Caravan – Ride
Possibly my favourite of all Caravan songs. ‘Ride’ is a thoroughly psychedelic piece taken from their self-titled 1968 debut album, when the soon-to-be prog faves were still in the grips of psychedelia.
The Canterbury scene stalwarts sprang from the Wilde Flowers, the band that went on to split its membership between Caravan and Soft Machine, and ‘Ride’ is a gentle breeze floating on the warm summer air of a lush pastoral setting, somewhere in England, 1968.
Pye Hastings’ vocals carry the mood perfectly and Dave Sinclair’s organ noodling is, as always, spot on.
One to be heard drifting from perfumed gardens everywhere.
On a separate note, next week will see part one of our interview with psych and prog revisionists, Fruits de Mer Records. So make sure you don’t miss that.
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