Camel - 1977 - Rain Dances

Tracklist:

1. First Light (5:00)

2. Metrognome (4:19)

3. Tell Me (4:07)

4. Highways of the Sun (4:32)

5. Unevensong (5:34)

6. One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night (5:59)

7. Elke (4:31)

8. Skylines (4:26)

9. Rain Dances (2:59)

Total Time 41:27

Bonus track on 1991 Deram CD:

10. Higways of the Sun (single version) (3:57)

Bonus tracks on 2009 Decca CD:

10. Highways of the Sun (single version) (4:00)

11. First Light (live) (5:01) *

12. Metrognome (live) (4:55) *

13. Unevensong (live) (5:47) *

14. Skylines (live) (5:36) *

15. Highways to the Sun (live) (4:59) *

16. One of These Days I'll Get an Early Night (live) (4:12) *

* From the BBC "Sight and Sound in Concert" recorded at the Golders Green Hippodrome Oct 1st, 1977 and previously unreleased

Line-up

- Andrew Latimer / lead (4,5) & backing (3) vocals, acoustic (4), fuzz (7), 6 & 12-string electric guitars, panpipes, bass (8), fretless bass (3), flute (3,7), electric (7), treated (9) & acoustic (7) pianos, Minimoog (7), string synthesizer (7), glockenspiel (9)

- Peter Bardens / Minimoog, string synthesizer, electric & acoustic pianos, organ, clavinet

- Mel Collins / alto, soprano & tenor saxophones, bass & concert flutes, clarinet & bass clarinet, brass arrangements

- Richard Sinclair / bass, lead vocals (2,3,5)

- Andy Ward / drums, ocarina, finger cymbals, glockenspiel, "liquid Boobams", rototoms, talking drum, Swanee whistle, Tunisian clay drums, Turkish ring

With:

- Martin Drover / trumpet (6), flugelhorn (8)

- Malcolm Griffiths / trombone (6,8)

- Brian Eno / acoustic & electric pianos, Minimoog & bells (7)

- Fionna Hibbert / harp (7)