For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night

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For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
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Studio album by
Released5 October 1973
Recorded1973
StudioTollington Park Studios; Chipping Norton Recording Studios; Decca Studios, West Hampstead
Genre Progressive rock, Canterbury scene
Length45:09
Label Deram
Producer David Hitchcock
Caravan chronology
Waterloo Lily
(1972)
For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night
(1973)
Caravan and the New Symphonia
(1974)
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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.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Memory Lain, Hugh"
"Headloss"
9:19
2."Hoedown"3:10
3."Surprise, Surprise"4:03
4."C'thlu Thlu"6:10
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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.TitleWriter(s)Length
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

Personnel

Caravan
Additional personnel

Releases

YearTypeLabelCatalog #
1973LPDeramSDLR12
1973LPLondon627
1991CDPolydor RecordsPO 1836
1999CDDeram820971
2001 remasterCDDecca8829802
2001CDDecca9060
2002CDUniversal/Island2392
2005CDUniversal International882980
2007CDEclectic Discs1303
2014SACDUniversalUIGY-9545

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References

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