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Eria Tarka
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Topic: Favorite Camel Lineup!! Posted: July 01 2012 at 03:05 |
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Hey everyone, I'm interested to see what people thinnk Camel's best lineup is... besides the Latimer/Bardens/Ferguson/Ward lineup. Personally my favorite would be Latimer/Bardens/Sinclair/Ward/Collins because I think Mel Collins added something truly unique to the Rain Dances album, especially on First Light. Also the addition of Richard Sinclair gave the album a slight canterbury feel to it. I'm guessing either this lineup or the lineup from their two latest albums will be the favorite. Thanks!Sinclair/Ward/Bardens/Latimer/Collins
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HolyMoly
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 09:07 | |
I really like the Collins/Sinclair lineup too. I probably listen to Breathless as much as or more than any other Camel album.
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dr prog
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 22:17 | |
I love the Raindances/Breathless era. Sinclair is one of my fave musicians. Fine voice, composer and bass player.
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Horizons
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Posted: July 01 2012 at 22:37 | |
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martinprog77
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 01:34 | |
- Andrew Latimer
- Guy LeBlanc - Colin Bass - Denis Clement |
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Moogtron III
Prog Reviewer Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: July 05 2012 at 02:15 | |
Hard to choose between the early line-up and the Raindances / Breathless line-up.
A year ago I would have said: early line-up, but since I discovered the magnificent playing on & sound of "The Sleeper" from Breathless, I wonder if they ever did better than that. |
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elbownut
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Posted: July 05 2012 at 14:19 | |
Cant beat the original line-up but Collins/Sinclair era produced some good stuff too eg Echoes/Breathless.
However, my personal fave album after the Mirage/Snow Goose/Moonmadness era is "Nude" from 1981. The line-up for this was:
Ward/Latimer/ Colin Bass/Kit Watkins / Jan Schelhaas
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
Posted: July 06 2012 at 04:47 | |
I'm going to have to listen to Raindances again. I bought it some years ago, and played it twice. At that time I'd not heard anything quite so dull. Some people love it, obviously. I must be missing something.
My favourite line up is the Mirage/Moonmadness line up. |
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Kashmir75
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Posted: August 13 2012 at 21:46 | |
The original lineup, of course. Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness are still their best albums, IMO
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Mirror Image
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Posted: August 13 2012 at 21:53 | |
You can't beat that line-up.
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Elwin-Rijken
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 10:09 | |
Hey Everyone!
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zoviet
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 10:10 | |
hey how abt The Single Factor haha, its a superb ultra streamlined album!!! marvellous!!
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Elwin-Rijken
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 11:25 | |
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The Quiet One
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 12:15 | |
Agreed, Rain Dances is such a fine jazzy prog album. Breathless is rather hit-and-miss though.
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Raccoon
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 15:06 | |
Don't tell me you drew that!! That's seriously good... A little silly (their faces) but amazing! |
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Elwin-Rijken
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Posted: August 22 2012 at 15:45 | |
Hey Raccoon, thanks! Yeah I drew this, Costed me 24 hours to make it, I painted this digitally, and yeah its a bit ' cartoonish ' cheers Elwin
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tiv
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:08 | |
Got to be the original line up - no question about it. The last Camel album I brought was I Can See Your House From Here which has not been played that often. Something changed for me once the late Peter Bardens left the band.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:18 | |
Collins/Sinclair for me too. Also, around 1979 Dave Sinclair sat at the keyboards for a while........
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Snow Dog
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 05:22 | |
Original line up. No question really. Rain Dances is awesome though.
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Kashmir75
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Posted: November 22 2012 at 13:51 | |
I actually have all the albums, but I only really listen to the ones by the classic lineup. There's something missing with some of the later ones. Mirage, Snow Goose, and Moonmadness still can't be beaten.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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