Id Do It All Over Again
| If I Could Practice It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over Y'all | ||||
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| Studio anthology by Caravan | ||||
| Released | 4 September 1970 | |||
| Recorded | February 1970 | |||
| Studio | Tangerine Studios, Dalston, London | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, Canterbury scene | |||
| Length | 47:40 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Terry King | |||
| Caravan chronology | ||||
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If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Exercise Information technology All Over You is the second album by Canterbury scene band Caravan, released in September 1970. It was the predecessor to their all-time-known album In the Country of Gray and Pinkish (1971). The album is representative of the Canterbury scene genre, featuring representative organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the ring's mode. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the championship track as a single release.
Background [edit]
Caravan had released their debut anthology, Caravan in 1968, achieving some live success and had appeared on Great britain and German idiot box in early 1969. Unfortunately, their label, Verve Records shut downwardly their British operations and dropped the band. Guitarist Pye Hastings later recalled "that situation really left united states in limbo".[ane] The ring regrouped and continued performing live, somewhen finding a managing director Terry Rex. David Hitchcock, an employee of Decca Records' art department, saw the band perform at the London Lyceum and recommend that his boss, Hugh Mendl sign them.[2]
Sessions for the album started at Tangerine Studios on Balls Pond Road, Dalston, London in September 1969, with the band self-producing and Robin Sylvester engineering. Hastings recalled that this caused problems, every bit every member of the band wanted his instrument to exist louder than the others. The band recorded a few tracks, but these were abandoned while the band went out on tour, having become popular on the academy circuit in Britain and Europe.[3] They regrouped in Feb the following twelvemonth[4] and recorded the songs on the album more often than not alive onto 8-track tape. The highlight of the sessions was a fourteen-minute jazz-rock piece assembled from various sections contributed past the band, called "For Richard".[5] Keyboardist David Sinclair composed the bones construction, while bassist Richard Sinclair wrote the main tune. Hastings invited his brother Jimmy to guest on saxophone and flute, which would become a regular feature of Caravan'southward studio work.[6]
The album title and championship track is a quote often attributed to Spike Milligan just equally possibly deriving from a bootlegged Bob Dylan song "All Over You" ("Well, if I had to practise information technology all over again/Babe, I'd exercise information technology all over yous"), later released on The Bootleg Serial, Vol 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964.
The cover was shot in Holland Park, London and was photographed by David Jupe.[6]
Release and reception [edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
"Hi Hello", backed with the title rail, was released as a single in August 1970, which led to an appearance on the BBC'due south Pinnacle of the Pops.[7] The album was released the following month in the UK, and in March 1971 in the Us.[8] According to AllMusic, "If I Could Do It All Over Once more contains meaning progressions over the get-go album."[7]
"For Richard" became a staple of live Caravan shows and was typically heard every bit the set up closer.[5] A fully orchestrated, alive version tin exist heard on the 1974 release Caravan and the New Symphonia.
The CD was remastered in 2001, with the addition of bonus tracks, including the abandoned September 1969 sessions, and the out-take "A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett", written about the band's road manager.[9]
Rails list [edit]
All songs by Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and Dave Sinclair.
- Side one
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "If I Could Do It All Over Over again, I'd Exercise It All Over You" | 3:07 |
| two. | "And I Wish I Were Stoned" "Don't Worry" | 8:twenty |
| 3. | "As I Feel I Die" | v:06 |
| 4. | "With an Ear to the Footing You Tin Make It" "Martinian" "Only Cox" "Reprise" | 9:54 |
- Side two
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| i. | "Hello Howdy" | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Asforteri 25" | 1:21 |
| three. | "Can't Exist Long Now" "Françoise" "For Richard" "Warlock" | 14:21 |
| 4. | "Limits" | i:35 |
- Bonus tracks on 2001 CD rerelease
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| ane. | "A Twenty-four hours in the Life of Maurice Haylett" ([10]) | 5:07 |
| 2. | "Why? (And I Wish I Were Stoned, Demo version)" ([xi]) | 4:22 |
| three. | "Clipping the 8th (Hello Hello, Demo version)" ([11]) | 3:13 |
| 4. | "Equally I Feel I Die, Demo version" ([11]) | four:39 |
Personnel [edit]
- Caravan
- Pye Hastings – vocals, half dozen- and 12-string electrical guitars, 6 string acoustic guitar, claves, percussion {worn leather strap, ashtrays), voice (impersonation of a friendly gorilla)
- Richard Sinclair – vocals, bass guitar, tambourine, hedge clippers
- David Sinclair – Hammond organ, piano, harpsichord[ane]
- Richard Coughlan – drums, congas, bongos, maracas, finger cymbals
- Additional personnel
- Jimmy Hastings – saxophone, flute
- Robin Sylvester – engineer
- David Jupe – photography and graphics
- Terry King – manager
- Maurice Haylett – road manager[12]
References [edit]
Citations
- ^ a b Powell 2001, p. three.
- ^ Powell 2001, p. 4.
- ^ Powell 2001, p. five.
- ^ Powell 2001, p. 6.
- ^ a b Powell 2001, p. 7.
- ^ a b Powell 2001, p. eight.
- ^ a b c Planer, Lindsay. "If I Could Practice Information technology All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You – Caravan | AllMusic". AllMusic.com . Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ Powell 2001, p. 9.
- ^ Powell 2001, p. 2.
- ^ Out-have
- ^ a b c Demo version, previously unreleased
- ^ Powell 2001, p. 12.
Sources
- Powell, Mark (2001). If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Practise Information technology All Over You (Media notes). Universal / Decca. 8829682.
External links [edit]
- Caravan - If I Could Practice It All Over Again, I'd Exercise It All Over You (1970) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
- Caravan - If I Could Exercise It All Again, I'd Practice Information technology All Over Y'all (1970) album releases & credits at Discogs.com
- "Ground and Sky review: Caravan – If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Exercise It All Over You". www.progreviews.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2009-05-17 .
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Could_Do_It_All_Over_Again,_I%27d_Do_It_All_Over_You
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