A Live Record

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A Live Record
A Live Record cover
Live album by Camel
Released April 1978
Recorded 1974/1975/1977 tours
Genre Progressive rock
Length 97:14
Label Decca Records
Producer Rhett Davies and Camel
Professional reviews
Camel chronology
Rain Dances
(1977)		 A Live Record
(1978)		 Breathless
(1978)

A Live Record is the first live album by the progressive rock band Camel, released in 1978. It is a double disc, composed of recordings from three different tours.

Disc one features recordings from the Mirage tour in 1974, and the Rain Dances tour, in 1977. Tracks 1-4 on the disc are from the Rain Dances tour, and 5-6 are from the Mirage tour.

Disc 2 features the original lineup all the way, and is devoted to a complete performance of the band's instrumental concept album, The Snow Goose, during the tour for the album in 1975.

[edit] Track listing

Disc One:

  1. "Never Let Go" (Latimer) - 7:29
  2. "Song Within a Song" (Bardens, Latimer) - 7:09
  3. "Lunar Sea" (Bardens, Latimer) - 9:01
  4. "Skylines" (Bardens, Latimer, Ward) - 5:43
  5. "Ligging at Louis' " (Bardens) - 6:39
  6. "Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy" (Bardens, Ferguson, Latimer, Ward) - 14:27
    • The above two tracks were recorded at the Marquee, London, October 1974.

Disc Two:

All songs by Peter Bardens and Andrew Latimer.

  1. "The Great Marsh" - 1:45
  2. "Rhayader" - 3:08
  3. "Rhayader Goes to Town" - 5:12
  4. "Sanctuary" - 1:10
  5. "Fritha" - 1:22
  6. "The Snow Goose" - 3:03
  7. "Friendship" - 1:39
  8. "Migration" - 3:52
  9. "Rhayader Alone" - 1:48
  10. "Flight of the Snow Goose" - 2:59
  11. "Preparation" - 4:11
  12. "Dunkirk" - 5:28
  13. "Epitaph" - 2:34
  14. "Fritha Alone" - 1:24
  15. "La Princesse Perdue" - 4:44
  16. "The Great Marsh" - 2:27

[edit] Personnel