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Camel – Rajaz (1999) (@256)
13 Jun 2007
(Review from progarchives.com)
“The music of poets once carried caravans across great deserts. Sung to a simple metre of the animal’s footsteps, it transfixed weary travellers on their sole objective journey’s end. This poetry is called ‘rajaz’. It is the rhythm of the camel.”
And this is exactly the way you feel while listening to this album; like you are riding on the back of a camel in a caravan from one point in the deserted Saudi-Arabian desert to another, far far away.
Andrew Latimer plays most instruments on this album and they all have an “Arabian touch” to them, just as Ton Scherpenzeel’s keyboards. It really makes you feel like being on an Arabian journey on the back of a camel yourself. Camel singing about the rhythm of the camel. Makes sense doesn’t it?
Most of the tracks are also quite lenghty for which I cannot complain about. The whole album is pure magic, melody, tranquility and emotion. I just love this album since the very first time I spun it. It is just great.
Line-up:
- Andy Latimer / guitars, vocals, flute, keyboards, percussion
- Colin Bass / bass
- Ton Scherpenzeel / keyboards
- Dave Stewart / drums, percussion
- Barry Phillips / cello
Track List:
01. Three Wishes (6:58)
02. Lost And Found (5:38)
03. The Final Encore (8:07)
04. Rajaz (8:15)
05. Shout (5:15)
06. Straight To My Heart (6:23)
07. Sahara (6:44)
08. Lawrence (10:46)
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about 5 years ago
OGG!
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Filesonic 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/3jmppkw
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Hotfile 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/4xwuud5
Rapidshare 1 -> http://tinyurl.com/yd4oykl
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Password -> sakalli
about 4 years ago
hi sakalli,really great, this camel-collection you are posting. i stoped listening to camel in the early eighties, and i am surprised now, how many good albums i missed.but i am having trouble with the soundloads and/or the cd-burning. rajaz and also harbour of tears came out of my cd-burner full of drop-outs , some tracks don´play at all. after downloading i normally convert the files in wave with audio 180% v3 software, and then burn a cd with the same software or in windows media player directly. do i make a mistake? thank you michael from rio
about 4 years ago
> do i make a mistake?
I’ve no idea, I never used the software you mentioned. Maybe other visitors of the blog might help.
about 4 years ago
Hi all, Rajaz is a jewel, Thanks a lot for your blog Sakalli, I find here so many music I’ve not heard for such a long time, great !! Michael, you can try this little converter (free mp3/wma converter), it’s really simple and works fine :http://koyotstar.free.fr/indexEn.html tell us if it had worked for you. Michel from Paris
about 4 years ago
Hi Michael and Voun, Do not forget, these here are not mp3 files, these are ogg files. Use Oggifier – this is a free small program to convert ogg files forth and back. You can find it here: http://members.home.nl/w.speek/oggifier.htm More useful information on the Vorbis (ogg’s creator) web-page//www.vorbis.com/ Sincerely yours,Thalamus from an other galaxy, far-far from here…
about 4 years ago
> Use Oggifier – this is a free small program to convert ogg files forth and back.
Actually you don’t need the convert them, you can use them just like mp3 if you install the appropriate codec. See FAQ on how to do it.
about 4 years ago
I mean, conversion to wave files is needed if somebody wants to burn the album onto CD and wants to be able to play it on regular CD-players. Actually, it is the situation regarding mp3 files as well. The only difference is, that solid-state mp3 players (iPod, Rio, Zen, etc.), Walkmans with mp3 capacity and DVD players can play mp3 files transferred to them or burned directly as mp3 onto CD, respectively. Ogg files without conversion are playable only directly from the computer, which has the corresponding codex. However, on the other hand, they have better sound quality at the same bite-rate. And, of course, computers with line-out outlets can be connected to good home stereos with amps, speakers, and subwoofer.
about 4 years ago
I suppose I’m lucky then, having an mp3 player that plays oggs too :)
about 4 years ago
And one more thing. Regardless of the technical details, your blor provides an amazing collection of quality and most of the time hard-to-find music. Thank you VERY much for your work! Wishing the best, lookong forvard more great stuff,Thalamus
about 4 years ago
May I know the modell?
about 4 years ago
> May I know the modell?
Of course, it’s a Muzio. Btw, a friend of mine is using ipod to listen to ogg, he installed third-party (free) software to his ipod.
about 4 years ago
These Camel albums are really very nice. Thanks. I also convert Ogg to mp3, use Goldwave which is also an excellent editor.
about 4 years ago
Thank you for posting this, however Track 8 (Lawrence) is missing-could you upload it please?
about 4 years ago
> however Track 8 (Lawrence) is missing-could you upload it please?
I checked, it’s in the second zip file. Don’t forget to download/unzip that one too.
about 4 years ago
I can’t seem to find the link on this page :S
about 4 years ago
> I can’t seem to find the link on this page :S
It’s right above your comment?