'Blind Dog at St. Dunstans'

by Caravan

'Blind Dog at St. Dunstans' cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 23 April 1976
  • Label: BTM
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:22
  • Community rating: 3.26/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Pye Hastings, Jan Schelhaas, Richard Coughlan, Mike Wedgwood, Geoffrey Richardson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Signaling a stylistic pivot for the iconic Canterbury group, this release largely eschewed their sprawling jazz-fusion suites in favor of concise, accessible pop-rock structures. Driven primarily by Pye Hastings's songwriting and Jan Schelhaas's prominent keyboard textures, the LP embraces a warm, soothing aesthetic. While alienating some early purists, it highlighted the band's enduring knack for pastoral, highly melodic arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, polyphonic

Tracklist

  1. Here I Am (6:18)
  2. Chiefs and Indians (5:15)
  3. A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik (4:12)
  4. Bobbing Wide (2:30)
  5. Come on Back (3:56)
  6. Oik (Reprise) (2:27)
  7. Jack and Jill (6:29)
  8. Can You Hear Me? (6:19)
  9. All the Way (8:52)

Credits

  • Caravan - primary artist
  • Mike Wedgwood - bass, congas, vocals, written-by, arranged by [saxes], vocals
  • Richard Coughlan - drums
  • Pye Hastings - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, written-by, lead guitar, vocals, written-by, vocals
  • Pete Norman - lacquer cut by
  • Jan Schelhaas - piano, electric piano, clavinet [clavinet d6], synthesizer [arp string ensemble, mini-moog], organ
  • Geoffrey Richardson - viola, electric guitar, flute, whistle [night-shift whistle], lead guitar, lead guitar, flute
  • Jimmy Hastings - saxophone [saxes], tenor saxophone [tenor sax], clarinet, alto saxophone [alto sax], flute

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