Camel – Rain Dances

Andrew Latimer also plays flute on this recording, as on others.

I love this prog music coloured by jazz accents and british pop. Fine musicians, fine songs with a nice soundscape, good pressing.

This is a remarkable album. The moody soundscapes conjured by Pete Bardens perfectly suit the vocals of Richard Sinclair, who also enlivens proceedings by bringing more of a jazz fusion edge with his bass, while the melodies alternate between haunting and upbeat but are never less than compelling. Docked a notch for the dreadful Highways Of The Sun (put down the microphone, Andy) yet still leagues above the flabby, overproduced follow-up Breathless. To me, this is Camel.

My copy comes with a 14 page booklet titled Camel, Rain Dances, Authorised Tour Programme.

It's a progressive rock album in which we find a very good instrumental groovy "One of these days I'll get an early night".

La mia copia è TXSI 124, ha la Black Label. Se non è una ristampa inglese sarebbe questa. L'ultima della lista è Italy, ma la Label è grigia o silver, mentre la mia è NERA. La matrix coincide, ma non c'è la dicitura SIAE o il timbro. Dillemma? Help Me, please.

very bad pressing. music plays perfect in the first tracks but the last tracks of each side play very very blur. blur-er and blur-er if I am allowed to say. for a good price though under 10 euros its okk for collection filler

Sounds beautiful. Clean and flat pressing as well. Diez Palabras

Not seen this label anywhere else, complete with misspelling of "Gama" on both sides (I've now uploaded the pictures). There's no inner lyric sleeve with my copy but that's not to say that there never was. Anybody else come across this copy?