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Baltimore 12​/​6​/​1992

by Richard Sinclair and Friends

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1.
Intro 01:47
2.
Oh Caroline 05:24
3.
A.A. Man 06:25
4.
Winter Wine 08:35
5.
Back to Herne Bay Front 07:41
6.
Share It 03:37
7.
It Didn't Matter Anyway 09:09

about

It was on Saturday, December 5th in 1992 when I received a phone call in the afternoon from my progressive rock aficionado friend George Daout － to tell me that Canterbury progressive rock luminary Richard Sinclair (from the bands Caravan, Hatfield and The North, and Camel) would be performing the next day in Baltimore, Maryland; and that Richard was hoping to perform a set of songs with a band. George then asked me if would play keyboards in the set －though I was reluctant, given the brief window of time to prepare. About an hour later, George called back and persuaded me to accept the wonderful offer － and with Brad Allen on electric guitar and my younger brother Joe on drums and cymbals. That evening, I called Richard and he and I selected several songs from his catalog. Brad and I then transcribed the songs into the wee hours of the night.

So it was on Sunday, December 6th in 1992 when Richard, Brad and my brother Joe and I met at Spike & Charlie's Restaurant in Baltimore, MD － to rehearse and then perform on that evening a set of six songs. 30 years later, I'm happy to share with you that set in its entirety － and because it was truly magical all those years ago for Brad and Joe and me to meet Richard and perform with him!
-Peter Princiotto, Dec. 2022
www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ZmZxsMjSI
www.peterprinciotto.com
www.discogs.com/artist/91801-However
www.discogs.com/release/14442840-Frank-Wyatt-Friends-Zeitgeist
www.kitwatkins.com/Frames-of-Mind/

There was an early show that night too, with just Richard solo:
richardsinclairsongs.bandcamp.com/album/spike-charlies-early-show

Sometime during 1992, I decided that it was time for a Kevin Ayers tour, so I started telling the promoters that I would be able to offer them this tour later in the year. Kevin didn’t know anything about this until July or August, by which time my rumour had developed quite a lot of credibility. Kevin faxed me that he was interested in our 4 C’s (I’d begun to refer to the network as the tour of the 4C’s – Cafes, Cabarets, Clubs and Cathedrals: however; during some tours, I’ve threatened to replace two Cs with Crises and Chaos), and I got a tour fixed for November and December. Then it happened that his European tour had been extended by several weeks, so I had to reschedule the whole tour.

In early November 1992, Richard Sinclair rang to say that he’d just done some solo dates in Italy, and was no longer reluctant to do them, so, since Kevin wasn’t coming round, perhaps he’d come and do Kevin’s dates. Great, I said, why don’t you call me two weeks ago before I cancel the whole thing? But, miraculously, we managed to put in 17 dates for Richard – in December – when we didn’t think anyone could tour successfully!

Richard did something which I thought was both brave and clever – he asked me to recruit supportive musicians who could join him for gigs. So he literally was showing up on stage in some cities meeting bands who said they knew his songs. So, that tour occurred with generous helpings of spontenaiety, and quite a few of the gigs remained solo performances, in which he played a remarkable diversity of songs from throughout his colourful history, as well as pieces in progress. Three of the dates had actually been Kevin’s at first, so Richard promised to play Kevin’s songs at those gigs – notably ‘He would have done it again’!

We had already scheduled a Richard Sinclair’s Caravan of Dreams tour for April 1993, before the solo tour occurred, so the solo appearances were supposed to help make the band tour more viable.

With the conclusion of Richard’s solo tour, we began to focus on what I started calling The Tour Of The Month Club, with Kevin Ayers in February, Daevid Allen’s Magick Brothers, Caravan of Dreams in April, Gilli Smyth in May, Phil Miller and Fred Baker in June, and Didier Malherbe and Shyamal Maitra in July. It was my fervent belief that all promoters could benefit by doing more, and by doing it more regularly. In this way, or so the theory went, each gig could include announcements about upcoming dates, hopefully already set in the calendar. But that was only the plan, reality turned out to be quite different.
- Rick Chafen
canterburyscene.com/2020/10/26/a-brief-us-histoury-written-by-rick-chafen-published-in-facelift-11-1993/

credits

released December 6, 1992

Richard Sinclair - vocals, elec. fretless bass guitar
Brad Allen - elec. guitar
Peter Princiotto - MIDI keyboards
Joe "Stellar" Princiotto - drums and cymbals

All songs by Richard Sinclair, except "Winter Wine" by Coughlan / Hastings / Sinclair / Sinclair, and "Oh Caroline" by David Sinclair / Robert Wyatt

Published by SinclairSongs © 1992 All Rights Reserved

Recorded at Spike & Charlie's Restaurant and Wine Bar, Baltimore MD on Sunday December 6, 1992
www.gayot.com/restaurants/spike-charlies-restaurant-wine-bar-baltimore-md-21201_29ba99170.html

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Richard Sinclair Martina Franca, Italy

The leading voice of the Canterbury Scene. Beginning with the Wilde Flowers, on to Caravan, Hatfield & the North, Camel and all his recent group efforts, Richard Sinclair's singing and bass playing have been a constant source of delight for lovers of Canterbury music. A deep, low voice, a talent for memorable melodies few can match, plus an imaginative and fluid technique on the bass and guitar. ... more

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