For Girls Who Grow Plump in The Night [Import]

For Girls Who Grow Plump in The Night [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Full title 'For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night'. Remastered reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1973 album.Featuring the original 7 tracks and 5 bonus tracks, 'MemoryLain,Hugh/Headloss', 'No!/Waffle', 'He Who Smelt It Dealt It', 'Surprise,Surprise' and 'Derek's Long Thing'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss
Hoedown
Surprise, Surprise
C'thulu Thulu
Dog, The Dog, He's at It Again
Be Alright/Chance of a Lifetime
Auberge du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A Hunting W
Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss [US Mix][#][*]
No! ("Be Alright")/Waffle ("Chance of a Lifetime") [#][*]
He Who Smelt It Dealt It ("Memory Lain, Hugh") [#][*]
Surprise, Surprise [#][*]
Derek's Long Thing*

Album Description

Full title 'For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night'. Remastered reissue of the British progressive rock act's 1973 album.Featuring the original 7 tracks and 5 bonus tracks, 'MemoryLain,Hugh/Headloss', 'No!/Waffle', 'He Who Smelt It Dealt It', 'Surprise,Surprise' and 'Derek's Long Thing'. Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered and Includes the Us Mix of 'memory Lain Hugh/Headloss', Previously Unreleased Chipping Norton Studio Sessions with Derek Austin and Stuart Evans Including 'memory Lain Hugh', 'be Alright/Chance of a Lifetime', 'surprise Surprise'and 'derek Long's Thing'.

Customer Reviews:

One of the greatest rock albums ever.......2007-04-26

I like to write reviews of books and CD's that I liked from years
ago. These great works of art stand the test of time. A lot of rock
albums, as do many classical works, sound great regardless of when you
hear them. "For Girls Who Grow Plump In the Night" is without a doubt
one of my all-time favorites, from a highly underrated band. It is one
of those albums you can put on any time and you know you will enjoy it,
from the first note to the last. There is not a bad track on the album,
and it flows superlatively. It is also the kind of album you can put on
and people who have never heard of Caravan will pay attention to and
enjoy it, and I remember more than 1 person who heard it with me
bought it. This lineup also recorded one more album, a live one called
"Caravan And the New Symphonia," with an orchestra, that is excellent as well.
I don't think that any of the songs on this album are on that
album, but that's so much the better, because you get great live
versions of some of their other classics (and they had many,
along with many different kinds of music as well).

As I said above, Caravan was a totally underrated band. They were
great musicians, whatever the lineup, with a dynamic sound, and they
were appealing enough to have had commercial success - too bad they
didn't have it!

No comparison to their all-time classic.......2007-02-24

I was surprised after I listened to this album how many people could compare it to the classic "In the Land of Grey and Pink" and even say it was "a return to form" for the original members that made ILGP. ILGP is a masterpiece and "For Girls who grow plump in the night" pales in comparison. It is surprising that such a drastic change could occur with just one album in between the classic and this one. The name of the album is curious but it seems to suit marketing more than the poor offering on this album. The clean recording and sound is gone. Most of the songs seemed muddled and too boring. Even the music is not of geat quality. Only the song "The Dog, The Dog, He's at it again" stands out with the class of ILGP. Of the rest there are sparks of brilliance when it comes to musicianship and lyrics but they just pop up here and there. These are evident in the songs, the opening number "Memory Lain, Hugh/ Headloss", the somewhat melodious "Surprise Surprise", the "Chance of a Lifetime" part of the "Be Alright, Chance of a Lifetime" song, and the second soft melodious part of "Auberge du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A..." though it ends like a James Last instrumental. Some acceptable keys on "C'thlu Thlu". For those of you who are listening to Caravan for the first time this album may not make an impression. If you want to get a feel of Caravan's might check out their masterpiece "In the Land of Grey and Pink".

Only 2.5 stars for this album.

Caravan's Finest Hour!.......2006-03-06

The progressive-rock group Caravan never really achieved much commercial success in the US. But, still had some loyal fans. They received a modest amount of radio airplay back on album rock stations in the early to mid 70's. This album probably was Caravan's Finest Hour! The best tracks on this one are Memory Lain Hugh Headloss, Hoedown, and A Hunting We Shall Go Pengola Backwards. The price is a bit steep, but may be worth it to those who still enjoy the days of classical rock music, like me.

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night.......2006-01-25

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night is my favorite CARAVAN
recording. Maybe because this is where I started listening
to them or because the music is incredible, I can't say, but
for the "early" CARAVAN sound, this is it and at it's best.

Also, I'd put this on my TOP 50 albums to take to that
desert island...

Return of the earlier Caravan sound.......2004-05-27

Waterloo Lily obviously threw a few Caravan fans off. With David Sinclair out of the picture, new keyboardist Steve Miller (not to be confused with the American that gave us "Fly Like an Eagle" and "Swingtown") gave the band a more fusion slant. Might have not been a problem to those familiar with the more fusion-oriented Canterbury bands like Hatfield & the North. So after one album with Matching Mole, David Sinclair decided to rejoin Caravan, with two new members, Geoff Richardson on electric violin, and bassist John G. Perry who replaced Richard Sinclair. The results were this, their fifth album which was basically picking up where In the Land of Grey & Pink left off. The album starts off with "Memory Lane, Hugh", a nice, catchy piece with vocal harmonies that remind me of the Byrds. "Headloss" is really cheery and upbeat. There's "Hoedown", which basically revolves a repetitive but great rhythm. As you noticed, David Sinclair bought some new instruments, his organ doesn't get much use here, but he used a Davoli synthesizer, electric piano, and clavinet. "C'Thulu", given the song was obviously inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, is supposed to have a more sinister tone, even John G. Perry, who does some of the vocals here (as well as Pye Hastings, of course) sounds oddly like Ozzy Osbourne here! You can even hear the sound of wolves howling in the background. But the song has some ridiculously cheery passages as well. Side two demonstrates just as well how Caravan decided to stick to the sound they're best known. The ending of the album is largely orchestrated, with even an orchestrated theme from Soft Machine's Third (that is, "Slightly-All-The-Time"). If you're a Caravan fan, you're going to want this album, but if you're new, start with In the Land of Grey & Pink.

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For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Caravan
Manufacturer: Eclectic Discs
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NIIUK6
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss 9:19
Hoedown 3:10
Surprise, Surprise 3:45
C'thlu Tmu 6:10
The Dog, The Dog, He's At It Again 5:51
Be Alright/Chance of A Lifetime 6:38
L'Auberge Du Sanglier / A Hunting We Shall Go / Pengola / Backwards / A
Memory Lain, Hugh / Headloss (bonus US mix) 9:18
No! (Be Alright) / Waffle (Chance of A Lifetime) (bonus) 5:10
He Who Smelt It Dealt It (Memory Lain, Hugh) (bonus) 4:43
Surprise, Surprise (bonus) 3:15
Derek's Long Thing (bonus) 11:00

Album Description

For many aficionados of the creative rock music that surfaced in the heady days of the late 60's / early 70's, the bands who surfaced from the English provincial city of Canterbury produced some of the most consistently interesting music of that period. Of all the groups to emerge from the so-called "Canterbury Scene" (the existence of which many of its main protagonists deny), none were quite so original and so enduring as Caravan.

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night was originally released by Deram Records in 1973 in Europe and on London in North America. No singles were taken from the album, although Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss was remixed for release as a single in the USA to promote Caravan's first US tour. The album's closing track A Hunting We Shall Go demonstrates just how tight and inspired a musical unit Caravan were. It provides a stunning climax to what many consider to be one of Caravan's finest albums and is particularly well remembered by prog lovers in North America. This new Eclectic definitive version is remastered and comes housed in digipak format.

For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
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For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
Caravan
Manufacturer: Universal Japan
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005EUK8
Release Date: 2007-05-07

Tracks:

Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss
Hoedown
Surprise, Surprise
C'thulu Thulu
Dog, The Dog, He's at It Again
Be Alright/Chance of a Lifetime
Auberge du Sanglier/A Hunting We Shall Go/Pengola/Backwards/A Hunting W
Memory Lain, Hugh/Headloss [US Mix][#][*]
No! ("Be Alright")/Waffle ("Chance of a Lifetime") [#][*]
He Who Smelt It Dealt It ("Memory Lain, Hugh") [#][*]
Surprise, Surprise [#][*]
Derek's Long Thing*

Album Description

Full title 'For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night'. Japanese digitally remastered reissue of British prog-rock album originally issued on Fontana in 1973 & unavailable domestically. Packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve.

Album Details

Japanese version featuring a limited LP style slipcase. Digitally remastered.