Surprise Supplies

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

 * 1) "Here Am I" (Pye Hastings) – 6:15
 * 2) "Chiefs and Indians" (Mike Wedgwood) – 5:22
 * 3) "Can You Hear Me?" (Hastings) – 6:26
 * 4) "All the Way" (Hastings) – 7:17
 * 5) "A Very Smelly, Grubby Little Oik / Bobbing Wide / Come on Back / Oik (reprise)" (Hastings) – 13:01
 * 6) "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