Artist: Caravan
Genre: Progressive Rock
Caravan are an English progressive rock band formed in Canterbury in 1968, becoming one of the key bands of the Canterbury Scene. Founding members included Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair, David Sinclair, and Richard Coughlan. Caravan created a distinctive style blending progressive rock with jazz influences, whimsical lyrics, and complex arrangements. Albums like 'In the Land of Grey and Pink' are considered Canterbury Scene classics. Their music featured extended instrumental passages, organ solos, and unconventional song structures, often with a lighter, more whimsical touch than other prog bands. Caravan went through numerous lineup changes but continued performing and recording across decades. They influenced progressive rock's more jazz-oriented wing and demonstrated that prog could be playful and sophisticated. Caravan remain active, representing the enduring appeal of Canterbury prog rock.
Caravan vinyl records
74 Caravan new and used vinyl albums and singles UK sellers
THE YELLOW MOON BAND Maybach EP (2008 UK limited edition 3-track 7 Heavyweight Vinyl EP also including Focussed and Folly. The vinyl shows minimal play issued in the Static Caravan company die-cut paper sleeve) Track Listing: A1. Maybach B1. Focussed B2. Folly
£9.00 used
STARLESS & BIBLE BLACK Up With The Orcadian Tide (2007 UK limited edition 7 vinyl single from the Manchester five-piece who take their name from a Stan Tracey recording [which in turn is lifted from Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood] also includingAll In A Day. The glossy picture sleeve shows a little shelfwear but the vinyl looks barely played VAN132)
£9.00 used
COURTNEY BARNETT Kims Caravan (2015 UK limited edition 2-track 12 vinyl single released exclusively for Record Store Day also including her cover version of John Cales Close Watch. The sleeve retains its hype stickered open shrink so reveals minimal wear while the vinyl looks barely played HA0038V) Track Listing: 1
£23.00 used
SYBARITE Otonomy (2000 UK limited edition 3-track 7 single pressed on RED Vinyl also including Pcsprtwhl & Accumulus complete with credits insert and portrait insert in clear antistatic outer VAN15)** Limited To Just 500 Copies **
£12.00 used
THE MARCIA BLAINE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS Pink Sticks (2003 UK 7 single also including We wraparound picture sleeve in clear poly outer VAN52)
£9.00 used
CARAVAN For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (1976 Japanese issue of the 1973 7-track LP including Japanese/lyric insert gatefold picture sleeve. Fifth studio album from the Canterbury proggers featuringMemory Lain Hugh and CThlu Thlu. The sleeve shows minimal shelfware whilst the vinyl looks barely played LAX1041) Track Listing: 1
£45.00 used
CARAVAN Caravan(1979 German 9-Track vinyl LP compilation on the TELDEC Profile series featuring Golf Girl Headloss and Memory Lain Hugh. Housed in a glossy picture sleeve which along with the vinyl presented in Excellentcondition) Track Listing: A1 Memory Lain Hugh 5:00 A2 Headloss 4:19 A3 The Dog The Dog Hes At It Again 5:53 A4 Songs & Signs 3:39 B1 Hoedown 3:10 B2 The World Is Yours 3:41 B3 Aristocracy 3:03 B4 Golf Girl 5:00 B5 If I Could Do It All Over Again Id Do It All Over You
£17.00 used
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 Cthlu 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
£84.00 used
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Caravan (1971 Indian 8-track vinyl LP on the black Odeon label R. D. Burmans movie score featuring performances by Kishore Kumar Mohd. Rafi Ahsa Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar picture sleeve. The sleeve has a name annotation to the front and to both labels whilst the vinyl itself appears barely played MOCE4033) Track Listing: Asha Bhosle & Rahul Dev Burman– Piya Tu Ab To Aja Asha Bhosle & Mohd
£84.00 used
LILIENTHAL Tin Grey Black (Limited edition 2001 UK 6-track vinyl 12 vinyl EP issued in a generic black sleeve inside a brown paper bag sleeve with Static Caravan branding. Both sleeve and vinyl remain in excellent condition with minimal signs of wear or play. Limited to 500 copies only VAN26)
£17.00 used