Songs for Oblivion Fishermen

Live album by Caravan

Released

9 June 1998

Recorded

19 August 1970 – 7 February 1974

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

73:03

Label

Hux

Producer

Bernie Andrews, John Muir, Tony Wilson

Caravan chronology

Travelling Man
(1998)

Songs for Oblivion Fishermen
(1998)

Ether Way
(1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Songs for Oblivion Fishermen is a live album of the progressive rock group Caravan. The material was recorded for the BBC, spanning the years 1970 to 1974.^[2] ^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Hello, Hello"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:51
2.	"If I Could Do It All over Again, I'd Do It All over You"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:48
3.	"As I Feel I Die"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	4:31
4.	"Love Song Without Flute"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	3:20
5.	"Love to Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:25
6.	"In the Land of Grey and Pink"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	3:39
7.	"Memory Lain Hugh"	Hastings	4:54
8.	"A Hunting We Shall Go" / "Backwards"	Hastings, Mike Ratledge	8:25
9.	"Love in Your Eye"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair	13:52
10.	"Mirror for the Day"	Hastings	4:15
11.	"For Richard"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	15:03
12.	"Virgin on the Ridiculous"	Hastings	7:00

Tracks 1 – 3 recorded for Top of the Pops 19.8.1970
Tracks 4 – 6 recorded in session for Alan Black 11.3.1971, first transmitted 9.4.1971
Tracks 7 – 8 recorded in session for John Peel 20.8.1973, first transmitted 30.8.1973
Tracks 9 – 12 recorded in session for John Peel 7.2.1974, first transmitted 14.2.1974
Tracks 1 – 8 are original mono recordings

Personnel

Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals, liner notes
Geoffrey Richardson – viola
Dave Sinclair – keyboards, vocals
Richard Sinclair – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 1-6)
John G. Perry – bass guitar (tracks 7-12)
Richard Coughlan – drums

Release information

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1998	CD	Hux	2
1998	CD	Cleopatra	280
2000	CD	Hux	0000000002
2001	CD	Big Eye	4058
2001	CD	Cleopatra	0280

References

↑ Powers, Jim. "Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen | AllMusic". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
↑ "AllMusic ((( Songs for Oblivion Fishermen > Overview )))". www.AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
↑ Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album releases & credits at Discogs.com

External links

"Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album reviews and MP3". www.ProgArchives.com. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album review by Jim Powers, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album releases & credits at Discogs.com

Caravan

Pye Hastings Geoffrey Richardson Jan Schelhaas Jim Leverton Mark Walker Richard Coughlan Richard Sinclair Dave Sinclair Steve Miller Derek Austin Stuart Evans John G. Perry Mike Wedgwood Dek Messecar Doug Boyle Simon Bentall Jimmy Hastings

Studio albums	Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You In the Land of Grey and Pink Waterloo Lily For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Cunning Stunts Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Better by Far The Album Back to Front Cool Water The Battle of Hastings The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Paradise Filter

Live albums	Caravan and the New Symphonia Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77 Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions

Compilation albums	The Show of Our Lives The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales Travelling Man All Over You...Too The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975

Related bands	Bruford Camel Delivery Earthworks Egg Gong Hatfield and the North In Cahoots Khan Matching Mole National Health Soft Heap Soft Machine Uriel The Wilde Flowers

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