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1970 studio album by Caravan

If I Could Do Information technology All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
Studio album by Caravan
Released	4 September 1970
Recorded	February 1970
Studio	Tangerine Studios, Dalston, London
Genre	Progressive stone, Canterbury scene
Length	47:40
Label	Decca
Producer	Terry King
Caravan chronology
Caravan (1968) If I Could Do It All Again, I'd Practise It All Over You (1970) In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971)

If I Could Do It All Again, I'd Exercise It All Over You is the second album by Canterbury scene band Caravan, released in September 1970. It was the predecessor to their best-known album In the Country of Gray and Pink (1971). The album is representative of the Canterbury scene genre, featuring representative organ solos and melodic vocals typical of the ring'due south way. The album was released on Decca Records, as was the title track as a single release.

Background [edit]

Caravan had released their debut album, Caravan in 1968, achieving some live success and had appeared on Britain and High german idiot box in early 1969. Unfortunately, their characterization, Verve Records close downwards their British operations and dropped the band. Guitarist Pye Hastings later recalled "that state of affairs really left usa in limbo".^[1] The band regrouped and connected performing alive, eventually finding a manager Terry King. David Hitchcock, an employee of Decca Records' art department, saw the band perform at the London Lyceum and recommend that his boss, Hugh Mendl sign them.^[2]

Sessions for the album started at Tangerine Studios on Balls Pond Road, Dalston, London in September 1969, with the band self-producing and Robin Sylvester engineering. Hastings recalled that this acquired problems, every bit every member of the ring wanted his instrument to be louder than the others. The ring recorded a few tracks, but these were abased while the ring went out on tour, having go pop on the university circuit in Britain and Europe.^[3] They regrouped in February the following year^[iv] and recorded the songs on the album mostly live onto 8-track tape. The highlight of the sessions was a fourteen-minute jazz-rock piece assembled from diverse sections contributed by the band, chosen "For Richard".^[five] Keyboardist David Sinclair equanimous the basic structure, while bassist Richard Sinclair wrote the primary melody. Hastings invited his blood brother Jimmy to guest on saxophone and flute, which would become a regular feature of Caravan's studio work.^[6]

The anthology championship and championship track is a quote often attributed to Fasten Milligan but as maybe deriving from a bootlegged Bob Dylan song "All Over You" ("Well, if I had to exercise it all over once again/Babe, I'd do it all over you"), later released on The Bootleg Series, Vol 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964.

The embrace was shot in The netherlands Park, London and was photographed by David Jupe.^[6]

Release and reception [edit]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[vii]

"Howdy Hello", backed with the title track, was released equally a unmarried in Baronial 1970, which led to an advent on the BBC's Pinnacle of the Pops.^[7] The album was released the following month in the Great britain, and in March 1971 in the US.^[eight] According to AllMusic, "If I Could Do It All Over again contains significant progressions over the start album."^[7]

"For Richard" became a staple of live Caravan shows and was typically heard as the set closer.^[5] A fully orchestrated, live version tin be heard on the 1974 release Caravan and the New Symphonia.

The CD was remastered in 2001, with the addition of bonus tracks, including the abandoned September 1969 sessions, and the out-take "A 24-hour interval in the Life of Maurice Haylett", written about the band's road managing director.^[9]

Runway list [edit]

All songs by Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Richard Sinclair and Dave Sinclair.

Side i

No.	Title	Length
1.	"If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You"	3:07
ii.	"And I Wish I Were Stoned" "Don't Worry"	8:20
iii.	"As I Feel I Dice"	5:06
4.	"With an Ear to the Ground You Tin can Make It" "Martinian" "Simply Cox" "Reprise"	9:54

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hi Hullo"	3:45
two.	"Asforteri 25"	one:21
3.	"Tin can't Be Long At present" "Françoise" "For Richard" "Warlock"	fourteen:21
4.	"Limits"	1:35

Bonus tracks on 2001 CD rerelease

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"A Day in the Life of Maurice Haylett" ([x])	5:07
two.	"Why? (And I Wish I Were Stoned, Demo version)" ([11])	iv:22
3.	"Clipping the 8th (Hello How-do-you-do, Demo version)" ([xi])	3:13
4.	"As I Feel I Die, Demo version" ([11])	4:39

Personnel [edit]

Caravan

• Pye Hastings – vocals, 6- and 12-string electric guitars, 6 string acoustic guitar, claves, percussion (worn leather strap, ashtrays), vocalisation (impersonation of a friendly gorilla)
• Richard Sinclair – vocals, bass guitar, tambourine, hedge clippers
• David Sinclair – Hammond organ, piano, harpsichord^[i]
• Richard Coughlan – drums, congas, bongos, maracas, finger cymbals

Additional personnel

• Jimmy Hastings – saxophone, flute
• Robin Sylvester – engineer
• David Jupe – photography and graphics
• Terry King – manager
• Maurice Haylett – route managing director^[12]

References [edit]

Citations

1. ^ ^{a b} Powell 2001, p. iii.
2. ^ Powell 2001, p. 4.
3. ^ Powell 2001, p. 5.
4. ^ Powell 2001, p. 6.
5. ^ ^{a b} Powell 2001, p. seven.
6. ^ ^{a b} Powell 2001, p. eight.
7. ^ ^{a b c} Planer, Lindsay. "If I Could Practise It All Over Once again I'd Do It All Over You lot – Caravan | AllMusic". AllMusic.com . Retrieved 23 June 2011.
8. ^ Powell 2001, p. nine.
9. ^ Powell 2001, p. 2.
10. ^ Out-take
11. ^ ^{a b c} Demo version, previously unreleased
12. ^ Powell 2001, p. 12.

Sources

• Powell, Marker (2001). If I Could Do It All Over Over again, I'd Practise It All Over You (Media notes). Universal / Decca. 8829682.

External links [edit]

• Caravan - If I Could Practice It All Over Once more, I'd Do It All Over You (1970) album review by Lindsay Planer, credits & releases at AllMusic.com
• Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Once again, I'd Do It All Over You (1970) anthology releases & credits at Discogs.com
• "Footing and Sky review: Caravan – If I Could Practise It All Over Once again, I'd Do Information technology All Over Y'all". www.progreviews.com. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2009.

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