''Better by Far'' is the eighth studio album by

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Track listing

All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted. ;Side one ;Side two

Personnel

;Caravan *

Pye Hastings Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings (born 21 January 1947 in Tomnavoulin, Banffshire, Scotland) is a British musician. Born in Scotland and raised in Canterbury, Kent, he is the guitarist and vocalist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan and ...

– vocals, guitars * Geoff Richardson – viola, guitars, flute, sitar, mandolin, vocals *

Jan Schelhaas Jan Russell Schelhaas (born 11 March 1948) is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel. Biography Schelhaas was born in Liverpool, where he started his career playing bass for several bands and r ...

– keyboards, backing vocals * Dek Messecar – bass, backing vocals *

Richard Coughlan Richard Coughlan (2 September 1947 – 1 December 2013) was an English musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of Caravan in 1968 and remai ...

– drums, percussion ;Additional personnel *

Vicki Brown Vicki Brown (23 August 1940 – 16 June 1991) was an English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer. She was a member of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and was the first wife of fellow singer and musician Joe Brown and mother o ...

– vocals on "Give Me More" * Fiona Hibbert – harp on "Man in a Car" *

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

– recorders on "The Last Unicorn"; electric double bass on "Man in a Car"

Releases

* 1977: LP - Arista 4134 * 1977: LP - Arista 1008 * 2004: CD - Eclectic Discs 1018 * 2005: CD - Eclectic Discs 1018 * 2005: CD - Eclectic Discs 230456

References

External links

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