Iqembu i-Caravan lavela ngo-1968 eqenjini elalikhona ngaphambilini i-The Wilde Flowers. Yasungulwa ngo-1964. Iqembu lalihlanganisa uDavid Sinclair, uRichard Sinclair, uPie Hastings noRichard Coughlan. Umculo waleli qembu wawuhlanganisa imisindo ehlukene nezinkombandlela, njenge-psychedelic, rock ne-jazz.
I-Hastings yayiyisisekelo lapho kwakhiwe khona imodeli ethuthukisiwe ye-quartet. Izama ukwenza intuthuko kanye nokuzuza izinkontileka ezintsha eziyimpumelelo nezitudiyo, iqembu le-Caravan laqala ukuhlela izinkambo ezincane ukuze liwine abalandeli abasha.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zabafana abavela eqenjini le-Caravan
Ekuqaleni, abafana babengenabo ubuholi nomphathi wabo. Konke kwashintsha ngemuva kokudlala kwabo eqenjini laseLondon ngo-1968. Noma kunalokho, ngemva kokuphazamiseka kwekhonsathi, abafana baqala ukucabanga ngokubuyela eCanterbury.
Inhloko ye-MGM u-Ian Ralphini wezwa ngabo ngenhlanhla, walalela izingoma futhi wamangala. Bavumelana ngokuthi abafana bazoqopha i-albhamu emnandi, eqinile. Futhi u-Ian uhlela yonke into yamakhonsathi.
Kodwa kancane kancane iqembu lalingasenayo imali eyanele yokuphila enhloko-dolobha ebizayo. Kwanqunywa ukuba ngibuyele edolobheni lakithi ngiyocula khona kuze kube yilapho “kuvela okuthile” okuhle.
Umsebenzi wokuqala wabaculi
I-albhamu yokuqala yaqoshwa ngo-1968 ngenxa yomdidiyeli uTony Cox, okuqanjwe kwakhe okuyinhloko kwakuyi-Place of My Own. Abalaleli belithanda izwi elihlaba umxhwele lomculi uHastings. UDavide wenza umculo owawubonakala kalula futhi othakazelisayo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abazalwane balethwa ukuzoqopha, ababengabadlali abavelele bemitshingo ne-saxophone.
Ukukhishwa kwaleli rekhodi kwamukelwe kahle ngumphakathi nabezindaba. Kodwa ukuze kuhlanganiswe umphumela, kwakudingeka ukukhangisa lo mcimbi. Futhi ngenxa yokuntuleka komphathi onekhono, ukuthandwa kwe-quartet kwehle ngokushesha. Ngo-1969, i-MGM yavala amahhovisi ayo eNgilandi, yashiya iqembu ngaphandle kwenkontileka eyengeziwe.
Icala lenhlanhla
Kodwa abaculi baba nenhlanhla; umphathi uTerry King wabanaka, futhi wabatholela inkontileka yesikhathi eside neDecca Records. Futhi ngemva konyaka baqopha i-disc eyimpumelelo nehlaba umxhwele Uma Bengingaphinda Ngikwenze Konke, Ngizokwenza Konke Phezu Kwakho. Ukwakhiwa okuyinhloko kwaleli rekhodi bekuyi-Can't Be Long Now Francoise ka-Richard Warlock, okwaba yikhadi labo lokushaya isikhathi esithile.
Manje iqembu le-Caravan laqala ukukhula ngenkuthalo, laduma eYurophu. Ukuvakasha, uhambo, imidlalo, amakhonsathi aqala. Laba baculi baphinde baqopha icwecwe lesithathu elithi, In the Land of Gray nePink. Ingoma enkulu kuyo ngethi Nine Feet Underground.
Ukwehla kokuthandwa kweqembu le-Caravan
Ngemva kokukhishwa kwama-albhamu, leli qembu lahamba ngohambo olukhulu. Kodwa zazingasekho iziqongo zobuciko ezinqotshwe abaculi. URichard Sinclair uthe leli qembu laqala "ukufiphala," njengoba abahlanganyeli banikela wonke amandla abo hhayi kuphela ekudaleni nasekuthuthukiseni iqembu lomculo, kodwa nasemindenini yabo.
Ukuduma kwakungasadingeki futhi kufiseleka, kwase kuba nezinkinga ezihlukahlukene nezingxabano. UDavid waba ngowokuqala ukushiya iqembu ukuze ayofuna okunye, wabe esevela emaqenjini ahlukahlukene.
Njengoba edlale i-organ, eyadala umoya othile womsindo wazo zonke izingoma, leli qembu lalahlekelwa ukukhanga nokukhethekile. Washintshwa futhi kwakhululwa irekhodi lesine, elingazange libonwe "ngabalandeli" noma abezindaba. Ubudlelwano eqenjini abuzange buthuthuke. USteve Miller ushiye iqembu wathatha indawo kaDavid.
UHastings noCoughlan abazange balahle ithemba futhi bazama ukuphinda balihlanganise iqembu. Kwabe sekulandela uchungechunge lwabaculi, abahlabeleli nabahleli abalandelanayo. Uhambo lwase-Australia lwabhuntsha ngenxa yokungahlelekile, futhi abaculi babuyela eNgilandi.
UPie Hastings wancenga uDavid ukuthi abuye. I-albhamu elandelayo, ethi For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night, yaqoshwa ngokushesha okukhulu, nebingelelwe ngemfudumalo ngabalandeli abadala baleli qembu. Okulindelwe isikhathi eside futhi kuphumelele, kwaphawula ukubuya kwe-charm yangaphambili yabafana nesitayela. Eyodwa ephumelele kakhulu bekuyi-Chance of a Lifetime, njengokungathi azikho izinguquko eminyakeni yamuva nje.
Umdidiyeli uDavid Hitchcock uhlele ikhonsathi yeqembu esiteji se-Drury Lane Theatre ne-orchestra yaseLondon. Kwenzeka ngo-Okthoba 1973. Akukho okusha okuzwakele, kodwa amahithi athandwa kakhulu nathandwayo angaleso sikhathi ayenziwa. Ukuqoshwa kwekhonsathi kufakwe ku-albhamu yesithupha yeqembu, iCunning Stunts.
Uhambo lwaseMelika
Ngo-August 1974, inkontileka nomphathi uTerry King yaphela, futhi abaculi basayina isivumelwano nenhlangano ye-BTM. Futhi iqembu le-Caravan lahamba uhambo lwalo lokuqala e-United States amasonto ayisishiyagalolunye. Abaculi baphumelele kakhulu ikakhulukazi ngenxa yamakhono namakhono kaJeff Richardson. Ubengumhleli nomphathi wohlelo lwabo.
Ngo-1975, uDave walishiya leli qembu futhi. Umdidiyeli uDavid Hitchcock ushintshile. Futhi irekhodi elisha elikhishwe iBlind Dogat St. I-Dunstans ayikwazanga ukuzuza impumelelo yayo yangaphambili. Ngo-1976, kwakhululwa iqoqo elithi Canterbury Tales/The Best of. Iqoqo liqhubekile nokuvakasha ngamahithi amadala nezingoma ezintsha.
Ukubuya kohlu lwakudala
Ngo-1980, uTerry King wazakhela esakhe isitudiyo sokuqopha, i-Kingdom Records. Kuyo, ngemva kwezingxoxo ezinde, iqembu le-Caravan, elinohlu lwalo oluphelele lokuqala, laqopha i-disc yalo yeshumi. Kodwa ngemva kwamakhonsathi amaningana iqembu lahlukana, futhi wonke umuntu waqala umsebenzi wakhe siqu. Kamuva abaculi bahlela ukuphinda baqophe enye i-albhamu enobude obugcwele, kodwa umphumela waba i-disc eqoshiwe ekhonsathi.
Ubuhlakani beqembu le-Caravan bebuhluke kakhulu. Kwesinye isikhathi ababambiqhaza bebengaqondi ukuthi bazothuthukela ngakuphi. Umculo wabo wawuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, ushubile futhi unothile. Mhlawumbe yingakho bekungekho ukumbozwa kwezithameli eziningi kangaka; akubona bonke abathanda lolu hlobo lomculo. Okukhumbuleka kakhulu kwakuyi-albhamu yesibili yeqembu, Uma Ngingakwenza Konke Ngokuphindaphindiwe, Ngizokwenza Konke Ngaphezu Kwakho, eyathola isimo se-platinum futhi yathengisa inani elibalulekile lamakhophi.
