SEALED LP CARAVAN prog “Waterloo Lily” LONDON gatefold USA orig ’72 no bar code

$

49

Artist:  CARAVAN                           

Title:   “Waterloo Lily”

Label:   LONDON ~ #XPS-615.  Original stereo pressing.  No Bar Code.

Year:  1972.

Condition:  Gatefold cover is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap.   Bottom right corner has been clipped to indicate this was sold as a cut-out.  Shrink wrap has an approximately 5” separation (vertical)  at bottom right.  Otherwise fully intact, and sparkling clean!

NOTE:  This album came from the extensive personal collection of an individual who retired from the retail music business in the early 80’s.  The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment.  I am continuing to offer many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items over the coming months.  If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.

Track Listing:

• Waterloo Lily
• Nothing At All
• It’s Coming Soon
• Nothing At All
• Songs and Signs
• Aristocracy
• The Love in Your Eye
• To Catch Me a Brother
• Subsultus
• Debouchement
• Tilbury Kecks
• The World is Yours

Review:

“Before the recording of Waterloo Lily, David Sinclair departed Caravan to join forces with Soft Machine skinsman Robert Wyatt and form Matching Mole.  With the subsequent arrival of former Delivery member Steve Miller and an overwhelming jazz influence, the edgier progressive rock and folk elements that were so prevalent on their previous albums are somewhat repressed.  The band's performance level did not suffer in the transition.  In fact, the addition of Miller only punctuates Caravan's previously honed improvisational skills.  Beginning with Waterloo Lily's leadoff title track, there is a sound more akin to the jazzier efforts of Traffic.  Miller's "Nothing at All” incorporates the jazz fusion even further as the long instrumental introduction more than hints at Steely Dan circa Katy Lied.  The up-tempo staccato bop featuring Miller's electric piano accents, when juxtaposed with Pye Hastings' liquid-toned electric guitar could easily be mistaken for that of Walter Becker and Donald Fagan.  The remainder of the album centers on a couple of pieces that evoke the sound and spirit of the previous Caravan outings.  Most reminiscent of the classic sound is Hastings' epic "The Love in Your Eye" suite.  The track recalls the laid-back intensity and phenomenal improvisational synergy of earlier tracks such as "For Richard" and "Where, but for Caravan Would I," while wisely incorporating Miller's formidable jazz chops to give the instrumental sections sustained substance throughout.”

(courtesy Lindsay Planer, allmusic.com.) 

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