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Artist:	Caravan
Venue:	Corn Exchange
City:	Cambridge, England, UK
Date:	Saturday, 22 Mar 1975
Collection:	Attended Wishlist
Community:	1 Attended

	Lineup	Rating
1	Caravan	Rate
2	Renaissance	Rate

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Burton LeB SUBS 12th May 2021		Review I was really looking forward to this gig, mainly because of Caravan, whose material I knew quite well by this time, but also as a mate of mine bought 'Turn Of The Cards' by Renaissance the previous year and had played it a lot whenever we went round to hang out. I think I'm right in saying that during the tour, the bands had taken it in turns to headline, but I'm not sure. The following is taken from my diary of the time: "We arrived at the Corn Exchange and had to join a huge queue of people waiting to get in; not as bad as it had been two years ago when we saw Focus there though, and we eventually got in. By the time we'd been to the bar to get some drinks Renaissance were starting their set, so we hurriedly found a place to sit down. (Note: The Corn Exchange is a seatless venue but for this gig the audience had decided to sit on the floor - they obviously knew it was going to be a long night.) The band sounded great from the off; Annie Haslam not only looked incredible but had a beautiful yet powerful voice, and at one point bassist Jon Camp played a great solo accompanied by his own echo. After a fantastic set that lasted nearly two hours and included 'Mother Russia', the band left the stage to deafening applause and cheering. Before Caravan came on there was a BTM Records promo slide film shown on a screen at the back of the stage, with pictures and musical excerpts of other artists on the label, including Curved Air, Climax Blues Band, Trace and Wishbone Ash alongside Caravan and Renaissance of course. At around 10:30 Caravan appeared and opened with 'Memory Lain, Hugh'. Each member of the band played extremely well, including the somewhat egotistical (it says here) viola player - Geoff Richardson - who also contributed guitar and flute at times. They featured some tracks from 'For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night' and some new ones from their forthcoming LP to be called 'Toys In The Attic' which apparently is an American expression meaning madness, according to Geoff. (Note again: by the time the album came out it had been re-named 'Cunning Stunts' instead, probably due to Aerosmith having made an album called 'Toys In The Attic', and beat them to it.) Their last number was the one I'd been waiting for and which I'd occasionally dared to shout out for - the lengthy 'For Richard', which was superb. After that they went off but soon came back and encored with a really lively piece appropriately entitled 'Hoedown', again from 'For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night'. The night's concert ended at around 12:25, a total of over four hours of live music and it had been thoroughly enjoyable and real value for money." 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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