If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You

If I Could Do It All Over Again,
I'd Do It All Over You
Studio album by Caravan
Released September 1970
Recorded 1970
Tangerine Studios, London
Genre Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length 43:18
Label Decca Records
Producer Terry King
Caravan chronology
Caravan
(1968)
If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
(1970)
In the Land of Grey and Pink
(1971)
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If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You is a 1970 release by Canterbury scene rock band Caravan. According to Allmusic, "If I Could Do It All Over Again contains significant progressions over the first album." It was the second album by the band, the predecessor to their best-known album In the Land of Grey and Pink. The album is known as the epitome of Canterbury rock, featuring representative organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the band's style. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single release.

This record began to define what became the best-known Caravan sound that was heard on most releases through 1975. "For Richard" (the 14:21 medley) became a staple of Caravan shows and was typically heard as the closer. A fully orchestrated, live version can be heard on the 1974 release Caravan and the New Symphonia.

The album title and title of the title track is a quote attributed to Spike Milligan.

The CD was remastered in 2001 with the addition of bonus tracks. The remastering includes undocumented remixing.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings, Richard Sinclair and or Dave Sinclair.

Side one

  1. "If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You" – 3:07
  2. "And I Wish I Were Stoned / Don't Worry" – 8:20
  3. "As I Feel I Die" – 5:06
  4. "With an Ear to the Ground You Can Make It / Martinian / Only Cox / Reprise" – 9:54

Side two

  1. "Hello Hello" – 3:45
  2. "Asforteri" – 1:21
  3. "Can't Be Long Now / Francoise / For Richard / Warlock" – 14:21
  4. "Limits" – 1:35

Bonus tracks on 2001 CD rerelease

  1. "A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett" – 5:40
  2. "Why? (And I Wish I Were Stoned) – 4:22[2]
  3. "Clipping the 8th (Hello Hello)" – 3:13[2]
  4. "As I Feel I Die" – 4:39[2]

Personnel

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References

  1. ^ Planer, Lindsay (2011 [last update]). "If I Could Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You - Caravan | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r595059. Retrieved 23 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Demo version, previously unreleased

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