A Live Record


A Live Record is the first live album by the progressive rock band Camel, released in 1978. It is a double LP, composed of recordings from three different tours.
LP one features recordings from the Mirage tour in 1974, and the Rain Dances tour, in 1977. Tracks 1–4 on the LP are from the Rain Dances tour and 5–6 are from the Mirage tour.
LP 2 features the original line-up 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, performed with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975. The remastered edition released in 2002 contains eight additional tracks not released originally and the tracks in a different order.

Track listing of the 1978 release

LP One:Side A

  1. "Never Let Go" – 7:29
  2. *Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, October 1977.
  3. "Song Within a Song" – 7:09
  4. *Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, September 1977.
  5. "Lunar Sea" – 9:01
  6. *Recorded at the Colston Hall, Bristol, October 1977.

    LP One:Side B

  7. "Skylines" – 5:43
  8. *Recorded at Leeds University, October 1977.
  9. "Ligging at Louis' " – 6:39
  10. "Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy" – 14:27
  11. *''The above two tracks were recorded at the Marquee, London, October 1974.

    LP Two:Side C

  12. "The Great Marsh" – 1:45
  13. "Rhayader" – 3:08
  14. "Rhayader Goes to Town" – 5:12
  15. "Sanctuary" – 1:10
  16. "Fritha" – 1:22
  17. "The Snow Goose" – 3:03
  18. "Friendship" – 1:39
  19. "Migration" – 3:52
  20. "Rhayader Alone" – 1:48
  21. *All songs recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975.

    LP Two:Side D

  22. "Flight of the Snow Goose" – 2:59
  23. "Preparation" – 4:11
  24. "Dunkirk" – 5:28
  25. "Epitaph" – 2:34
  26. "Fritha Alone" – 1:24
  27. "La Princesse Perdue" – 4:44
  28. "The Great Marsh " – 2:27
  29. *All songs recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975.

    Personnel

Disc One

  1. "First Light" – 5:27
  2. "Metrognome" – 4:23
  3. "Unevensong" – 5:36
  4. "Skylines" – 5:43
  5. "A Song Within a Song" – 7:09
  6. "Lunar Sea" – 9:01
  7. "Rain Dances" – 2:33
  8. "Never Let Go" – 7:29
  9. "Chord Change" – 6:52
  10. "Ligging at Louis' " – 6:39
  11. "Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy" – 14:27
  12. *1–3 & 6–7 recorded at the Colston Hall, Bristol, October 1977.
  13. *4 recorded at Leeds University, October 1977.
  14. *5 & 8 recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, October 1977.
  15. *9 recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, April 1976.
  16. *10 & 11 recorded at the Marquee, London, October 1974.

    Disc Two

All songs by Peter Bardens and Andrew Latimer.
  1. "Spoken Introduction by Peter Bardens" – 1:10
  2. "The Great Marsh" – 1:45
  3. "Rhayader" – 3:08
  4. "Rhayader Goes to Town" – 5:12
  5. "Sanctuary" – 1:10
  6. "Fritha" – 1:22
  7. "The Snow Goose" – 3:03
  8. "Friendship" – 1:39
  9. "Migration" – 3:52
  10. "Rhayader Alone" – 1:48
  11. "Flight of the Snow Goose" – 2:59
  12. "Preparation" – 4:11
  13. "Dunkirk" – 5:28
  14. "Epitaph" – 2:34
  15. "Fritha Alone" – 1:24
  16. "La Princesse Perdue" – 4:44
  17. "The Great Marsh " – 2:27
  18. "The White Rider" – 8:48
  19. "Another Night" – 6:35
  20. *1–17 recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975.
  21. *18 & 19 recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, April 1976.