(Review from vintageprog.com, wikipedia, progarchives.com)

Camel’s double live album is a little bit patchy, containing different eras of Camel. The first four tracks are from the tour for “Rain Dances” in 1977/78, 5-6 are from the “Mirage” tour and the entire second CD is from the “Snow Goose” tour.

The album opens with “Never Let Go” that sounds completely different from the original version from the debut. This one is a lot jazzier and is probably how it would have sounded if it had been written and recorded for “Rain Dances”. “Song Within a Song” and “Lunar Sea” are performed very similar to the studio-versions, despite the inclusion of Collins’ saxophone.

Then we go a few years back in time. “Ligging at Louis’” is a good jam that wasn’t to be found on any of their other albums. “Lady Fantasy” sounds in my opinion unfortunately rather tame and a bit uninspired compared to the much more powerful studio-version.

Then a year later, we hear the band perform the then brand new “The Snow Goose”, the whole concept album. It’s overall a good performance with a few interesting differences from the original, such as the additional solo on “Migration” and the theme on “Flight of the Snow Goose” being played on organ instead of synths.

In 1981, Latimer said that “he wanted a live album to recall Camel’s history rather than a great sounding live record”. That’s what we get.

Line-up:
- Peter Bardens / keyboards
- Andrew Latimer / guitar, flute, vocal
- Andy Ward / drums, percussion
- Mel Collins / saxophones, flute
- Richard Sinclair / bass, vocal
- Doug Ferguson / bass

Track List:
CD1
01. Never Let Go (7:21)
(Hammersmith Odeon, London, October 1977)
02. Song Within A Song (7:01)
(Hammersmith Odeon, London, October 1977)
03. Lunar Sea (8:56)
(Colston Hall, Bristol, October 1977)
04. Skylines (5:38)
(Leeds University, October 1977)
05. Ligging At Louis’ (6:34)
(Marquee, London, October 1974)
06. Lady Fantasy (14:15)
(Marquee, London, October 1974)
CD2
(Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975)
01. The Great March (1:45)
02. Rhayader (3:07)
03. Rhayader Goes To Town (5:13)
04. Sanctuary (1:09)
05. Fritha (1:23)
06. The Snow Goose (3:02)
07. Friendship (1:35)
08. Migration (3:52)
09. Rhayader Alone (1:47)
10. Flight Of The Snow Goose (2:59)
11. Preparation (4:10)
12. Dunkirk (5:26)
13. Epitaph (2:35)
14. Fritha Alone (1:22)
15. La Princesse Perdue (4:46)
16. The Great March (1:50)

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