Sunday, June 24, 2018

Camel - 1979-09-22 - Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK

Camel
1977-09-22
Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK
"Moon Dance"

FM Broadcast (BBC Sight and Sound) recording, excellent quality
Available in both Lossless (FLAC) and mp3 (320 kbps) versions

Here's more from Camel, from a couple years later, following their albums Moonmadness (1976) and Rain Dances (1977). Thus, this show reflects the lineup change after Moonmadness, with Richard Sinclair (of Caravan) replacing Doug Ferguson on bass, and Mel Collins (King Crimson, Kokomo) on sax and winds, and marked the beginning of a bit jazzier direction for the band. A fine show, primarily featuring songs from Rain Dances, in very good quality from a BBC broadcast. The version I received of this show contained a couple of bonus tracks from a later date, si I included these as well. These are from a 1980 show in Japan, by which time there were additional lineup changes and a move toward a more commercial sound

Tracklist:
1. First Light            5:01
2. Metrognome        4:56
3. Uneven Song        5:56
4. Rhyader-Rhyader Goes to Town 7:20
5. Skylines               5:22
6. Highways of the Sun 5:15
7. Lunar Sea            8:53
8. Rain Dances-Never Let Go 6:33
9. One of These Days I'll Have an Easy Night 7:01

Bonus Tracks (Tokyo - 1980-01-27)
10. Echoes        7:24
11. Nobody Knows    6:22

Andrew Latimer - guitar, vocals
Andy Ward - drums, perscussion
Peter Bardens - keyboards
Richard Sinclair - bass, vocals
Mel Collins - sax, clarinet, flute
(except bonus tracks - Dave Sinclair, Jan Schelhaus-keyboards, Richard Schelhaus - bass)

FLAC - Camel_1977-09-22_London_FLAC.rar

mp3 - Camel_1977-09-22_London_mp3.rar

4 comments:

  1. Fantastic show, an upgrade from my previous copy, darn shame they never toured the East Coast much, saw them in 1974, opening for Wishbone Ash and as a headliner in 2003 at Nearfest. This band takes me spiritually to a wonderful place every time I play them, just beautiful, thanks again

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  2. The lineup on the bonus tracks is:

    Andrew Latimer - Guitars, flute, vocals
    Andy Ward - Drums, percussions
    Colin Bass - Bass, vocals
    Kit Watkins - Keyboards, flute
    Jan Schelhaas - Keyboards

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  3. I happen to know that the "nobody knows" track is actually by a jazz artist named Neil Larsen. This is the title track from his 1978 Jungle Fever album. It's a great track and I was very surprised that Camel played it on this tour. Thought I'd pass that tidbit along. Thanks!

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