''A Live Record'' is the first live album by the progressive rock band

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, released in 1978. It is a double LP, composed of recordings from three different tours. LP one features recordings from the ''

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'' tour in 1974, and the ''

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'' 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

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as conducted by

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at the

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, London, October 1975. The remastered edition released in 2002 contains seven additional tracks not released originally and the tracks in a different order.

Track listing of the 1978 release

LP One:Side A

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" – 7:29 #*''Recorded at the

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, London, October 1977.'' #"Song Within a Song" – 7:09 #*''Recorded at the

, London, September 1977.'' #"Lunar Sea" – 9:01 #*''Recorded at the

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, Bristol, October 1977.''

LP One:Side B

#"Skylines" – 5:43 #*''Recorded at

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, October 1977.'' #"Ligging at Louis' " – 6:39 #"Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy" – 14:27 #*''The above two tracks were recorded at the Marquee, London, October 1974.

LP Two:Side C

#"The Great Marsh" – 1:45 #"Rhayader" – 3:08 #"Rhayader Goes to Town" – 5:12 #"Sanctuary" – 1:10 #"Fritha" – 1:22 #"The Snow Goose" – 3:03 #"Friendship" – 1:39 #"Migration" – 3:52 #"Rhayader Alone" – 1:48 #*''All songs recorded at the

, London, October 1975.''

LP Two:Side D

#"Flight of the Snow Goose" – 2:59 #"Preparation" – 4:11 #"Dunkirk" – 5:28 #"Epitaph" – 2:34 #"Fritha Alone" – 1:24 #"La Princesse Perdue" – 4:44 #"The Great Marsh (Reprise)" – 2:27 #*''All songs recorded at the

, London, October 1975.''

Track listing of the 2002 CD reissue by Universal Music / Decca Record Company

Disc One

#"First Light" – 5:27 (previously unreleased) #"Metrognome" – 4:23 (previously unreleased) #"Unevensong" – 5:36 (previously unreleased) #"Skylines" – 5:43 #"A Song Within a Song" – 7:09 #"Lunar Sea" – 9:01 #"Rain Dances" – 2:33 (previously unreleased) #"

" – 7:29 #"Chord Change" – 6:52 (previously unreleased) #"Ligging at Louis' " – 6:39 #"Lady Fantasy: Encounter/Smiles for You/Lady Fantasy" – 14:27 #*1–3 & 6–8 recorded at the

, Bristol, 2 October 1977. #*4 recorded at

, 3 October 1977. #*5 recorded at the

, London, 30 October 1977. #*9 recorded at the

, London, 14 April 1976. #*10 & 11 recorded at the Marquee, London, 30 October 1974.

Disc Two

#"Spoken Introduction by Peter Bardens" – 1:10 #"The Great Marsh" – 1:45 #"Rhayader" – 3:08 #"Rhayader Goes to Town" – 5:12 #"Sanctuary" – 1:10 #"Fritha" – 1:22 #"The Snow Goose" – 3:03 #"Friendship" – 1:39 #"Migration" – 3:52 #"Rhayader Alone" – 1:48 #"Flight of the Snow Goose" – 2:59 #"Preparation" – 4:11 #"Dunkirk" – 5:28 #"Epitaph" – 2:34 #"Fritha Alone" – 1:24 #"La Princesse Perdue" – 4:44 #"The Great Marsh (Reprise)" – 2:27 #"The White Rider" – 8:48 (previously unreleased) #"Another Night" – 6:35 (previously unreleased) #*1–17 recorded at the

, London, 17 October 1975. #*18 & 19 recorded at the

, London, 14 April 1976.

Personnel

Andrew Latimer Andrew Latimer (born 17 May 1949) is an English musician and composer. He is a founding member of the progressive rock band Camel and the only member who has been with them since their formation in 1971. Best known as a guitarist and singer, La ...

– guitar, flute, vocals *

Peter Bardens Peter Bardens (19 June 1945 – 22 January 2002) was an English keyboardist and a founding member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played keyboards, sang, and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer. During his career, Bardens worked al ...

– keyboards * Doug Ferguson – bass (LP one: 5, 6 / LP two) *

Richard Sinclair Richard Stephen Sinclair (born 6 June 1948) is an English progressive rock bassist, guitarist, and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene. Biography Born in Canterbury, England, both his father (Dick Sinclair) ...

– bass, vocals (LP one: 1, 2, 3, 4) * Andy Ward – drums, percussion *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

– saxophones, flute (LP one: 1, 2, 3, 4) *

(LP two) *

- conducting (LP two)

Charts

References

External links

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