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#1 | The odd one out datum

Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:58 am

I noticed the other day while scanning through a song per album by Camel that The Single Factor seems to be a very different album from the ones prior and later (which is pretty obvious). What I am wondering, though, is how the leap was made to get to the album. It is wedged between two albums that pushed boundaries for the band, yet Single Factor, while not an awful album by any means, seems to break that sequence. Plus, CB doesn't even play the bass on that one album, yet he returns after that one. Am I the only one who seems to get this feeling about The Single Factor?

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#2 | RE: The odd one out datum

Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:55 pm

To this question to you, the home page http://pink-camel.de/timeline.htm
give an answer.

Colin was on bass in 1982 and 1983 NOT Camel. He probably put a pause.

I'm going to Him in times of questions, how it came about that David Paton played in this time at the Camel bass.

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#3 | RE: The odd one out datum

Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:37 am

From memory, so I could be wrong here.

I believe the band was contractually pushed by the record company to make this album. This was quite demotivating so they decided to create an album like how the record company seemed to want it, like an album full of "hit singles". As some sort of protest.

Also, Andy (the original drummer) was absent, because of his 'serious hand injury'.

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