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Limited Edition 27CD + 5 BluRay Super Deluxe Boxset

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album, this 32-disc super deluxe boxed set is the definitive tribute to the legendary band Camel …

Record Label: Decca, UMR

Format: Blu-Ray, Boxset, CD Album

Genre: Prog Rock

Release Date: 24/11/2023

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Description

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of their self-titled debut album, this 32-disc super deluxe boxed set is the definitive tribute to the legendary band Camel.

The boxed features newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of the albums “Camel”, “Mirage”, “Music Inspired by The Snow Goose”, “Moonmadness” and “Nude”, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977 .

The set also features previously unreleased out-takes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio “In Concert” appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981. Additionally included is a Blu ray video disc of promotional videos and BBC TV appearances on “The Old Grey Whistle Test” and “Sight and Sound In Concert” and a Blu ray video disc of the 1984 concert film “Pressure Points”

The boxed set includes a lavishly illustrated book with essay and a poster.

Track Listing

CD ONE “Camel” – Remastered (Released as MCA Records MUPS 473 in 1973)

  1. Slow Yourself Down
  2. Mystic Queen
  3. Six Ate
  4. Seperation
  5. Never Let Go
  6. Curiosity
  7. Arubaluba
  8. Sarah (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
  9. Never Let Go (single version) – Bonus track
  10. Homage to the God of Light (live) (from “Greasy Truckers – Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall”) – Bonus track

CD TWO “Mirage” – Remastered (Released as Deram SML 1107 in 1974)

  1. Freefall
  2. Supertwister
  3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
  4. Earthrise
  5. Lady Fantasy
  6. Earthrise (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
  7. The Traveller (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
  8. Supertwister (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
  9. The White Rider (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
  10. Lady Fantasy (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))

CD THREE “Mirage” sessions

  1. Lady Fantasy (Basing Street studios original mix)
  2. Autumn (previously unreleased)
  3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
  4. Ligging at Louis’ (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
  5. Lady Fantasy (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
  6. Arubaluba (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track

CD FOUR Live at The Marquee Club – 30th June 1974 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)

  1. Introduction
  2. Earthrise
  3. Nimrodel
  4. Six Ate
  5. Supertwister
  6. Mystic Queen
  7. Arubaluba

CD FIVE Live at The Marquee Club – 30th June 1974 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)

  1. Rhayader Goes to Town
  2. The Snow Goose / Freefall
  3. Lady Fantasy
  4. Homage to the God of Light

CD SIX “Music Inspired by The Snow Goose” – Remastered (Released as Decca SKL-R 5207 in May 1975)

  1. The Great Marsh
  2. Rhayder
  3. Rhayder Goes to Town
  4. Sanctuary
  5. Fritha
  6. The Snow Goose
  7. Friendship
  8. Migration
  9. Rhayder Alone
  10. Flight of the Snow Goose
  11. Preparation
  12. Dunkirk
  13. Epitaph
  14. Fritha Alone
  15. La Princesse Perdue
  16. The Great Marsh
  17. Flight of the Snow Goose (single version) – Bonus track
  18. Rhayder (single version) – Bonus track

CD SEVEN “Snow Goose” sessions – Recorded and mixed at Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens 7th June 1974

  1. Riverman
  2. Rhayder Goes to Town (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  3. Sanctuary (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  4. The Snow Goose (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  5. Migration (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  6. Rhayder Alone (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  7. Flight of the Snow Goose (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  8. Preparation (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  9. Dunkirk (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  10. Epitaph (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  11. La Princesse Perdue (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  12. The Great Marsh (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
  13. Selections from “The Snow Goose” (BBC TV Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975) a. The Snow Goose / b. Friendship / c. Rhayader Goes to Town

CD EIGHT “Live at The Royal Albert Hall – 17th October 1975” – Remastered & mixed with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Bedford

  1. Introduction by Peter Bardens
  2. The Great Marsh
  3. Rhayder
  4. Rhayder Goes to Town
  5. Sanctuary
  6. Fritha
  7. The Snow Goose
  8. Friendship
  9. Migration
  10. Rhayder Alone
  11. Flight of the Snow Goose
  12. Preparation
  13. Dunkirk
  14. Epitaph
  15. Fritha Alone
  16. La Princesse Perdue
  17. The Great Marsh
  18. Encore: Lady Fantasy (previously unreleased)

CD NINE “Moonmadness” – Remastered (Released as Decca TXS-R 115 in 1976)

  1. Aristillus
  2. Song Within a Song
  3. Chord Change
  4. Spirit of the Water
  5. Another Night
  6. Air Born
  7. Lunar Sea
  8. Sprit of the Water (demo) – Bonus track
  9. Chord Change (demo) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
  10. Lunar Sea (demo) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
  11. Another Night (single version) – Bonus track

CD TEN Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976 – (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)

  1. Aristillus
  2. Song Within a Song
  3. The Great Marsh
  4. Rhayader
  5. Rhayader Goes to Town
  6. Air Born
  7. Chord Change
  8. The White Rider

CD ELEVEN Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)

  1. Lunar Sea
  2. Preparation
  3. Dunkirk
  4. Another Night
  5. Lady Fantasy

CD TWELVE “Rain Dances” (Released as Decca TXS-R 124 in 1977)

  1. First Light
  2. Metrognome
  3. Tell Me
  4. Highways of the Sun
  5. Unevensong
  6. One of These Days I’ll Get An Early Night
  7. Elke
  8. Skylines
  9. Rain Dances
  10. Highways of the Sun (single version) – Bonus track
  11. First Light (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
  12. Metrognome (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
  13. Unevensong (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
  14. Skylines (live at Leeds University 3rd October 1977) – Bonus track
  15. Lunar Sea (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
  16. Raindances (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track

CD THIRTEEN: “Raindances live”

  1. Never Let Go (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977)
  2. First Light (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  3. Metrognome (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  4. Unevensong (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  5. Rhayader / Rhayader Goes to Town (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  6. Skylines (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  7. Highways of the Sun (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  8. Lunar Sea (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  9. Rain Dances (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  10. Never Let Go (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
  11. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)

CD FOURTEEN: Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 30th September / 1st October 1977 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)

  1. First Light
  2. Metrognome
  3. Unevensong
  4. Rhayader
  5. Rhayader Goes to Town
  6. Preparation
  7. Dunkirk
  8. Sanctuary
  9. The Snow Goose

CD FIFTEEN: Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 30th September / 1st October 1977 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler

  1. Tell Me
  2. Song Within a Song
  3. Skylines
  4. Highway to the Sun
  5. Lunar Sea
  6. Rain Dances
  7. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night

CD SIXTEEN: “Breathless” (Released as Decca TXS-R 132 in 1978)

  1. Breathless
  2. Echoes
  3. Wing and a Prayer
  4. Down on the Farm
  5. Starlight Ride
  6. Summer Lightning
  7. You Make Me Smile
  8. The Sleeper
  9. Rainbow’s End
  10. Rainbow’s End (single version) – Bonus track

CD SEVENTEEN “I Can See Your House from Here” (Released as Decca TXS-R 137 in 1979)

  1. Wait
  2. Your Love is Stranger Than Mine
  3. Eye of the Storm
  4. Who We Are
  5. Survival
  6. Hymn to Her
  7. Neon Magic
  8. Remote Romance
  9. Ice
  10. Remote Romance (single version) – Bonus track

CD EIGHTEEN “Nude” – Released as Decca SKL 5323 in 1981

  1. City Life
  2. Nude
  3. Drafted
  4. Docks
  5. Beached
  6. Landscapes
  7. Changing Places
  8. Pomp and Circumstance
  9. Please Come Home
  10. Reflections
  11. Captured
  12. The Homecoming
  13. Lies
  14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
  15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)
  16. Captured (first version) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track

CD NINETEEN BBC Radio One In Concert – Hammersmith Odeon 27th February 1981 First broadcast 2nd May 1981

  1. Never Let Go
  2. Song Within a Song
  3. Lunar Sea
  4. Summer Lightning
  5. Ice
  6. City Life
  7. Drafted
  8. Docks
  9. Beached
  10. Landscapes
  11. Changing Places
  12. Reflections
  13. Captured
  14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
  15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)

CD TWENTY “The Single Factor” – (Released as Decca SKL 5328 in 1982)

  1. No Easy Answer
  2. You Are the One
  3. Heroes
  4. Selva
  5. Lullabye
  6. Sasquatch
  7. Manic
  8. Camelogue
  9. Today’s Goodbye
  10. A Heart’s Desire
  11. End Piece
  12. You Are the One (promotional 12-inch single version) – Bonus track

CD TWENTY-ONE “Stationary Traveller” – (Released as Decca SKL 5334 in 1984)

  1. Pressure Points
  2. Refugee
  3. Vopos
  4. Cloak and Dagger Man
  5. Stationary Traveller
  6. West Berlin
  7. Fingertips
  8. Missing
  9. After Words
  10. Long Goodbyes
  11. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines – Bonus track
  12. Pressure Points (12-inch single extended version) – Bonus track

CD TWENTY-TWO “Pressure Points” Live at Hammersmith Odeon 11 May 1984

  1. Pressure Points
  2. Drafted
  3. Captured
  4. Lies
  5. Refugee
  6. Vopos
  7. Stationary Traveller
  8. West Berlin
  9. Fingertips

CD TWENTY-THREE “Pressure Points” Live at Hammersmith Odeon 11 May 1984

  1. Sasquatch
  2. Wait
  3. Cloak and Dagger Man
  4. Long Goodbyes
  5. Rhayader
  6. Rhayader Goes to Town
  7. Lady Fantasy

CD TWENTY-FOUR “Camel” and “Mirage” New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler

  1. Slow Yourself Down
  2. Mystic Queen
  3. Six Ate
  4. Seperation
  5. Never Let Go
  6. Curiosity
  7. Arubaluba
  8. Freefall
  9. Supertwister
  10. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
  11. Earthrise
  12. Lady Fantasy

CD TWENTY-FIVE “Music inspired by The Snow Goose” New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler

  1. The Great Marsh
  2. Rhayder
  3. Rhayder Goes to Town
  4. Sanctuary
  5. Fritha
  6. The Snow Goose
  7. Friendship
  8. Migration
  9. Rhayder Alone
  10. Flight of the Snow Goose
  11. Preparation
  12. Dunkirk
  13. Epitaph
  14. Fritha Alone
  15. La Princesse Perdue
  16. The Great Marsh

CD TWENTY-SIX “Moonmadness” New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler

  1. Aristillus
  2. Song Within a Song
  3. Chord Change
  4. Spirit of the Water
  5. Another Night
  6. Air Born
  7. Lunar Sea

CD TWENTY-SEVEN “Nude” New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler

  1. City Life
  2. Nude
  3. Drafted
  4. Docks
  5. Beached
  6. Landscapes
  7. Changing Places
  8. Pomp and Circumstance
  9. Please Come Home
  10. Reflections
  11. Captured
  12. The Homecoming
  13. Lies
  14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
  15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)

DISC TWENTY-EIGHT (Blu-ray) “Camel” & “Mirage” High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix

  1. Slow Yourself Down
  2. Mystic Queen
  3. Six Ate
  4. Seperation
  5. Never Let Go
  6. Curiosity
  7. Arubaluba
  8. Freefall
  9. Supertwister
  10. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
  11. Earthrise
  12. Lady Fantasy
  13. Autumn – Bonus track

DISC TWENTY-NINE (Blu-ray): “Music inspired by The Snow Goose” & “Moonmadness” High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix

  1. The Great Marsh
  2. Rhayder
  3. Rhayder Goes to Town
  4. Sanctuary
  5. Fritha
  6. The Snow Goose
  7. Friendship
  8. Migration
  9. Rhayder Alone
  10. Flight of the Snow Goose
  11. Preparation
  12. Dunkirk
  13. Epitaph
  14. Fritha Alone
  15. La Princesse Perdue
  16. The Great Marsh
  17. Riverman – Bonus track
  18. Aristillus
  19. Song Within a Song
  20. Chord Change
  21. Spirit of the Water
  22. Another Night
  23. Air Born
  24. Lunar Sea

DISC THIRTY (Blu-ray): “Nude” High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix

  1. City Life
  2. Nude
  3. Drafted
  4. Docks
  5. Beached
  6. Landscapes
  7. Changing Places
  8. Pomp and Circumstance
  9. Please Come Home
  10. Reflections
  11. Captured
  12. The Homecoming
  13. Lies
  14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
  15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)

DISC THIRTY-ONE (Blu-ray): “The Video Vaults”

  1. Never Let Go
  2. Arubaluba
  3. Selections from “The Snow Goose” a. The Snow Goose / b. Friendship / c. Rhayader Goes to Town (Guildford Civic Hall 1973 – MCA Promo film shown on “The Old Grey Whistle Test”)
  4. The White Rider (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  5. Lunar Sea (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  6. Preparation (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  7. Dunkirk (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  8. Another Night (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  9. Lady Fantasy (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
  10. First Light (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  11. Metrognome (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  12. Unevensong (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  13. Rhayader / Rhayader Goes to Town (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  14. Skylines (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  15. Highways of the Sun (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  16. Lunar Sea (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  17. Rain Dances (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  18. Never Let Go (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  19. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
  20. City Life (BBC TV – “Sight & Sound in Concert – 29th September 1977”)
  21. Lies (BBC TV – “Sight & Sound in Concert – 29th September 1977”)

DISC THIRTY-TWO “Pressure Points”

  1. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines
  2. Pressure Points
  3. Refugee
  4. Vopos
  5. Stationary Traveller
  6. West Berlin
  7. Fingertips
  8. Sasquatch
  9. Wait
  10. Cloak and Dagger Man
  11. Long Goodbyes
  12. Rhayader
  13. Rhayader Goes to Town
  14. Lady Fantasy
  15. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines
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