Caravan

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Formed January 1968.

UK progressive rock "Canterbury style" from '60

Caravan Gems/Redferns

Biography

Caravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. Caravan rose to success over a period of several years from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending psychedelic rock and jazz to create a distinctive sound like their contemporaries Soft Machine. Caravan still remains active as a live band in the 21st century.

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BBC Reviews

  1. The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976 2010

    Review of The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976

    Reviewed by Sid Smith

    A worthy introduction to a likeable but often unfairly neglected English institution.

  2. The Show of Our Lives - BBC 1968-75 2007

    Review of The Show of Our Lives - BBC 1968-75

    Reviewed by Robert Jackman

    The Canterbury legends' BBC sessions collected in one place for the very first time...

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