Songs for Oblivion Fishermen

Songs for Oblivion Fishermen
Live album by Caravan
Released	9 June 1998
Recorded	19 August 1970 – 7 February 1974
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	73:03
Label	Hux
Producer	Bernie Andrews, John Muir, Tony Wilson
Caravan chronology
Travelling Man (1998) Songs for Oblivion Fishermen (1998) Ether Way (1998)

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Songs for Oblivion Fishermen is a live album of the progressive rock group Caravan. The material was recorded for the BBC, spanning the years 1970 to 1974.

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Hello, Hello"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:51
2.	"If I Could Do It All over Again, I'd Do It All over You"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:48
3.	"As I Feel I Die"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	6:24
4.	"Love Song Without Flute"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	3:20
5.	"Love to Love You (And Tonight Pigs Will Fly)"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	2:25
6.	"In the Land of Grey and Pink"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	3:39
7.	"Memory Lain Hugh"	Hastings	4:54
8.	"A Hunting We Shall Go" / "Backwards"	Hastings, Mike Ratledge	8:25
9.	"Love in Your Eye"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair	13:52
10.	"Mirror for the Day"	Hastings	4:15
11.	"For Richard"	Coughlan, Hastings, Sinclair, Sinclair	15:03
12.	"Virgin on the Ridiculous"	Hastings	7:00

• Tracks 1 – 3 recorded for Top of the Pops 19.8.1970
• Tracks 4 – 6 recorded in session for Alan Black 11.3.1971, first transmitted 9.4.1971
• Tracks 7 – 8 recorded in session for John Peel 20.8.1973, first transmitted 30.8.1973
• Tracks 9 – 12 recorded in session for John Peel 7.2.1974, first transmitted 14.2.1974
• Tracks 1 – 8 are original mono recordings

Personnel

Caravan

• Pye Hastings – guitar, vocals, liner notes
• Geoffrey Richardson – viola
• Dave Sinclair – keyboards, vocals
• Richard Sinclair – bass guitar, vocals (tracks 1–6)
• John G. Perry – bass guitar (tracks 7–12)
• Richard Coughlan – drums

Release information

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
1998	CD	Hux	2
1998	CD	Cleopatra	280
2000	CD	Hux	0000000002
2001	CD	Big Eye	4058
2001	CD	Cleopatra	0280

External links

• "Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album reviews and MP3". www.ProgArchives.com. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
• Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album review by Jim Powers, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Caravan - Songs for Oblivion Fishermen album releases & credits at Discogs.com