''Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974'' is a

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. It remained unreleased in the UK until 2002, though most of the set was issued as a double vinyl LP in

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called ''The Best of Caravan "Live"'' in 1980. This issue is now very rare and was only available for 3 years.Caravan - ''The Best of Caravan "Live"'' album releases & credits at Discogs.com
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had played bass for the band.

Track listing

#"Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss" – 9:27 #"Virgin on the Ridiculous" – 7:14 #"Be Alright / Chance of a Lifetime" – 6:37 #"The Love in Your Eye" – 15:23 #"L'Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A Hunting We Shall Go (Reprise)" – 9:49 #"The Dog the Dog He's at It Again" – 6:23 #"For Richard" – 19:01 #"Hoedown" – 5:58

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 ...

– guitar, lead vocals * David Sinclair –

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, electric piano, synthesizer * Geoffrey Richardson – viola *

– 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 remain ...

– drums

References

External links

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Caravan - ''Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974'' album credits & user reviews
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Caravan - ''Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974'' album to be listened
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