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Rain Dances
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Rain Dances 4. "Highways of the Sun" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:29
Side Two
5. "Unevensong" (Bardens, Latimer, Andy Ward) – 5:33
6. "One of These Days I’ll Get an Early Night" (Bardens,
Mel Collins, Latimer, Richard Sinclair, Ward) – 5:53
7. "Elke" (Latimer) – 4:26
8. "Skylines" (Bardens, Latimer, Ward) – 4:24
9. "Rain Dances" (Bardens, Latimer) – 2:53
Additional track
10. "Highways of the Sun" (Bardens, Latimer) (single edit; CD-
Bonus Track)
2009 Expanded & Remastered Edition
10. "Highways of the Sun" (Single Version) – 4:00
11. "First Light" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in
Concert October 1, 1977) – 5:01
Studio album by Camel 12. "Metrognome" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in
Concert October 1, 1977) – 4:55
Released September 1977
13. "Unevensong" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in
Recorded 1977 Concert October 1, 1977) – 5:47
14. "Skylines" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert
Genre Progressive rock
October 1, 1977) – 5:36
Length 44:57 15. "Highways of the Sun" (live; taken from BBC "Sight and
Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977)> – 4:59
Label Deram Records
16. "One of these days I’ll get an early night" (live; taken
Producer Rhett Davies and Camel from BBC "Sight and Sound" in Concert October 1, 1977) – 4:12
Camel chronology Note: On the back of the 2009 Remastered Edition as well
as in the track list of the booklet both studio and live ver-
Moonmadness Rain Dances A Live Record sion of "Highways of the sun" are wrongly named "High-
(1976) (1977) (1978) ways to the sun". In the accompanying text by Mark Pow-
ell though the song is named correctly.
Rain Dances is the fifth studio album by English progres-
sive rock band Camel. It was released in 1977, with Deram
Records, and brought a major change to the band’s line-
Personnel
up, by replacing bassist Doug Ferguson with ex-Caravan • Andrew Latimer - Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, 12
Richard Sinclair and by adding saxophonist Mel Collins, string guitar, Panpipes, Flute, Fretless bass (A 3),
former King Crimson member. Electric piano (B 3), Piano (B 3, 5), Mini Moog (B 3),
String (B 3), Fuzz guitar (B 3), Rhythm guitar (B 4),
Bass (B 4), Glockenspiel (B 5), Backing vocals, Lead
Track listing vocals (A 4)
1. "First Light" (Peter Bardens, Andrew Latimer) – 5:01 • Peter Bardens - Organ, Piano, Electric piano, Mini
2. "Metrognome" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:15 Moog, String, Clavinet
3. "Tell Me" (Bardens, Latimer) – 4:06
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• Andy Ward - Drums, Percussion, Ocarina,
Glockenspiel, Talking drum
Release details
• Richard Sinclair - Bass, Lead vocals (A 2, 3, B 1) • 1977, UK, Decca, Release date: September 1977, LP
• Mel Collins - Alto saxophone, Tenor saxophone, • 1991, UK/GER, Deram, Release date: August 26, CD
Soprano saxophone, Clarinet, Bass flute, Brass (w. bonus track)
arrangements • 2004, UK, London 8207252, Release date: February 2,
2004, CD (remastered version)
Guest musicians
• Martin Drover - Trumpet (B 2), Flugel horn (B 4) References
• Malcolm Griffiths - Trombone (B 2, 4)
[1] Plichta, Mathew (2011 [last update]). "Rain Dances -
• Brian Eno - Mini Moog, Electric piano, Piano (B 3)
Camel | AllMusic". allmusic.com.
• Fiona Hibbert - Harp (B 3)
http://www.allmusic.com/album/r3169. Retrieved
24 June 2011.
Other credits
[2] "RAIN DANCES". connollyco.com.
• Dave Hutchins - Engineer http://www.connollyco.com/discography/camel/
• Paul Henry - Original LP sleeve design rain.html. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
• Bob Searles - LP illustration
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• Deram Records albums
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