The cover is in great condition, with the spine being clearly legible and the inside gatefold is also excellent. The DERAM labels are great, while the vinyl has clearly been played many times and has visible surface scratches. While these do not affect your enjoyment of the album, you can hear some crackle in the quieter moments on Side 1 and 2 clicks at the start of Winter wine. Apart from this, the album has a great sound that will not disappoint.

VINYL: VG

LABEL: Ex

COVER: VG+

Side 1

1. Golf girl
2. Winter wine
3. Love to love you
4. In the land of grey and pink

Side 2

1. Nine feet underground

This is the Caravan’s 3rd album from the Canterbury based band. Probably their best album and considered one of the top 50 prog rock albums of all time, with a great fusion of folk, jazz and rock rhythms, held together with some great whimsical lyrics from David Sinclair. The band are so cohesive throughout the album. The rhythm section of Richard Sinclair and Richard Coughlan are absolutely outstanding and allow the other band members the basis on which to create. This can be heard on ‘Golf girl’ where guitar, organ, mellotron and flute take turns catch your attention. ‘Winter wine’ starts slowly and then the rhythm section kick in and the song goes up another level and develops into a fab 7 minute Middle earth track. ‘Love to love you’ is a more upbeat number with great vocals and drums/percussion, but as the track develops, the keyboards become more dominant and finishes with a flourish of flute. The title track is the final track on Side 1 and is a classic. Side 2 is a 22 minute long track – ‘Nine feet underground’ which describes a descent into hell and back and has some outstanding fuzz organ solos.