For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night is the fifth studio album released by the Canterbury scene band Caravan.[2] Richard Sinclair and Steve Miller left the band prior to the recording of this album. They were replaced by John G. Perry and the returning Dave Sinclair. Viola player Geoff Richardson was added to the band.
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night | ||||
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Released | 5 October 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Tollington Park Studios; Chipping Norton Recording Studios; Decca Studios, West Hampstead | |||
Genre | Progressive rock, Canterbury scene | |||
Length | 45:09 | |||
Label | Deram | |||
Producer | David Hitchcock | |||
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All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Memory Lain, Hugh" "Headloss" | 9:19 |
2. | "Hoedown" | 3:10 |
3. | "Surprise, Surprise" | 4:03 |
4. | "C'thlu Thlu" | 6:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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5. | "The Dog, The Dog, He's at It Again" | 5:53 | |
6. | "Be All Right" "Chance of a Lifetime" | 6:38 | |
7. | "L'Auberge du Sanglier" "A Hunting We Shall Go" "Pengola" "Backwards" "A Hunting We Shall Go (reprise)" | Pye Hastings, John G. Perry, Mike Ratledge | 9:56 |
The following bonus tracks were included on the 2001 remastered edition of the CD.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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8. | "Memory Lain, Hugh" "Headloss" | 9:18 | |
9. | "No! (Be Alright)" "Waffle (Chance of a Lifetime)" | 5:09 | |
10. | "He Who Smelt It Dealt It (Memory Lain, Hugh)" | 4:42 | |
11. | "Surprise, Surprise" | 3:15 | |
12. | "Derek's Long Thing" | Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Geoff Richardson, Derek Austin, Stuart Evans[3] | 10:57 |
Year | Type | Label | Catalog # |
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1973 | LP | Deram | SDLR12 |
1973 | LP | London | 627 |
1991 | CD | Polydor Records | PO 1836 |
1999 | CD | Deram | 820971 |
2001 remaster | CD | Decca | 8829802 |
2001 | CD | Decca | 9060 |
2002 | CD | Universal/Island | 2392 |
2005 | CD | Universal International | 882980 |
2007 | CD | Eclectic Discs | 1303 |
2014 | SACD | Universal | UIGY-9545 |
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