Camel

Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in 1971. Led by founding member Andrew Latimer, they have produced 14 original studio albums, 14 singles plus numerous other compilation and live albums. Andrew Latimer (guitar), Andy Ward (drums) and Doug Ferguson (bass) had been playing as a trio called The Brew around the Guildford, Surrey area of England. They recruited Peter Bardens (keyboards) and after an initial gig to fulfill a Bardens commitment on 8 October 1971 in Belfast, Northern Ireland under the name of Peter Bardens' On, they changed their name to Camel. Their first gig was at Waltham Forest Technical College, London supporting Wishbone Ash on 4 December 1971.In August 1972 Camel signed with MCA Records and their eponymous debut album was released six months later. (Read more at Wikipedia)
== Links to Peel ==
Peel showed some interest in Camel when their first album came out in 1973, perhaps because band members included the respected keyboardist Peter Bardens and they had previously been backing group for Phillip Goodhand-Tait, a singer he admired. They did a single session for his show in that year. However, no tracks by them have been found in existing show playlists. In the mid-1970s the band became successful, but by then Peel had moved on to other ground and ignored the rest of their career. During a 1984 BFBS show, he was not amused when he was notified that one of his programmes in Cologne was cancelled in favour of a concert by Camel, and commented about this being "the ultimate indignity" and called them "a gang of clapped-out old hippies".
In 2012, four 1970s albums by Camel ("Camel", "The Snow Goose", "Moonmadness" and "Rain Dances") were found among the first 100 LPs by artists beginning with C in Peel's record collection. (See Record Collection: C.)
== Sessions ==
One session. No known commercial release.
1. Recording date: 1973-02-19. First broadcast: 15 March 1973 Repeated: 12 April 1973
*Never Let Go / Arubaluba / Curiosity / Six Ate
== Other Shows Played ==
(Please add further information if known.)
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: C
*Singles Reviews
*Gigography 1976 
*Sounds
== External Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Official site
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