caravan and the New Symphonia

Infobox Album |
Name = Caravan and the New Symphonia
Type = Live Album
Artist = Caravan


Released = 1974/2001
Genre = Progressive rock
(Canterbury Scene)
Length = 43:18/78.14
Label = Deram Records
Producer = David Hitchcock
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wzfoxqq5ldje link]
* ProgArchives.com Rating|4|5 [http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=3111 link]
Last album = "For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night"
(1973)
This album = "Caravan and the New Symphonia"
(1974)
Next album = "Cunning Stunts"
(1975)

"Caravan and the New Symphonia" is a record by Caravan recorded at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane and originally released in 1974 on Deram. An expanded and re-ordered version was published in 2001, this version claims to have the tracks in the order as played. Bringing the band and The New Symphonia Orchestra together for this recording was the work of Martyn Ford, conductor of the New Symphonia, and John G. Perry, who played bass with Caravan at the time.

Track Listing (original issue)

#Introduction (Simon Jeffes) 6.55
#Mirror for the Day (Pye Hastings) 4.19
#The Love in Your Eye (Richard Coughlan, Hastings, Richard Sinclair) 12.02
#Virgin on the Ridiculous (Hastings) 6.53
#For Richard (Coughlan, Hastings, Dave Sinclair, R Sinclair) 13.48

Track Listing (re-issue)

#Introduction by Alan Black 1.01
#Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss (Hastings) 9.57
#The Dog, The Dog, He's at it Again (Hastings) 6.35
#Hoedown (Hastings) 3.55
#Introduction (Jeffes) 6.04
#The Love in Your Eye (Coughlan, Hastings, R Sinclair) 12.23
#Mirror for the Day (Hastings) 4.45
#Virgin on the Ridiculous (Hastings) 7.55
#For Richard (Coughlan, Hastings, D Sinclair, R Sinclair) 15.00
#A Hunting We Shall Go (Hastings) 10.33

Personnel

*Pye Hastings
*Geoff Richardson
*Richard Coughlan
*John G Perry
*Dave Sinclair
* The New Symphonia Orchestra

Backing Vocals

* Liza Strike
* Vicky Brown
* Margot Newman
* Helen Chappelle
* Tony Burrows
* Robert Lindop
* Danny Street