Surprise Supplies
# Surprise Supplies

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In 1976, Caravan played concerts to support the release of their latest album Blind Dog at St. Dunstans (1976). A recording of the show at the New Victoria Theatre in London on 4 May 1976 was released as Surprise Supplies featuring songs from Blind Dog at St. Dunstans plus "Love in Your Eye" from the 1972 album Waterloo Lily.

Recordings from a show recorded on 5 May (broadcast 17 May) for John Peel's BBC radio show appear on the 1998 album Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77.

## Track listing

* "Here Am I" (Pye Hastings) – 6:15
* "Chiefs and Indians" (Mike Wedgwood) – 5:22
* "Can You Hear Me?" (Hastings) – 6:26
* "All the Way" (Hastings) – 7:17
* "A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik / Bobbing Wide / Come on Back / Oik (reprise)" (Hastings) – 13:01
* "Love in Your Eye" – 16:57 (Richard Coughlan, Hastings, Richard Sinclair)

## Personnel

### Caravan

* Pye Hastings – vocals, guitar
* Geoffrey Richardson – viola
* Jan Schelhaas – keyboards
* Mike Wedgwood – vocals, bass guitar
* Richard Coughlan – drums

### Additional personnel

* Jimmy Hastings – clarinet, flute, saxophone

## Releases information

* 1999: CD HTD 96
* 2000: CD Import 70096
* 2002: CD Talking Elephant 039
