Surprise Supplies

In 1976, Caravan played concerts to support the release of their latest album Blind Dog at St. Dunstan’s, a recording of the show at the New Victoria Theatre in London on 4 May 1976 was released as 'Surprise Supplies' featuring songs from 'Blind Dog at St. Dunstan’s' plus Love In Your Eye

Recordings from a show recorded on 5 May (broadcast 17 May) for John Peel's BBC radio show appear on the 1998 album 'Ether Way'

Track listing

1. "Here Am I" (Pye Hastings) – 6:15
2. "Chiefs And Indians" (Mike Wedgewood) – 5:22
3. "Can You Hear Me?" (Hastings) – 6:26
4. "All The Way" (Hastings) – 7:17
5. "A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik / Bobbing Wide / Come on Back / Oik (reprise)" (Hastings) – 13:01
6. "Love In Your Eye" – 16:57 (Richard Coughlan, Hastings, Dave Sinclair)

Personnel

• Pye Hastings – singer, vocals, guitar
• Richard Coughlan – drum kit, drums
• Jan Schelhaas – keyboard instrument, keyboards
• Jimmy Hastings – Western concert flute, flute
• Mike Wedgwood – vocals, bass guitar
• Geoffrey Richardson – viola
• Chanter Sisters - backing vocalist, backing vocals

Releases information

• 1999 CD HTD 96
• 2000 CD Import 70096
• 2002 CD Talking Elephant 039

References

External links

• Planer, Lindsay. "Allmusic: Surprise Supplies". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r32302. Retrieved 2007-07-15. 

• "Calyx, the Canterbury website". http://calyx.club.fr/caravan/index.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15.