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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Camel-A Live Record (1978)

Live album that is considered an unquestionable masterpiece of progressive rock, despite the fact that Camel has never been a star band like other progressive compatriots (Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes o or Jethro Tull), they had the merit of having known how to maintain themselves for almost 4 decades as a cult band among progressive rock lovers.
Originally released as a double vinyl, this album was released when A Camel already had five very high-quality studio works, some of them like "Mirage" (1974), "The Snow Goose" (1975) or "Moonmadness" (1976) true masterpieces.
The repertoire included in this album is full of material to highlight, from "Lady Fantasy" to "Rhayader", through "Flight of the Snow Goose" and "Song Within a Song". This work represents the best of three different tours.
Also in this live we can appreciate the most classic Camel band and the most successful in action, and with the inclusion of Richard Sinclair and Mel Collins, all performing great classics of the group, with high performance and a lot of group chemistry, with All stars aligned, here is the best version of "The Snow Goose", unsurpassed versions of "Lunar Sea", "Lady Fantasy" and "Never Let Go", but also other immortal "Moonmadness" classics.
Chronological recordings appear of the "Mirage" tour in 1974, and of the "Rain Dances" tour in 1977 on the first album. And in the second it is dedicated to the complete presentation of the concept album, "The Snow Goose", during the album tour in 1975.
This really is a must-have record for any fan of pure progressive rock.

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