Caravan and the New Symphonia

Caravan and the New Symphonia
Live album by Caravan
Released	1974/2001
Recorded	on the Pye Mobile Recording Unit
Genre	Progressive rock (Canterbury Scene)
Length	43:18/78.14
Label	Deram Records
Producer	David Hitchcock
Caravan chronology
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) Caravan and the New Symphonia (1974) Cunning Stunts (1975)

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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. 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. An expanded and re-ordered version was published in 2001. This version claims to have the tracks in the order as played.

Track listing (original issue)

Side one

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Introduction"	Simon Jeffes	6:55
2.	"Mirror for the Day"	Pye Hastings	4:19
3.	"The Love in Your Eye"	Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair	12:02

Side two

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Virgin on the Ridiculous"	Pye Hastings	6:53
2.	"For Richard"	Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair, Richard Sinclair	13:48

Track listing (re-issue)

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Introduction by Alan Black"		1:01
2.	"Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss"	Pye Hastings	9:57
3.	"The Dog, The Dog, He's at it Again"	Pye Hastings	6:35
4.	"Hoedown"	Pye Hastings	3:55
5.	"Introduction"	Simon Jeffes	6:04
6.	"The Love in Your Eye"	Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair	12:23
7.	"Mirror for the Day"	Pye Hastings	4:45
8.	"Virgin on the Ridiculous"	Pye Hastings	7:55
9.	"For Richard"	Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair, Richard Sinclair	15:00
10.	"A Hunting We Shall Go"	Pye Hastings, John G. Perry, Mike Ratledge	10:33

Personnel

• Pye Hastings - guitar, vocals
• Geoff Richardson - electric viola
• Richard Coughlan - drums
• John G Perry - bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Sinclair - electric piano, organ, synthesizer
• The New Symphonia Orchestra

Backing vocals

• Liza Strike
• Vicki Brown
• Margot Newman
• Helen Chappelle
• Tony Burrows
• Robert Lindop
• Danny Street

The New Symphonia

Martyn Ford (Conductor), Paul Beer, Roger Chase, Robin Davies, Rita Eddowes, Liz Edwards, Wilfred Gibson, Roy Gillard, Tony Harris, Terry Johns, Skaila Kanda, Skaila Kanga, Chris Laurence, Helen Liebmann, Donald McVay, Geoff Perkins, Morris Pert, Martin Robinson, Godfrey Salmon, Jan Schlapp, Richard Studt, Colin Walker, Cathy Weiss, Dave Woodcock, Nick Worters, Gavyn Wright