My all-time favourite Canterbury-sounding song is...

Caravan Where but for Caravan Would I (from Caravan, 1968)



What's yours? Please post your favourite "Canterbury" song(s) and discuss.

 

The Outing - Aardvark

 

Only because you said Canturbury-SOUNDING, I will put forth "Not Alone" by The Muffins, from their posthumous album (before their reunion period) Open City. Great band from Gaithersburg, Maryland. I wish I could find a YouTube clip.

 

Yes, I wrote so that I would leave the room for Canterbury-like bands from all over the world, so not only for bands from the original movement of whimsy, psychedelic and jazzy progressive music from England, which was decades later named after the city of Canterbury

 

Aftaglid by Steve Hillage from the album Fish Rising.

 

EGG - A Visit to Newport Hospital

 

Honorable Mention:

Kevin Ayers - Song for Insane Times

 

Kevin is the man, what a wonderful song.

 

Would love some EGG reissues.
Dave is the Man.

 

Caravan - 'And I Wish I Were Stoned'/'Don't Worry'

 

Hey that's also my favourite song by Kevin Ayers.

 

Memories by Hugh Hopper.

So many great versions of this song: the Wilde Flowers original, the early Soft Machine demo, Daevid Allen's Bananamoon LP cut, Robert Wyatt's B-side. All timeless. This song has proven itself indestructible, it still resonates after half a century. Here's a beautiful live version from Wyatt's Drury Lane concert in 1974:

 

The full-album is available on YT, and Not Alone starts at 43:39

 

I bought a nm first UK here on the forum a while back of Grey and Pink and it absolutely smokes my cd.
Those jangly guitars really sparkle on the lp. My JBL's never sounded so good.

 

'O Caroline' - Matching Mole

 

Robert Wyatt, "Sea Song"

 

So many to choose from. Probably Winter Wine by Caravan:


I tried to highlight my favorite part, it's just great from start to finish.

 

And I can't resists posting my other all-time favorite Canturbury song:
Soft Machine - Moon In June from The Peel Sessions" (1969-1971) --- not the 1968 solo demo recording, and not the 1970 "Third" recording, but the full band recording from 1969 at the BBC.

 

Canterbury from The Netherlands: Supersister - She Was Naked (1972)

 

For Canterbury-sounding stuff, I'll go with the German group Brainstorm from 1973 and Dutch group Supersister from 1970.

 

Well, I could very much go for your choice: it’s a wonderful track. But as my nom-de-plume might indicate, mine is the perfect ‘Fitter Stoke Has A Bath’ (single version) by Hatfield and the North. It’ll be played at my funeral!

 

Absolutely agree with this.

 

Another great choice. Pye Hastings’ muse at its very best.