Camel are an
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progressive rockProgressive rock is a form of rock music that evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility."...
band formed in 1971. An important figure in the
Canterbury sceneThe Canterbury scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
, the group has been releasing studio and live recordings steadily, with considerable success, since their formation.
1970s
Andrew LatimerAndrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
(guitar),
Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
(drums) and
Doug FergusonDouglas 'Doug' Ferguson is a British musician known mostly for playing the bass guitar in the progressive rock band Camel from 1971 to 1976, his reason for leaving being the evolution of Camel's music towards jazz. That band's first, self-titled album, released in 1973, also features his singing...
(bass) had been playing as a trio called The Brew around the
GuildfordGuildford is the county town of Surrey, England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...
,
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area of England. They recruited
Peter BardensPete Bardens was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer...
(keyboards) and after an initial gig to fulfill a Bardens commitment on 8 October 1971 in
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, Northern Ireland under the name of
Peter Bardens' On, they changed their name to Camel. Their first gig was at Waltham Forest Technical College, London supporting
Wishbone AshWishbone Ash are a British rock band who achieved success in the early and mid-1970s. Their popular records include Wishbone Ash , Argus , There's the Rub , and New England...
on 4 December.
In August 1972 Camel signed with
MCA RecordsMCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part...
and their eponymous debut album was released six months later. The record was not a success and the band moved to the
Deram RecordsDeram Records was a record label set up by Decca Records. It was active from 1966 until 1979.-History:Decca established Deram Records initially as an outlet for its 'Deramic Sound' recordings, which allowed for more space between instruments, rendering these softer to the ear...
division of
Decca RecordsDecca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; later the link with the British company was broken for several decades...
(UK).
In 1974 they released their second album, the critically acclaimed
MirageMirage is Camel's second album, released in 1974, and is one of the group's most remembered albums. It features their best-known song, "Lady Fantasy", and is also a showplace for Andrew Latimer's flute, notably on "Supertwister"....
on which Latimer showed he was adept on flute. Although failing to chart at home, it gained success on the U.S. west coast, prompting a three month tour there.
Released in 1975, the instrumental, orchestrated
concept albumIn popular music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical". Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs...
Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, had been inspired by the
Paul GallicoPaul William Gallico was a successful American novelist, short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures...
short storyA short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels or books...
of the same name. This was the breakthrough album that brought Camel wider attention, but not without controversy. Gallico, who loathed smoking, thought the band were related to the cigarette brand and threatened to take legal action. Camel avoided this by adding the prefix 'Music inspired by...' to the album's cover. The album's success led to a prestigious sell out concert at the
Royal Albert HallThe Royal Albert Hall is an arts venue situated in the Knightsbridge area of the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
,
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, with the
London Symphony OrchestraThe London Symphony Orchestra is a major orchestra of the United Kingdom, as well as one of the best-known orchestras in the world. Since 1982, the LSO has been based in London's Barbican Centre.-History:...
in October 1975.
A fourth album,
MoonmadnessMoonmadness is an album released in March 1976 by English progressive rock band Camel. It was their 4th album and the last to feature the original line-up . After the success of the tightly structured, instrumental The Snow Goose in 1975, the band decided to move back into a looser, more accessible...
in 1976, continued the success, but was the last to feature the original line up.
Mel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and prominent session musician....
'
saxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bored transposing musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841...
and
fluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
augmented the band for the subsequent tour, beginning an eight year association. Drummer Ward was pushing for a more jazz direction and this demand on Ferguson led to his departure in early 1977.
Richard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
(previously in
CaravanCaravan are an English band from the Canterbury area, founded by former Wilde Flowers members David Sinclair, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. Caravan rose to success over a period of several years from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the Canterbury scene, blending...
) replaced Ferguson and this line-up released
Rain DancesRain Dances is the fifth studio album album by English progressive rock band Camel. It was released in 1977, with Deram Records, and brought a major change to the band's lineup, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, former King...
(1977) and
BreathlessBreathless is the 6th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel, released in 1978. It is the last album to feature the group's original keyboardist Peter Bardens, who left the group before the tour for the album...
(1978). The latter was the last album to feature Bardens, who announced his departure before the supporting tour. He was replaced by two keyboard players:
Dave SinclairDavid Sinclair , is a keyboardist who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene...
(cousin of Richard and also from Caravan) and
Jan SchelhaasJan Russell Schelhaas is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel....
(also of Caravan). The Sinclair cousins both left the band after the tour, replaced by
Kit WatkinsKit Watkins is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont.-Beginnings:Born in Virginia to classical piano teachers, Watkins took piano lessons from the age of 5 to 13. As a teenager he began to play keyboards in various amateur bands, first playing Top 40...
and
Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
.
This line up recorded the more commercial
I Can See Your House from HereI Can See Your House from Here is the 7th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel. Released in 1979, a new line up was introduced...
(1979), an album which caused problems for the advertisers due to its irreverent cover, displaying a crucified astronaut looking at earth. Despite some fans' reservations about commercial leanings, the album concludes with a ten minute instrumental 'Ice', showcasing Latimer's lead guitar skills.
1980s
Camel returned to the concept album for their next recording.
NudeNude is a concept album released by Camel in 1981. The concept of the album is based on a true story of a Japanese soldier marooned on an island in World War II who doesn't know that the war is over...
(1981), is based on a true story about a
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese
soldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
(
Hiroo OnodaSecond Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda is a former Japanese army intelligence officer who fought in World War II, and did not surrender until 1974.-Military service:...
) found on an island many years after
World War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
had ended, not realising the war was over. Duncan MacKay provided most of the keyboards in lieu of Watkins and Schelhaas, who were involved in other projects, but returned for the tour. This was the first album to feature lyrics by Latimer's future wife Susan Hoover (who had in fact contributed lyrical ideas, albeit anonymously, to
I Can See...). In mid-1981, Ward stopped playing drums due to
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and
drug abuseDrug abuse has a huge range of definitions related to taking a psychoactive drug or performance enhancing drug for a non-therapeutic or non-medical effect. All of these definitions imply a negative judgement of the drug use in question...
and Camel quietly disbanded. Years later it emerged that Ward had made a suicide attempt.
Without a band, but a contract to fulfill and pressure from Decca for a 'hit song', Latimer was joined by an array of guest and session musicians, including
David PatonDavid Paton is a bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist....
,
Chris RainbowChris Rainbow is a Scottish rock singer/musician who had two minor hit songs, 'Give Me What I Cry For' and 'Solid State Brain' in the 1970's....
and
Anthony PhillipsAnthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their second album, Trespass...
at Abbey Road studio in early 1982. The resultant album, ironically entitled
The Single FactorThe Single Factor, released in 1982, is the 9th studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. The title refers to the fact that guitarist Andy Latimer was the sole remaining original member, though original keyboardist Peter Bardens makes a guest appearance on 'Sasquatch'.
The album was...
, was a far cry from the band's early hard rock/progressive sound, but it scraped the lower regions of the charts and enabled a successful Tenth Anniversary Tour, featuring Paton, Rainbow, Watkins, Stuart Tosh (drums) and
Andy DalbyAndy Dalby is a rock guitarist who was largely active in the 1970s and early 1980s.He was a leading member of Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, with which he recorded three albums from 1971-3 and was the only constant member apart from Brown himself...
(guitar) accompanying Latimer. Legal wranglings over royalties then began with their former manager which took five years to resolve.
Ton ScherpenzeelTon Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist who was a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....
(of Dutch prog-rock band
KayakKayak are a Dutch progressive rock band founded in 1972 by Ton Scherpenzeel and Pim Koopman. In 1973, their debut album "See See The Sun" was released, including 3 hit singles. Against their own will, they were immediately declared "Holland's new supergroup" in the press...
) joined Latimer as Camel's new keyboardist with Paul Burgess on drums for 1984's
Stationary TravellerStationary Traveller is a studio album by Camel. Like much of Camel's output, it is a concept album, in this case centering around the trials of East German refugees attempting to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.-Original Release :...
. Bass returned (for good) to fill the bass position for the tour, which also included Rainbow on backing and occasional lead vocals and some keyboards. (For the Hammersmith Odeon shows which were filmed, an additional keyboard player, Richie Close (who died a few years later from Legionnaires' disease) was also added, and former members Peter Bardens and Mel Collins made guest appearances.
After the release of the resulting live
Pressure PointsPressure Points is a live album by progressive rock band Camel, released in 1984.-Track listing:#"Pressure Points" – 7:17#"Drafted" – 3:51#"Captured" – 3:02#"Lies" – 5:16#"Sasquatch" – 4:09#"West Berlin" – 5:19#"Fingertips" – 4:48...
in late 1984, Camel disappeared without trace as far as the public was concerned. Finishing the contract with Decca, Latimer was unable to interest other British record companies and eventually moved to
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
when the lawsuit ended (successfully for him).
1990s
After a seven year hiatus, Latimer revived the Camel name, releasing a new album,
Dust and DreamsDust And Dreams is a Camel album, released in 1991. It's inspired by John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.-Track Listings:All songs were written by Andy Latimer, except where noted.#"Dust Bowl" – 1:54#"Go West" – 3:42#"Dusted Out" – 1:35...
, in 1991. Part of it had actually been recorded as early as 1988, before Latimer's departure to the US, and featured all members of the previous incarnation, i.e. Bass, Burgess, Scherpenzeel, alongside a number of additional musicians. The album was largely instrumental and inspired by
John SteinbeckJohn Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and the novella Of Mice and Men . He wrote a total of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and five collections of short stories...
's classic novel
The Grapes of WrathThe Grapes of Wrath is a novel published in 1939 and written by John Steinbeck, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on a poor family of sharecroppers, the Joads, driven from their home by drought,...
. It was released under Latimer's own label Camel Productions and, whilst according to some it was a triumphant return to their progressive roots, to others it was a disappointingly middle-of-the-road effort.
Former
Mike OldfieldMichael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age and more recently dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...
and
FishDerek William Dick, better known as Fish , is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyricist and occasional actor.-Biography:...
keyboardist
Mickey SimmondsMickey Simmonds is a English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish...
joined Latimer, Bass and Burgess for the 1992 "comeback" world tour from which in 1993 a double live CD, recorded in Holland,
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, was released. In 1994, former members Bardens and Ward formed
MirageMirage were a progressive rock offshoot from Camel in the 1990s.The band was formed by drummer Andy Ward and keyboardist Peter Bardens, both former members of Camel, having last been together in the band in 1977. Also in the original line-up were guitarist Steve Adams and bassist Rick Biddulph...
with members of
Caravan-Transport:*Caravan , a group of travellers journeying together* Convoy, a group of vehicles or ships traveling together for mutual support** Camel train, a series of camels carrying goods or passengers in a group...
. In this incarnation, it played a short European tour, with a setlist including numerous Camel pieces, but it quickly gave way to a Bardens-led band with no other Camel or Caravan alumni.
Inspired by the death of Latimer's father, he and Hoover then wrote
Harbour of TearsHarbour of Tears is a Studio Concept Album by English progressive rock band Camel. It tells the story of an Irish family who is painfully separated as their young ones depart to the United States to seek a better future.- Title & Lyrics :...
(nickname for
CobhCobh is a sheltered seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland with a population of around 13,000 inhabitants....
(pronounced 'cove') harbour in
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
from which many sailed off to the USA during the Potato Famine) under the Camel name, which was released in 1996.
In 1997 Camel again toured the west coast of the U.S., Japan and Europe (as they had in 1992) with Latimer supported by Bass, Foss Patterson (keyboards) and drummer Dave Stewart. The tour resulted in
Coming of AgeComing of Age is a live album by progressive rock band Camel released 1998.-Track listing:#"Lunar Sea" – 8:57#"Hymn to Her" – 6:34...
, a live double-CD and DVD.
In 1999 Latimer, Stewart, Bass and guest Scherpenzeel, recorded
RajazRajaz is a studio album by Camel released in 1999 by Camel Productions. The album's songs have been composed on the camel's walking metre. Praised by fans & critics alike, the album is a return to form.-Track Listings:...
. Set in ancient times,
RajazRajaz is a studio album by Camel released in 1999 by Camel Productions. The album's songs have been composed on the camel's walking metre. Praised by fans & critics alike, the album is a return to form.-Track Listings:...
was a spontaneous composition inspired by the rhythm of the
camelCamels are even-toed ungulates within the genus Camelus. The dromedary or Arabian camel has a single hump, and the Bactrian camel has two humps. They are native to the dry desert areas of western Asia, and central and east Asia, respectively...
's footsteps to help the weary travelers reach their destination. Latimer was smitten with the idea that the rhythm of the camel would help people reach their journey's end, and this album truly took Camel back to their prog-rock roots.
2000s
Stewart left the band when he was offered the chance to manage a drum store in Scotland before the following live tour, to be replaced by French Canadian Denis Clement on Drums. The 2000 tour was augmented by
Guy LeBlancGuy LeBlanc is a Canadian keyboardist and composer. He leads his own progressive-rock band - Nathan Mahl, and was a member of the British progressive band Camel from 2000-2003...
on keyboards. Latimer, Bass, LeBlanc and Clement then went to a tour of South America in 2001.
In 2002 this quartet released
A Nod and a WinkA Nod and a Wink is the 14th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel released in July 2002 on the label Camel Productions. It is their latest studio album.- Track listing :...
, - a reflective, mellow album, prominently featuring Latimer's flute. The album was dedicated to Peter Bardens, who died in January 2002.
Following somewhat-troubled live tours of recent years, Camel Productions announced the 2003 tour to be Camel's "Farewell Tour". Guy LeBlanc had to quit shortly before going on the road due to the illness of his wife, and was replaced by
Tom BrislinTom Brislin is an American keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from New Jersey. He is the founding member of the rock band Spiraling, and plays keyboards with several well-known acts...
(in the US) and Ton Scherpenzeel (European leg). The US leg of the tour was highlighted by a headline appearance at
NEARfestThe North East Art Rock Festival, or NEARfest for short, is a two-day event celebrating the resurgence of progressive and eclectic music in the United States and around the world. The event is held annually in early summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, approximately one hour north of Philadelphia and...
, the world's most prestigious progressive rock festival.
Latimer started work on
unpluggedAcoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
(acoustic) versions of old Camel material, but this was aborted. In 2006, Latimer accepted an invitation to audition for a guitar/vocal role on
Roger WatersGeorge Roger Waters is an English rock musician. He is best known as the bass player and one of the main songwriters and lead singers in the English rock band Pink Floyd from 1964 to 1985...
tour, the position eventually being filled by
Dave KilminsterDave Kilminster is a British guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and music teacher. He is mostly known for touring with Keith Emerson and with Roger Waters on his The Dark Side Of The Moon 2006 - 2008 tour, performing much of the guitar and vocal duties that are originally David Gilmour's...
.
In October 2006 Latimer completed a move back to the UK with intentions of recording and releasing future Camel albums from his home country and completing a project started in 2003 with
Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
and
Doug FergusonDouglas 'Doug' Ferguson is a British musician known mostly for playing the bass guitar in the progressive rock band Camel from 1971 to 1976, his reason for leaving being the evolution of Camel's music towards jazz. That band's first, self-titled album, released in 1973, also features his singing...
.
In May 2007, Susan Hoover announced through the Camel Productions website and newsletter that Andrew Latimer has suffered from a progressive blood disorder Polycythaemia vera since 1992 which has progressed to
MyelofibrosisMyelofibrosis, also known as myeloid metaplasia, chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis, and primary myelofibrosis, is a disorder of the bone marrow...
. This was part of the reason why Camel ceased extensive touring. Latimer underwent
chemotherapyChemotherapy, in its most general sense, is the treatment of disease by chemicals especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells. In popular usage, it refers to antineoplastic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a cytotoxic standardized treatment regimen...
and a
bone marrow transplantHematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the transplantation of blood stem cells derived from the bone marrow or blood...
in November 2007. He responded well to treatment, but has suffered from fatigue and cycles of severe joint pain.
In the latest newsletter (September 2008), Susan happily reported that Andrew is gradually regaining strength and they are adopting a positive frame of mind that Camel will eventually be able to play a mini-tour and release a new studio album.
Legacy
A
tribute bandA tribute act is a music group, singer, or musician who specifically plays the music of a well-known music act - often one which has disbanded, ceased touring or is deceased...
, The Humps, routinely performs material from the classic era of the band.
Band members
Most recent line-up
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
, vocals, fluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind group. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, recorderThe recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes — whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...
, keyboardsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
(1971-)
- Colin Bass
Colin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- bass guitarThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
, vocals, keyboard, acoustic guitar (1979-1981, 1984-)
- Denis Clement - drums
A drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
, percussionA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
(2000-)
- Ton Scherpenzeel
Ton Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist who was a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....
- keyboards (1984, 1991, 1999, 2003-)
Former members
- Doug Ferguson
Douglas 'Doug' Ferguson is a British musician known mostly for playing the bass guitar in the progressive rock band Camel from 1971 to 1976, his reason for leaving being the evolution of Camel's music towards jazz. That band's first, self-titled album, released in 1973, also features his singing...
- bass, vocals (1971-1977)
- Peter Bardens
Pete Bardens was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer...
- keyboards, vocalsA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
(1971-1978)
- Andy Ward
Andrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- drummerA drummer is a person who plays drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays classical or Latin percussion. Most bands for Rock, Pop, Jazz, R&B etc...
, percussionA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration...
(1971-1981)
- Richard Sinclair
Richard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
- bass, vocals (1977-1978)
- Mel Collins
Mel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and prominent session musician....
- saxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bored transposing musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in 1841...
s, flute (1977-1979)
- Jan Schelhaas
Jan Russell Schelhaas is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel....
- keyboards (1979-1981)
- Kit Watkins
Kit Watkins is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont.-Beginnings:Born in Virginia to classical piano teachers, Watkins took piano lessons from the age of 5 to 13. As a teenager he began to play keyboards in various amateur bands, first playing Top 40...
- keyboards, flute (1979-1982)
- Paul Burgess - drums, percussion (1984-1992)
- Dave Stewart - drums, percussion (1997-2000)
- Guy LeBlanc
Guy LeBlanc is a Canadian keyboardist and composer. He leads his own progressive-rock band - Nathan Mahl, and was a member of the British progressive band Camel from 2000-2003...
- keyboards, vocals (2000-2003)
Additional studio musicians
- 'Eddie' - congas on Camel
- Tony Cox
Tony Cox is a Zimbabwean born guitarist and composer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. A master of the Fingerpicking style of guitar playing, he has won the SAMA for best instrumental album twice...
- synthesizer on Camel
- Jimmy Hastings
James Brian Gordon 'Jimmy' Hastings , is a British professional musician associated with the Canterbury scene....
- flute on Mirage
- David Bedford
David Vickerman Bedford , is a British composer and musician. He has written and played popular as well as classical music.-Studies and early work:...
- orchestral arrangements on Music Inspired by The Snow Goose
- Martin Drover - trumpet on Rain Dances
- Malcolm Griffiths - trombone on Rain Dances
- Brian Eno
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as simply Brian Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, music theorist and singer, who, as a solo artist, is best known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at art school, taking...
- keyboards on Rain Dances
- Fiona Hibbert - harp
A harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. As many other non-percussion instruments, it can also be used as a percussion instrument. All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar;...
on Rain Dances
- Dave Sinclair
David Sinclair , is a keyboardist who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene...
- keyboards on Breathless
- Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins LVO is an Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for English progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
- percussion on I Can See Your House From Here
- Duncan Mackay
Duncan MacKay was a Scottish footballer who played for Celtic, Third Lanark, Melbourne Croatia, Perth Azzurri and the Scotland national team.Mackay turned professional when he joined Celtic from Maryhill Harp aged 17 in 1955...
- keyboards on Nude and The Single Factor
- Chris Green
Chris Green may refer to:* Chris Green , British writer* Chris Green , British comedian and writer* Chris Green , American writer* Chris Green , NFL defensive back...
- celloThe cello is a bowed string instrument. The word derives from the Italian violoncello. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra...
on Nude
- Gasper Lawal - percussion on Nude
- Herbie Flowers
Herbie Flowers is an English studio musician specialising in bass guitar, double-bass and tuba, who came to prominence performing with David Bowie and Elton John, and then later Lou Reed...
- tubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
on Nude
- David Paton
David Paton is a bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist....
- bass, vocals on The Single Factor and Harbour of Tears; vocals on Dust and Dreams
- Graham Jarvis
Graham Jarvis was a Canadian character actor in US films and TV from the 1960s.Born in Toronto, Jarvis attended Williams College before moving to New York to pursue a career in theater...
- drums on The Single Factor
- Dave Mattacks
Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. He began as a trainee piano tuner before taking up the drums. He played with several jazz bands before joining the electric folk band, Fairport Convention, in 1969. He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road accident, on the M1...
- drums on The Single Factor
- Simon Phillips
Simon Phillips is a prolific English jazz, pop and rock drummer.-Career:He got early prominence as the drummer on the acclaimed 1976 LP 801 Live with Phil Manzanera and Eno...
- drums on The Single Factor
- Anthony Phillips
Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their second album, Trespass...
- guitar, keyboards on The Single Factor
- Chris Rainbow
Chris Rainbow is a Scottish rock singer/musician who had two minor hit songs, 'Give Me What I Cry For' and 'Solid State Brain' in the 1970's....
- vocals on The Single Factor and Stationary Traveller
- Haydn Bendall - keyboards on Stationary Traveller
- Francis Monkman
Francis Monkman is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founder member of the progressive rock band Curved Air.-Career:...
- harpsichord synclavier on The Single Factor
- Tristian Fry - glockenspiel
A glockenspiel [German Glocken + spielen ] is a percussion instrument, composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone's bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel's are metal, thus making...
on The Single Factor
- Jack Emblow - accordion
The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox...
on The Single Factor
- Mae McKenna - vocals on Dust and Dreams and Harbour of Tears
- Christopher Bock - drums on Dust and Dreams
- Don Harriss - keyboards on Dust and Dreams
- Neil Panton - oboe
The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
on Dust and Dreams; oboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois", "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
, soprano saxophoneThe soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument. The soprano is the third in size of the saxophone family which consists, as generally accepted, of the sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, and contrabass...
, harmonium on Harbour of Tears
- Kim Venaas - timpani
Timpani are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick...
, harmonicaThe harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes. The pressure caused by blowing or drawing air into the reed chambers causes a reed or multiple reeds to vibrate up and down creating sound...
on Dust and Dreams
- John Burton
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- French horn on Dust and Dreams and Harbour of Tears
- Mickey Simmonds
Mickey Simmonds is a English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish...
- keyboards on Harbour of Tears
- John Xepoleas - drums on Harbour of Tears
- Barry Phillips
Barry Phillips is a musician, arranger and producer of many recordings of Celtic, world and American folk music on theGourd Music label.Barry received a Masters of Music degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1990...
- cello on Harbour of Tears and Rajaz
- Karen Bentley - violin
The violin is a bowed string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello....
on Harbour of Tears
- Anita Stoneham - violin on Harbour of Tears
- Terry Carleton - drums, percussion, backing vocals on A Nod and a Wink
- JR Johnston - backing vocals on A Nod and a Wink
Touring Musicians
1971-1976
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Peter BardensPete Bardens was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer...
- Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- Doug FergusonDouglas 'Doug' Ferguson is a British musician known mostly for playing the bass guitar in the progressive rock band Camel from 1971 to 1976, his reason for leaving being the evolution of Camel's music towards jazz. That band's first, self-titled album, released in 1973, also features his singing...
1976
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Peter BardensPete Bardens was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer...
- Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- Doug FergusonDouglas 'Doug' Ferguson is a British musician known mostly for playing the bass guitar in the progressive rock band Camel from 1971 to 1976, his reason for leaving being the evolution of Camel's music towards jazz. That band's first, self-titled album, released in 1973, also features his singing...
- Mel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and prominent session musician....
1977
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Peter BardensPete Bardens was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer...
- Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- Richard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
- Mel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and prominent session musician....
1978-1979
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- Richard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
- Mel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and prominent session musician....
- Jan SchelhaasJan Russell Schelhaas is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel....
- Dave SinclairDavid Sinclair , is a keyboardist who has been part of the progressive rock Canterbury Scene...
1979-1981
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Andy WardAndrew John 'Andy' Ward is an English drummer. He was a founding member of the rock band Camel.Camel formed in 1971, evolving from Ward's first band, The Brew...
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Jan SchelhaasJan Russell Schelhaas is an English musician, mostly known as the keyboard player from the bands Caravan and Camel....
- Kit WatkinsKit Watkins is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont.-Beginnings:Born in Virginia to classical piano teachers, Watkins took piano lessons from the age of 5 to 13. As a teenager he began to play keyboards in various amateur bands, first playing Top 40...
1982
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Kit WatkinsKit Watkins is an American progressive-ambient-jazz recording artist based in Brattleboro, Vermont.-Beginnings:Born in Virginia to classical piano teachers, Watkins took piano lessons from the age of 5 to 13. As a teenager he began to play keyboards in various amateur bands, first playing Top 40...
- David PatonDavid Paton is a bass and guitar player, most notably with three different bands: Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, and Camel. He has also worked as a solo artist, session musician, and sometime vocalist....
- Chris RainbowChris Rainbow is a Scottish rock singer/musician who had two minor hit songs, 'Give Me What I Cry For' and 'Solid State Brain' in the 1970's....
- Stuart ToshStuart MacIntosh is a drummer, songwriter and vocalist.Also known as Stuart Tosh, MacIntosh recorded and toured with a succession of well-known and respected bands during the 1970s and 1980s, including Pilot, The Alan Parsons Project, 10cc and Camel....
- Andy DalbyAndy Dalby is a rock guitarist who was largely active in the 1970s and early 1980s.He was a leading member of Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come, with which he recorded three albums from 1971-3 and was the only constant member apart from Brown himself...
1984
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Paul Burgess - Chris RainbowChris Rainbow is a Scottish rock singer/musician who had two minor hit songs, 'Give Me What I Cry For' and 'Solid State Brain' in the 1970's....
- Ton ScherpenzeelTon Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist who was a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....
- Richie Close
1992
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Paul Burgess - Mickey SimmondsMickey Simmonds is a English session keyboardist, arranger and composer. He is best known for his work with progressive rock acts, Mike Oldfield, Renaissance, Camel and Fish...
1997
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Dave Stewart - Foss Patterson
2000-2001
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Denis Clement - Guy LeBlancGuy LeBlanc is a Canadian keyboardist and composer. He leads his own progressive-rock band - Nathan Mahl, and was a member of the British progressive band Camel from 2000-2003...
2003 (U.S.)
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Denis Clement - Tom BrislinTom Brislin is an American keyboardist, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from New Jersey. He is the founding member of the rock band Spiraling, and plays keyboards with several well-known acts...
2003 (Europe)
- Andrew Latimer
Andrew Latimer is an English musician and the lone remaining original member of the progressive rock band Camel. He is mainly a guitarist and singer, but also a flautist and keyboardist....
- Colin BassColin Bass, also known as Sabah Habas Mustapha , is an English progressive rock musician, bassist, record producer, also an active member of the British progressive-rock band Camel.-History:...
- Denis Clement - Ton ScherpenzeelTon Scherpenzeel is a keyboardist who was a founding member of the Dutch rock band Kayak, together with Pim Koopman and Max Werner whom he met whilst at the Hilversum Muziek Lyceum ....
Studio Albums
- 1973 - Camel
Camel is the first studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. It was released in 1973.-Side One:#"Slow Yourself Down" – 4:47#"Mystic Queen" – 5:40...
- 1974 - Mirage
Mirage is Camel's second album, released in 1974, and is one of the group's most remembered albums. It features their best-known song, "Lady Fantasy", and is also a showplace for Andrew Latimer's flute, notably on "Supertwister"....
(US Billboard #149; (13 weeks on chart))
- 1975 - Music Inspired by The Snow Goose UK #22; (13 weeks on chart); certified gold
- 1976 - Moonmadness
Moonmadness is an album released in March 1976 by English progressive rock band Camel. It was their 4th album and the last to feature the original line-up . After the success of the tightly structured, instrumental The Snow Goose in 1975, the band decided to move back into a looser, more accessible...
UK #15; (6 weeks on chart); certified silver
- 1977 - Rain Dances
Rain Dances is the fifth studio album album by English progressive rock band Camel. It was released in 1977, with Deram Records, and brought a major change to the band's lineup, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, former King...
(UK #20; (8 weeks on chart); US Billboard #136)
- 1978 - Breathless
Breathless is the 6th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel, released in 1978. It is the last album to feature the group's original keyboardist Peter Bardens, who left the group before the tour for the album...
(UK #26; (1 week on chart); US Billboard #134)
- 1979 - I Can See Your House from Here
I Can See Your House from Here is the 7th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel. Released in 1979, a new line up was introduced...
(UK#45; (3 weeks on chart))
- 1981 - Nude
Nude is a concept album released by Camel in 1981. The concept of the album is based on a true story of a Japanese soldier marooned on an island in World War II who doesn't know that the war is over...
(UK #34; (7 weeks on chart))
- 1982 - The Single Factor
The Single Factor, released in 1982, is the 9th studio album by English progressive rock band Camel. The title refers to the fact that guitarist Andy Latimer was the sole remaining original member, though original keyboardist Peter Bardens makes a guest appearance on 'Sasquatch'.
The album was...
(UK #57; (5 weeks on chart))
- 1984 - Stationary Traveller
Stationary Traveller is a studio album by Camel. Like much of Camel's output, it is a concept album, in this case centering around the trials of East German refugees attempting to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin.-Original Release :...
(UK #57; (4 weeks on chart))
- 1991 - Dust and Dreams
Dust And Dreams is a Camel album, released in 1991. It's inspired by John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.-Track Listings:All songs were written by Andy Latimer, except where noted.#"Dust Bowl" – 1:54#"Go West" – 3:42#"Dusted Out" – 1:35...
- 1996 - Harbour of Tears
Harbour of Tears is a Studio Concept Album by English progressive rock band Camel. It tells the story of an Irish family who is painfully separated as their young ones depart to the United States to seek a better future.- Title & Lyrics :...
- 1999 - Rajaz
Rajaz is a studio album by Camel released in 1999 by Camel Productions. The album's songs have been composed on the camel's walking metre. Praised by fans & critics alike, the album is a return to form.-Track Listings:...
- 2002 - A Nod and a Wink
A Nod and a Wink is the 14th studio album by the English progressive rock band Camel released in July 2002 on the label Camel Productions. It is their latest studio album.- Track listing :...
Live Albums
- 1973 - Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall is a 1974 live double album by various artists recorded at an October 1973 Greasy Truckers concert at the Dingwalls Dance Hall at Camden Lock in Camden Town, London. The concert featured four bands, Camel, Henry Cow, Global Village Trucking Co...
(Various Artists. Includes 19 minute version of Camel's 'God of Light Revisited)
- 1978 - A Live Record
A Live Record is the first live album by the progressive rock band Camel, released in 1978. It is a double LP, composed of recordings from three different tours....
(live, various venues 1974, 1975, 1977)
- 1984 - Pressure Points
Pressure Points is a live album by progressive rock band Camel, released in 1984.-Track listing:#"Pressure Points" – 7:17#"Drafted" – 3:51#"Captured" – 3:02#"Lies" – 5:16#"Sasquatch" – 4:09#"West Berlin" – 5:19#"Fingertips" – 4:48...
(live, 11 May 1984, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)
- 1992 - On the Road 1972
-Track Listings:#"Lady Fantasy" - 13:45#"Six Ate" - 6:11#"White Rider" - 9:56#"God of Light Revisited" - 14:24-Personnel:* Peter Bardens – keyboards, vocals...
(live, venue unspecified)
- 1993 - Never Let Go
Never Let Go is a live album by the progressive rock band Camel released in 1993.-Track listing:# "Never Let Go" – 7:22# "Earthrise" – 8:02# "Rhayader" – 2:23...
(live, 5 September 1992, Enschede, NL)
- 1994 - On the Road 1982
-Track Listing:#"Sasquatch" – 4:30#"Highways of the Sun" – 4:38#"Hymn to Her" – 5:23#"Neon Magic" – 4:04...
(live, Dutch radio, 13 June 1982, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, NL)
- 1997 - On the Road 1981
- Track listing :#"Never Let Go" – 7:03#"Song Within A Song" – 7:20#"Lunar Sea" – 10:50#"City Life" – 4:43...
(live, BBC radio, 2 April 1981, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)
- 1998 - Coming of Age
Coming of Age is a live album by progressive rock band Camel released 1998.-Track listing:#"Lunar Sea" – 8:57#"Hymn to Her" – 6:34...
(live, 13 March 1997, Billboard, Los Angeles, USA)
- 2000 - Gods of Light '73-'75
'73-'75 Gods of Light is a live album by progressive rock band Camel released 2000.-Track listing:#"God of Light Revisited" – 16:11#"White Rider" – 8:54#"Lady Fantasy" – 11:35...
(live, various venues)
- 2001 - The Paris Collection (live, 30 September 2000, Bataclan-Club, Paris, France). Note: CD wrongly states concert as October 30th.
Compilations
- 1981 - Chameleon - The Best Of Camel
- 1986 - A Compact Compilation
- 1986 - The Collection
- 1991 - Landscapes
- 1993 - Echoes
- 1997 - Camel - Master Series (25th Anniversary Compilation)
- 2001 - Lunar Sea
Singles
- 1973 - Never Let Go / Curiosity
- 1975 - Flight of the Snow Goose / Rhayader
- 1975 - The Snow Goose / Freefall
- 1976 - Another Night / Lunar Sea (Live)
- 1977 - Highways of the Sun / Tell Me
- 1978 - Breathless (Sin Respiracion) / Rainbows End (Spanish)
- 1979 - Your Love is Stranger Then Mine / Neon Magic
- 1979 - Remote Romance / Rainbows End / Tell Me
- 1981 - Lies (Dutch)
- 1982 - No Easy Answer / Heroes (Canadian)
- 1982 - Selva (Dutch)
- 1984 - Long Goodbyes / Metrognome (German)
- 1984 - Cloak And Dagger Man / Pressure Points
- 1984 - Berlin Occidental (West Berlin) Stereo Version / Mono Version (Mexican)
DVDs
- 2002 - Coming Of Age (live, 13 March 1997, Billboard, Los Angeles, USA)
- 2003 - Pressure Points (live, 11 May 1984, Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK)
- 2003 - Curriculum Vitae
- 2004 - Footage
- 2005 - Footage II
- 2007 - Total Pressure (full version of 'Pressure Points' concert).
- 2007 - Moondances
External links