TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

Welcome news that they will be wheeling round their "Who do we think we are" tour in the autumn. Plenty of venues around the UK and I think I'll aim to be getting to one, not having seen them for about 20 years.

Here are the dates.  Small venues on the whole... https://www.songkick.com/artists/504256-caravan/calendar

Oh, sweet lordy...would you take a gander at this?  https://burningshed.com/caravan_who-do-you-think-we-are_boxset?fbclid=IwAR27ZrA5HdQ10hVuNhclpw_UYb93VwL1rxejbW3y-nkfJHP45wyMF4VbimE

ps I've just done the maths.  £687500.  Cripes.

Playing up the road from me. Excellent! Never seen them live so this should be a treat.

Shame they're not nipping over the Prince of Wales Bridge for a gig. Acapela Studios would be perfect for them!


David what does that figure represent?

The value of 2500 boxsets at £275 a pop.  Rock n roll is big business....

Much as I like the band - especially live - fingers crossed for Bury St Edmunds  in the autumn - I couldn't honestly argue that their best material stretches very far - for me if I only had Gray & Pink, Girls Who Grow Plump plus a decent live album I'd be content with that. OK ... I do possess one or two others :)

I think the first six (arguably seven although Blind Dog is a little more variable) studio albums are corkers.  I was lucky enough to see the original classic 4-piece (plus Jimmy H) 3 times around their 1990 reunion...so they do mean a lot to me.

I've gone for this.  I probably won't listen to it all, and I'll probably end up selling it, but I'll enjoy owning it while I do....

Oh yeah  ::) nice pension :)

I went for the box set too.
The edition limited to 100 copies with a print signed by the book designer already listed as sold out on Burning Shed! So I thought better to move fast.
If the quality is the same as the Gentle Giant and Steve Hillage boxsets  From Madfish then we are in for a treat.
An unforseen expenditure just before Record Store Day however!

As I'm hopefully going to be travelling to the Hebrides when Drop 1 takes place I've decided to try and ignore the first RSD!  I'm still kicking myself for not getting the GG box...I do have the Hillage one though, which is fab.

I wonder if the Caravan box set will remain limited to 2500 copies?
The GG set was initially 2000 but due to demand a further 1000 were released later.
I expect both bands have similar popularity so will be interesting to see.
Enjoy the Hebrides!

Or, given the business proclivities of the average Seventies prog rocker, a pension?

Whilst I imagine the artist's share isn't totally insubstantial, I still imagine it's a bloody small part of the £675k.....If they had any sense at all what they should do is spend whatever they earn by buying their own box sets.  Then sit on them for a year or two and slowly release them one by one. ;D

I've only ever stayed in a static caravan.

Jules

Haha!

I was tempted by the Hillage box, but as I already had all the studio albums and a few live albums, I couldn't justify the expenditure to myself...

Just had a shipping notice from Burning Shed for the mahoosive box set.  Damn...that means I need to fess up to SWMBO then...  ;D

Two bits of news 1) They have a new album out in a few weeks time - "Mind your own business".  2) Bassist Jim Leverton has left the band. No news on a replacement. Bring back Richard, say I  !

In the interest of accuracy:

1) It's actually called ‘It’s None Of Your Business’.  Out in Oct on the Madfish label.

2) Lee Pomeroy plays bass on it, but no news as yet on whether he's playing live with them.

yes, I could have done with a tad more accuracy there    :)  Lee Pomeroy does a good job in Rick Wakeman's band, so we shall see ...

I'm sure I saw him with Steve Hackett too, when Mr Beggs couldn't make it

BTW there is an (obscure?  ;) ) Caravan / Fairport link. Some of you may not know that ex-Caravan bassist Dek Messecar (who featured on the sub-par "Better By Far" (!) LP) started off in a duo with Jerry Donahue. Apparently their fathers were both in USA armed forces stationed in the UK, which is how the two teenagers became friends. Mr Messecar's talents can be heard to much better effect on the excellent, but sadly ignored, Darryl Way's Wolf albums.

Better by Far certainly isn't well named...  ;) ;D

Not one of Tony Visconti's (or Pye's) better moments.

There's obviously not as many Caravan fans with deep pockets as they thought... Burning Shed have it with a £100 off... £175 for 37 discs..... it's a great set too...I'm just annoyed I paid £100 more for it  ;)

https://burningshed.com/store/madfish/caravan_who-do-you-think-we-are_boxset?filter_tag=Caravan&filter_category_id=263

Just in case anyone is heading out...I've seen reports online saying Covid has hit the touring party and Bury St Edmunds at least is off/postponed.  Might be worth checking anyway