Ƙungiyar Caravan ta bayyana a cikin 1968 daga ƙungiyar da ta riga ta kasance The Wilde Flowers. An kafa shi a cikin 1964. Ƙungiyar ta haɗa da David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings da Richard Coughlan. Kiɗan ƙungiyar ta haɗa sauti da kwatance daban-daban, kamar su psychedelic, rock da jazz.
Hastings shine ginshiƙin wanda aka ƙirƙiri ingantaccen samfuri na quartet. Ƙoƙarin yin tsalle-tsalle a cikin ci gaba da samun sababbin kwangila masu nasara tare da ɗakunan studio, ƙungiyar Caravan ta fara shirya ƙananan tafiye-tafiye don lashe sababbin magoya baya.
Matakan farko na maza daga ƙungiyar Caravan
Da farko, mutanen ba su da nasu jagoranci da manajansu. Komai ya canza bayan wasan da suka yi a kulob din London a 1968. Mahimmanci, bayan rushewar wasan kwaikwayon, mutanen sun yi tunanin komawa Canterbury.
Ta hanyar kwatsam, shugaban MGM, Ian Ralfini, ya ji labarin su, wanda ya saurari abubuwan da aka tsara kuma ya yi mamaki sosai. Sun yarda cewa mutanen za su yi rikodin kundi mai ƙarfi mai ban sha'awa. Kuma Ian yana shirya komai don kide-kide.
Amma sannu a hankali ƙungiyar ta daina samun isassun kuɗin da za ta zauna a babban birni mai tsada. An yanke shawarar komawa garinsu don yin aiki a can har sai wani abu mai kyau "ya tashi".
Aikin mawaƙa na farko
An yi rikodin kundi na farko a cikin 1968 godiya ga furodusa Tony Cox, wanda babban abin da ya rubuta shi ne Place of My Own. Masu sauraro sun ji daɗin muryar mawaƙi Hastings. Dauda ya ƙirƙiri kiɗan da ke da sauƙin ganewa da kwarjini. A lokaci guda kuma, ’yan’uwa sun shiga cikin rikodin, waɗanda suka ƙware a cikin sarewa da saxophone.
Fitar da wannan rikodin ya samu karbuwa daga jama'a da kafafen yada labarai. Amma don ƙarfafa sakamakon, ya zama dole a tallata wannan taron. Kuma saboda rashin ingantaccen manajan, shaharar quartet ya ragu da sauri. A cikin 1969, MGM ta rufe ofisoshinta a Ingila, ta bar ƙungiyar ba tare da ƙarin kwangila ba.
Shari'ar sa'a
Amma mawaƙa sun yi sa'a, manajan Terry King ya ja hankalin su, wanda ya ba su dogon kwangila tare da Decca Records. Kuma bayan shekara guda sun yi rikodin CD mai nasara kuma mai ban sha'awa Idan zan iya sake yin shi duka, zan yi shi duka. Babban abun da ke tattare da wannan rikodin shine Ba za a iya Doguwa Yanzu Francoise na Richard Warlock, wanda ya zama alamar su na ɗan lokaci.
Yanzu ƙungiyar Caravan ta fara haɓakawa sosai, ya zama sananne a Turai. An fara yawon shakatawa, tafiye-tafiye, wasan kwaikwayo, kide-kide. Mawakan kuma sun yi rikodin fayafai na uku A cikin Ƙasar Grey da Pink. A cikinsa, babban abun da ke ciki shine Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙarƙashin Ƙafafun Tara.
Rage cikin shaharar ƙungiyar Caravan
Bayan fitar da albam din, kungiyar ta tafi yawon shakatawa mai girma. Amma babu sauran ƙwararrun ƙirƙira waɗanda mawakan suka ci. Richard Sinclair ya ce tawagar ta fara "bacewa", yayin da mahalarta suka ba da dukkan karfinsu ba kawai ga kirkire-kirkire da ci gaban kungiyar kade-kade ba, har ma da iyalansu.
Shahararren ya daina zama dole kuma yana da kyawawa, sannan matsaloli daban-daban da jayayya sun tashi. Dauda shine farkon wanda ya bar ƙungiyar don neman wani abu, sannan ya bayyana a cikin ƙungiyoyi daban-daban.
Tun da ya buga gaɓoɓin, wanda ya haifar da wani yanayi na sautin dukan waƙoƙin, ƙungiyar ta rasa kyanta da ban mamaki. An maye gurbinsa kuma aka saki rikodin na hudu, wanda ko dai "magoya bayan" ko 'yan jaridu ba su gane shi ba. Dangantaka tsakanin kungiyar bata inganta ba. Steve Miller ya bar tawagar ya maye gurbin David.
Hastings da Coughlan ba su rasa bege kuma sun yi ƙoƙarin sake ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar. Hakan ya biyo bayan jerin mawaka da mawaka da masu shirya gasar. Yakin Australiya ya gaza saboda rashin tsari kuma mawakan sun koma Ingila.
Pye Hastings ya rinjayi David ya dawo. Album na gaba na 'yan matan da suke girma a cikin dare an yi rikodin su cikin sauri, wanda tsofaffin magoya bayan aikin ƙungiyar suka yi maraba da shi sosai. An dade ana jira da nasara, ya zama abin tunawa da dawowar tsohuwar fara'a da salon maza. Wanda ya fi kowa nasara shine Chance of Lifetime, kamar dai ba a sami canje-canje a cikin 'yan shekarun nan ba.
Furodusa David Hitchcock ya shirya wa ƙungiyar don yin wasan kwaikwayo a Drury Lane Theater tare da Orchestra na London. Ya faru a watan Oktoba 1973. Babu wani sabon abu da ya yi ƙara, amma an yi fitattun fitattun abubuwan da aka fi so a wancan lokacin. An haɗa rikodin kide-kide a cikin kundi na shida na ƙungiyar Cunning Stunts.
yawon shakatawa na Amurka
A watan Agustan 1974, kwangila tare da manajan Terry King ya ƙare, mawaƙa sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da ƙungiyar BTM. Kuma Caravan sun tafi ziyarar farko ta Amurka tsawon makonni tara. Mawakan sun yi nasara sosai saboda hazaka da basirar Jeff Richardson. Shi ne wanda ya shirya kuma ya shirya wasan kwaikwayon nasu.
A 1975 Dave ya sake barin kungiyar. An maye gurbin furodusa David Hitchcock. Kuma sabon rikodin rikodin Blind Dogat St. Dunstans ya kasa cimma nasarar da ya gabata. A cikin 1976, an fitar da tarihin Canterbury Tales / Mafi Kyau. Taron ya ci gaba da rangadi tare da tsofaffin hits da sabbin abubuwan da aka tsara.
Komawar tsohuwar abun da ke ciki
A cikin 1980, Terry King ya kafa nasa ɗakin rikodin nasa, Records Kingdom. A ciki, bayan doguwar tattaunawa, ƙungiyar Caravan a cikin cikakken abun da ke ciki na farko ya rubuta diski na goma. Amma bayan wasu shagulgulan kide kide da wake-wake, kungiyar ta watse, kuma kowanne ya dauki nasa aikin. Daga baya mawakan za su sake yin rikodin wani kundi mai cikakken tsayi, amma fayafai kawai mai rikodin rakodi ya fito.
Ƙungiyar ƙirƙira Caravan ya bambanta sosai. Wani lokaci mahalarta ba su fahimci inda za su ci gaba ba. Waƙarsu ta kasance mai sarƙaƙƙiya, mai ƙarfi da wadata. Wataƙila wannan shine dalilin da ya sa ba a sami fa'ida mai yawa na masu sauraro ba, ba kowa bane ke son irin wannan kiɗan. Mafi abin tunawa shi ne kundi na biyu na ƙungiyar, Idan Zan Iya Yi Duka, Zan Yi Duk A Kanku, wanda daga baya ya karɓi matsayin platinum kuma aka sayar da shi da adadi mai yawa.
