You lucky duck LTE, I missed the 1992 comeback because there was no internet and I didn't find out about Dust & Dreams until it was all over. Camel had been quiet for such a long time and there was no newsletter or anything to raise the alert.

My first was Leicester, November 1979, booked late as I'd only just heard A Live Record. Totally wowed from opener Echoes right until the last note.

Camel did actually use some slides on the Snow Goose and Moonmadness tours I think, but never as you say the big theatrical production of certain other bands. In a way I think it would have been better for their career to use a few more visual gimicks to raise their image profile, but of course what really lasts in the end is their superb music.

I first saw and listened to Camel in 1977 in Scheeßel / Germany at the so called First Rider Open Air Festival. They really were teh Highlight of the whole day. It was there I bought "Rain Dances".

I've never gotten to see them... I was only 7 at the time of the Farewell tour!

I saw Camel three times! 'The first time was in Hannover 1979 followed by Hamburg 1997 and Paderborn 2003.
I don ' t remember too much visualy on the Hannover 1979 concert.
Musically I remémber that Ice was brilliant and good for us we have some bootlegs from that time to remember better musically.

I wish I could have seen them, but like Apollo, I was born just a generation too late. I would have killed to see the Rajaz tour, or any other tour for that fact.

I saw Camel at the Boarding House in San Francisco. I don't have the date in front of me, but it was June or July of 1976. There was an early show that was broadcast on KSAN FM & the late show which I attended. I wasn't aware of the broadcast until I was standing in line waiting for the show. If I had known, I would have had a friend record it for me. It took me something like 20 years to finally get a copy of that show.

The Boarding House was a nightclub, where there were chairs around small tables. Every seat was a good one, as the club was pretty small. I secured a table up against the side wall and sat on the top of the chair back. That put me up above the crowd. I had a cheap mono tape recorder & taped the show. The quality is terrible, but it was all I had for so long. It was the Moonmadness tour & they started out with a recording of Aristillus before the band came on stage.

I remember them using a projection of M. C. Escher's print of the tide at night during Lunar Sea.

Awesome show! It was my first of 6 camel shows. I'll report on others as I get time.

Lynn

Hi Lynn, great to have you on board here!
We're a small bunch but growing and maybe some lurkers will join as time goes on.

Date was 23rd June as you told me a little while back - written on your cassette case.
More info thanks to you: encore on late show was Lady Fantasy (Another Night for early show) and they did not play Chord Change during the late show.

Preston Guild Hall, Single Factor tour, followed by Southport Floral Hall, Stationary Traveller tour. Then sadly, never again.......

Philip

My first and only time was on the last show of the farewell tour at Sheffied.

I nearly saw them in 1978 at York but the gig was cancelled at the last minute due to one of the band being ill.

Didn't find out until we arrived at the venue....very disappointing.

My first Camel concert was in 1997 in Utrecht at Tivoli,Netherlands.
It was during their Harbour of tears tour.
It was a very good concert and I enjoyed it a lot.

This was the only one I have seen,wich I regret.

Good one to see though JanB, setlist and performances were amazing on that tour.
Fosse Patterson did a great job on keys, love to see his contributions ont he Coming Of Age DVD.

June 1974, South Bank Polytechnic, London. Seen them more than 40 times since.

The only recording I made was Croydon, UK on the 'Nude' tour, but it is a VERY poor recording.

40 times, that's a good tally! We could really do with a decent UK tribute band to get that live Camel experience once more, don't you think?

My first gig was in Heerlen (NL) in 1992 with the 'Dust & Dreams' tour. Since then I've seen them 6 times: 2X every tour. Got the chance to actually meet Andy & Colin in 2003 after the gig in Verviers on their 'Farewell Tour'. That was really great !
Cheers everyone,
Jef

My first one was 1984, 14th of May in Haarlem at the 'Concertgebouw'. I remember hearing the last soundcheck before the concert began through the big wooden doors, "La Princesse Perdue". It was the first thrill of seeing Camel live and have seen many many times after that, most tours two times or more. Even went to London to see at the Astoria them during the Rajaz tour. It's a pity that Camel probably won't tour again.

Best regards, Rene