In 1972 my girlfriend and I drove to Cadaques in Spain listening to this on a tape,we married,she died 4 years ago.This song makes me cry with memories. We loved this band.😢😢
I can't really listen to this song without crying anymore. It's one of my favorite songs of my entire life, but it reminds me to much of a world that is no longer able to exist, especially when it comes to artistry and music.
Me too. He did absolute great music. Do you know " Somewhere in France " und Sinclairs Caravan of dreams " Absolute masterpieces. Best music I have ever heared
Sono pienamente d'accordo i suoi compagni di lavoro, NON sanno cosa vuol dire ascoltare, apprezzare della GRANDE MUSICA!!!!!!! Capace adorano i MANESKIN!!!!!!! O anche di PEGGIO, rappers,trappers poppettino commerciale etc!!!!!!!!! I CARAVAN appartengono ai GRANDI gruppi dei 60/70 che hanno FATTO la storia della musica moderna quella con la M maiuscola e NON solo ROCK!!!!!!!
I discovered for myself "Hatfield and the North" two months ago!!!...... What a wow. -- Richard Sinclair is such a great singer!.... Absolutely cool. Hello from Ukraine ;-)
"In the land of grey and pink"used to be the 'it' album among the cool guys in our class. Caravan ranked on top of the in-bands, together with Pink Floyd, Genesis, Wishbone Ash, King Crimson and other Progrock-Heroes. The difference was obvious - Caravan were cool AND easy. I still love that music and even more than fifty years later, it doesn't embarass me to click on what's available of Caravan in the Internet 😊
Them germans at Beat Club really knew where to look for quality acts! This is one of those superb bands that will remain a favourite till my dying day.
They also looked after their archive. Some of the best 60's / early 70's remaining film of these classic cult bands is to be found here at Beat Club. Thanks chaps..
I have played and discovered more and more albums of Caravan since a few months ago....but for the best performance of Golf Girl, I keep coming back to this one.
1:27 Dave Sinclair's unique way of using Hammong organ, he processed audio output from organ through guitar wah-wah and fuzz effects. Which allowed him to create guitaristic sound from keyboard. On "Nine feet underground" suite, solo sections played on the Hammond organ, although it might sound like electric guitar
I met Richard in the 80's/90's when they had a pub "The Castle" in Ashford Kent. He used to play with a couple of other musicians in his pub. Always a brilliant show and a nice chap too.
Didn't expect to find this. Took me right back to my teens, sitting cross-legged on the floor upstairs at The Foundry in Canterbury in front of Richard's bass drum, feeling every thump in my chest. Later got to know him in the 1990s when he was the Landlord at the Castle pub in Ashford and I used to play there regularly with the Traf Blues Band. Lovely fella - and lovely music.
I found In The Land Of Grey and Pink in a bag at a bus stop in the 1970’s I think I was 19 I still listen to it now and again and I’m transported to a beautiful place.
You're in for a real treat if Caravan is new to you. I'd suggest listening to the albums in chronological order, up through Cunning Stunts. My personal favorites are If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You, In the Land of Grey and Pink, and For Girls Who Grow Plump In the Night.
I was lucky enough to see Caravan live in '75. The best album is For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night. In the Land of Grey and Pink is also great. Had their own very melodic sound and I love it when they go on long instrumental sections.
Takes me back to the days of listening to the "In the Land of the Grey and Pink", lying on the floor behind my dad's chair from where I could reach the turntable with the stereo headphones on. I can see they're touring the UK in 2022 ! happy days....
A saw the band live on a private (!) gig about 5 years ago. It was the 60eth Birthday of my old friend from University. The location was the "Freischütz" in Schwerte / Germany. A traditional destination for day trippers with a beautiful ballroom. The music did not suit to the invited guests. But: I will never forget the moment when the band played "golf girl" - the song my friend and I have listened to so often during our university times - my friend sitting in front of the stage in his wheel chair (he is in a wheel chair for many decades - rheumatic arthritis). We were the only ones so close to the stage, the rest sat at their tables doing small talk. I had my hands on his shoulders and we drifted back to the past. Beautiful moment. We - my son and me - were supposed to sit at one table with the band before the it gig but unfortunately we were too late due to other duties of mine. Missed chance.... 😔
I'd like to know what the 'thumbs down' people have to say about disliking this song. My name is Pat and I once lived in a golf club. This was MY song 😁💕
@Pete Jones 2' 53 'It started raining H-Bombs' (instead of golf balls).This was at the height of the fear of H Bombs, before AIDS, SARS and Covid were invented.
excellent quality video for one of my favorite titles of all time, the albums "golf girl" and "waterloo lily" rocked my adolescence and I have never stopped listening to them since... TIMELESS!
On my one and only visit to Canterbury around 10 years ago, I searched (in vain) for a Golf Girl. The nearest I saw was a studenty type selling ice creams - from a bike. I bought one (it cost more than thruppence), but never found out whether she was called Pat…
But Caravan doesn't exist anymore. Only Pay Hastings is a founding member. The Band lost the voice and the creative head Richard Sinclair a lang time ago
Love this song, but my favorite of in the Land of grey and pink is Winter Wine. Deep poetry and subtile pop jazzy progressive music. The mood of the Canterbury school has something in common with preraphaelistic esthetic and grace .The spirit of old and beautiful England, its landscapes, its tradition and pageantry leaded by a bande which had been so humble and underrated. Saw them in the midi 70's in Lyon. Cunning stunts!
Excellent. Original. Belle sonorité de ce fameux groupe anglais, de l'école de Canterbury, tout comme Soft Machine et même Pink Floyd. Caravan a été moins apprécié que ces derniers, mais a joué malgré tout une musique élaborée, originale et fort plaisante, tout comme Soft Machine dans leur second album surtout.
a lot of people give Caravan shit for this. cos it's a bubbly summery love song, not a prog/canterbury epic. but i think it's a brilliant opener for LoPaG
July m92 Nonsense. They loved his ideas and did everything they possibly could to stop him leaving. One he was gone they even put his songs on every compilation to make sure he was financially secure.
Coincidence? Or something more?!? I was taking a dump listening to this when I read your comment. The hysterical laughter combined with the sensory confusion of this video helped me poo!!!! Still laughing. Thank you anonymous RU-vid traveler
Just discovered these guys. I'm really enjoying it. Musically, It's nothing technically amazing, but the music has lots of charm and quirky personality. When they explore more extended instrumental sections, it kind of reminds me of a more harmonically adventurous version of the band Traffic.
"Caravan are an *English* band"?! I could've sworn to hear a German accent in his vocals! x-)) Anyway, I'm liking what I hear :-) Reminds me a bit of Kevin Ayers.
All the members of Caravan were part of the original Canterbury scene band (The Wilde Flowers) at some time and Kevin Ayers was also in it, so there's no surprise there's a similarity.
Todo el álbum "In the land of the Grey and Pink" es una joya, te lo recomiendo. Y, en una onda bastante similar, el segundo álbum de Hatfield and the North, "The Rothers' Club".
