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Camel / Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984

27CD  +5 x blu-ray

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Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 / Camel

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Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 is a new box set featuring the music of English prog-rock band Camel.

The box features 27 CDs & five blu-rays and includes newly remastered versions of every Camel album and single issued between 1973 and 1984, but also includes new stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound versions of five albums, as well as new mixes of three concerts; The Marquee Club, London 1974, Hammersmith Odeon 1976 and Hammersmith Odeon 1977.

The package also features previously unreleased outtakes from album recording sessions and BBC Radio ‘In Concert’ appearances from 1974, 1975, 1977 and 1981.

Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 (click image to enlarge)

The five blu-rays comprise three discs which offer 5.1, new stereo and original stereo of the following albums: Camel, Mirage, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, Moonmadness and Nude. The fourth blu-ray disc contains 21 videos (largely live performance, Old Grey Whistle Test etc.) while the final blu-ray delivers the 1984 concert film ‘Pressure Points The box set includes an illustrated book with essay and a poster.

As well as this massive box set the following remastered albums will be issued on vinyl: Camel, Moonmadness, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose and Nude.

Air Born: The MCA & Decca Years 1973-1984 will be released on 24 November 2023, via UMR/Decca. Good price via Germany, although it’s worth noting that they won’t deliver to the UK.

Tracklisting

Air Born The MCA & Decca Years 1973 – 1984 Camel /

    • CD 1: Camel – Remastered (Released as MCA Records MUPS 473 in 1973)
      1. Slow Yourself Down
      2. Mystic Queen
      3. Six Ate
      4. Seperation
      5. Never Let Go
      6. Curiosity
      7. Arubaluba
      8. Sarah (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
      9. Never Let Go (single version) – Bonus track
      10. Homage to the God of Light (live) (from “Greasy Truckers – Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall”) – Bonus track
    • CD 2: Mirage – Remastered (Released as Deram SML 1107 in 1974)
      1. Freefall
      2. Supertwister
      3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
      4. Earthrise
      5. Lady Fantasy
      6. Earthrise (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
      7. The Traveller (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
      8. Supertwister (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
      9. The White Rider (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
      10. Lady Fantasy (Bonus tracks: Demo session – Decca Studios 15th July 1973 (Previously unreleased))
    • CD 3: Mirage Sessions
      1. Lady Fantasy (Basing Street studios original mix)
      2. Autumn (previously unreleased)
      3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
      4. Ligging at Louis’ (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
      5. Lady Fantasy (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
      6. Arubaluba (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 6th June 1974) – Bonus track
    • CD 4: Live at The Marquee Club – 30th June 1974 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. Introduction
      2. Earthrise
      3. Nimrodel
      4. Six Ate
      5. Supertwister
      6. Mystic Queen
      7. Arubaluba
    • CD 5: Live at The Marquee Club – 30th June 1974 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. Rhayader Goes to Town
      2. The Snow Goose / Freefall
      3. Lady Fantasy
      4. Homage to the God of Light
    • CD 6: Music Inspired by the Snow Goose(Remastered (Released as Decca SKL-R 5207 in May 1975)
      1. The Great Marsh
      2. Rhayder
      3. Rhayder Goes to Town
      4. Sanctuary
      5. Fritha
      6. The Snow Goose
      7. Friendship
      8. Migration
      9. Rhayder Alone
      10. Flight of the Snow Goose
      11. Preparation
      12. Dunkirk
      13. Epitaph
      14. Fritha Alone
      15. La Princesse Perdue
      16. The Great Marsh
      17. Flight of the Snow Goose (single version) – Bonus track
      18. Rhayder (single version) – Bonus track
    • CD 7: Snowgoose Sessions (Recorded and mixed at Decca Studios, Broadhurst Gardens 7th June 1974)
      1. Riverman
      2. Rhayder Goes to Town (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      3. Sanctuary (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      4. The Snow Goose (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      5. Migration (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      6. Rhayder Alone (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      7. Flight of the Snow Goose (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      8. Preparation (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      9. Dunkirk (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      10. Epitaph (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      11. La Princesse Perdue (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      12. The Great Marsh (BBC Radio One “In Concert” – 22nd April 1975)
      13. Selections from “The Snow Goose” (BBC TV Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975) a. The Snow Goose / b. Friendship / c. Rhayader Goes to Town
    • CD 8: Live at The Royal Albert Hall – 17th October 1975 (Remastered & mixed with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Bedford)
      1. Introduction by Peter Bardens
      2. The Great Marsh
      3. Rhayder
      4. Rhayder Goes to Town
      5. Sanctuary
      6. Fritha
      7. The Snow Goose
      8. Friendship
      9. Migration
      10. Rhayder Alone
      11. Flight of the Snow Goose
      12. Preparation
      13. Dunkirk
      14. Epitaph
      15. Fritha Alone
      16. La Princesse Perdue
      17. The Great Marsh
      18. Encore: Lady Fantasy (previously unreleased)
    • CD 9: Moonmadness – Remastered (Released as Decca TXS-R 115 in 1976)
      1. Aristillus
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. Chord Change
      4. Spirit of the Water
      5. Another Night
      6. Air Born
      7. Lunar Sea
      8. Sprit of the Water (demo) – Bonus track
      9. Chord Change (demo) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
      10. Lunar Sea (demo) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
      11. Another Night (single version) – Bonus track
    • CD 10: Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. Aristillus
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. The Great Marsh
      4. Rhayader
      5. Rhayader Goes to Town
      6. Air Born
      7. Chord Change
      8. The White Rider
    • CD 11: Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. Lunar Sea
      2. Preparation
      3. Dunkirk
      4. Another Night
      5. Lady Fantasy
    • CD 12: Rain Dances (Released as Decca TXS-R 124 in 1977)
      1. First Light
      2. Metrognome
      3. Tell Me
      4. Highways of the Sun
      5. Unevensong
      6. One of These Days I’ll Get An Early Night
      7. Elke
      8. Skylines
      9. Rain Dances
      10. Highways of the Sun (single version) – Bonus track
      11. First Light (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
      12. Metrognome (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
      13. Unevensong (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
      14. Skylines (live at Leeds University 3rd October 1977) – Bonus track
      15. Lunar Sea (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
      16. Raindances (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977) – Bonus track
    • CD 13: Rain Dances Live
      1. Never Let Go (live at the Colston Hall, Bristol 2nd October 1977)
      2. First Light (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      3. Metrognome (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      4. Unevensong (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      5. Rhayader / Rhayader Goes to Town (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      6. Skylines (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      7. Highways of the Sun (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      8. Lunar Sea (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      9. Rain Dances (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      10. Never Let Go (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
      11. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night (BBC In Concert – Golders Green Hippodrome – 29th September 1977)
    • CD 14:  Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 30th September / 1st October 1977 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. First Light
      2. Metrognome
      3. Unevensong
      4. Rhayader
      5. Rhayader Goes to Town
      6. Preparation
      7. Dunkirk
      8. Sanctuary
      9. The Snow Goose
    • CD 15: Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 30th September / 1st October 1977 (Newly mixed in full by Stephen W. Tayler)
      1. Tell Me
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. Skylines
      4. Highway to the Sun
      5. Lunar Sea
      6. Rain Dances
      7. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night
    • CD 16: Breathless (Released as Decca TXS-R 132 in 1978)
      1. Breathless
      2. Echoes
      3. Wing and a Prayer
      4. Down on the Farm
      5. Starlight Ride
      6. Summer Lightning
      7. You Make Me Smile
      8. The Sleeper
      9. Rainbow’s End
      10. Rainbow’s End (single version) – Bonus track
    • CD 17: I Can See Your Houses From Here (Released as Decca TXS-R 137 in 1979)
      1. Wait
      2. Your Love is Stranger Than Mine
      3. Eye of the Storm
      4. Who We Are
      5. Survival
      6. Hymn to Her
      7. Neon Magic
      8. Remote Romance
      9. Ice
      10. Remote Romance (single version) – Bonus track
    • CD 18: Nude (Released as Decca SKL 5323 in 1981)
      1. City Life
      2. Nude
      3. Drafted
      4. Docks
      5. Beached
      6. Landscapes
      7. Changing Places
      8. Pomp and Circumstance
      9. Please Come Home
      10. Reflections
      11. Captured
      12. The Homecoming
      13. Lies
      14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
      15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)
      16. Captured (first version) (previously unreleased) – Bonus track
    • CD 19: BBC Radio One In Concert – Hammersmith Odeon 27th February 1981 (First broadcast 2nd May 1981)
      1. Never Let Go
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. Lunar Sea
      4. Summer Lightning
      5. Ice
      6. City Life
      7. Drafted
      8. Docks
      9. Beached
      10. Landscapes
      11. Changing Places
      12. Reflections
      13. Captured
      14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
      15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)
    • CD 20: The Single Factor (Released as Decca SKL 5328 in 1982)
      1. No Easy Answer
      2. You Are the One
      3. Heroes
      4. Selva
      5. Lullabye
      6. Sasquatch
      7. Manic
      8. Camelogue
      9. Today’s Goodbye
      10. A Heart’s Desire
      11. End Piece
      12. You Are the One (promotional 12-inch single version) – Bonus track
    • CD 21: Stationary Traveller (Released as Decca SKL 5334 in 1984)
      1. Pressure Points
      2. Refugee
      3. Vopos
      4. Cloak and Dagger Man
      5. Stationary Traveller
      6. West Berlin
      7. Fingertips
      8. Missing
      9. After Words
      10. Long Goodbyes
      11. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines – Bonus track
      12. Pressure Points (12-inch single extended version) – Bonus track
    • CD 22: Pressure Points Live at Hammersmith Odeon 11 May 1984
      1. Pressure Points
      2. Drafted
      3. Captured
      4. Lies
      5. Refugee
      6. Vopos
      7. Stationary Traveller
      8. West Berlin
      9. Fingertips
    • CD 23: Pressure Points Live at Hammersmith Odeon 11 May 1984
      1. Sasquatch
      2. Wait
      3. Cloak and Dagger Man
      4. Long Goodbyes
      5. Rhayader
      6. Rhayader Goes to Town
      7. Lady Fantasy
    • CD 24: Camel and Mirage (New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler)
      Camel
      1. Slow Yourself Down
      2. Mystic Queen
      3. Six Ate
      4. Seperation
      5. Never Let Go
      6. Curiosity
      7. Arubaluba
      Mirage
      1. Freefall
      2. Supertwister
      3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
      4. Earthrise
      5. Lady Fantasy
    • CD 25: Music inspired by The Snow Goose (New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler)
      1. The Great Marsh
      2. Rhayder
      3. Rhayder Goes to Town
      4. Sanctuary
      5. Fritha
      6. The Snow Goose
      7. Friendship
      8. Migration
      9. Rhayder Alone
      10. Flight of the Snow Goose
      11. Preparation
      12. Dunkirk
      13. Epitaph
      14. Fritha Alone
      15. La Princesse Perdue
      16. The Great Marsh
    • CD 26: Moonmadness (New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler)
      1. Aristillus
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. Chord Change
      4. Spirit of the Water
      5. Another Night
      6. Air Born
      7. Lunar Sea
    • CD 27: Nude (New Stereo Mix by Stephen W Tayler)
      1. City Life
      2. Nude
      3. Drafted
      4. Docks
      5. Beached
      6. Landscapes
      7. Changing Places
      8. Pomp and Circumstance
      9. Please Come Home
      10. Reflections
      11. Captured
      12. The Homecoming
      13. Lies
      14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
      15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)
    • Disc 28: Blu-ray
      ‘Camel’ & ‘Mirage’ High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix
      Camel
      1. Slow Yourself Down
      2. Mystic Queen
      3. Six Ate
      4. Seperation
      5. Never Let Go
      6. Curiosity
      7. Arubaluba
      Mirage
      1. Freefall
      2. Supertwister
      3. Nimrodel / The Procession / The White Rider
      4. Earthrise
      5. Lady Fantasy
      6. Autumn – Bonus track
    • Disc 29: Blu-ray
      ‘Music inspired by The Snow Goose’ & ‘Moonmadness’ High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix
      Music Inspired by The Snow Goose
      1. The Great Marsh
      2. Rhayder
      3. Rhayder Goes to Town
      4. Sanctuary
      5. Fritha
      6. The Snow Goose
      7. Friendship
      8. Migration
      9. Rhayder Alone
      10. Flight of the Snow Goose
      11. Preparation
      12. Dunkirk
      13. Epitaph
      14. Fritha Alone
      15. La Princesse Perdue
      16. The Great Marsh
      17. Riverman – Bonus track
      Moonmadness
      1. Aristillus
      2. Song Within a Song
      3. Chord Change
      4. Spirit of the Water
      5. Another Night
      6. Air Born
      7. Lunar Sea
    • Disc 30: Blu-ray
      ‘Nude’ High Resolution 5.1 Surround Sound & Stereo Mixes by Stephen W Tayler / High resolution original stereo mix
      1. City Life
      2. Nude
      3. Drafted
      4. Docks
      5. Beached
      6. Landscapes
      7. Changing Places
      8. Pomp and Circumstance
      9. Please Come Home
      10. Reflections
      11. Captured
      12. The Homecoming
      13. Lies
      14. The Birthday Cake (The Last Farewell)
      15. Nude’s Return (The Last Farewell)
    • Disc 31: Blu-ray: The Video Vaults
      1. Never Let Go
      2. Arubaluba
      3. Selections from “The Snow Goose” a. The Snow Goose / b. Friendship / c. Rhayader Goes to Town (Guildford Civic Hall 1973 – MCA Promo film shown on “The Old Grey Whistle Test”)
      4. The White Rider (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      5. Lunar Sea (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      6. Preparation (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      7. Dunkirk (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      8. Another Night (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      9. Lady Fantasy (BBC TV – The Old Grey Whistle Test – 21st June 1975)
      10. First Light (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      11. Metrognome (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      12. Unevensong (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      13. Rhayader / Rhayader Goes to Town (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      14. Skylines (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      15. Highways of the Sun (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      16. Lunar Sea (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      17. Rain Dances (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      18. Never Let Go (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      19. One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night (Live at Hammersmith Odeon – 14th April 1976)
      20. City Life (BBC TV – “Sight & Sound in Concert – 29th September 1977”)
      21. Lies (BBC TV – “Sight & Sound in Concert – 29th September 1977”)
    • Disc 32: Blu-ray: Pressure Points (1984 concert film)
      1. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines
      2. Pressure Points
      3. Refugee
      4. Vopos
      5. Stationary Traveller
      6. West Berlin
      7. Fingertips
      8. Sasquatch
      9. Wait
      10. Cloak and Dagger Man
      11. Long Goodbyes
      12. Rhayader
      13. Rhayader Goes to Town
      14. Lady Fantasy
      15. In the Arms of Waltzing Fraulines

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