Camel News... Andrew, new DVD, New Camel Music...
Date: Monday, September 13 @ 01:00:00 UTC
Topic: Band News (tours, comings/goings, etc)


In a recent posting to Camel's newsletter, it is written regarding Andrew Latimer's health, "This is officially the last time we will talk about Andrew's health. The bone marrow transplant has been a complete success, and I think the dark days are well and truly behind us. As I've said in past newsletters, he continues to have some challenges to face, but he is a strong-willed individual, and he will find way to overcome them. So, it's no longer about health problems. It's about the music..."

The Opening Farewell: "Andrew and Denis have now finished work on the DVD, and Denis has completed mixing the audio. Once all editing and mastering is complete, we'll send the masters off to the plant and it will be a matter of weeks before it's on sale in our shop.



Lady Fantasy
Unevensong
Hymn To Her
Echoes
Stationary Traveller
Drafted
Rhayader
Rhayader Goes To Town
Lunar Sea
Another Night
Ice
Spirit Of The Water
Slow Yourself Down
Mother Road
For Today

"It would be hard to believe this was from 2003 had we not been through such an intense passage of time since then. In my darkest hour, I had not wanted to even consider releasing it posthumously. And so, it is with tremendous pleasure, that I announce the pending release of this DVD.

"The lads have worked hard to restore the problems of audio that occurred on the night, and I think they've done a fabulous job. To my ears, it sounds exactly as it did on the night and, while it has all the rough qualities of a first-night performance, it was a tremendously fun gig.

"Something special... We have decided to offer something a little special for this release. For a donation of ?30 towards the production of The Opening Farewell, we'll list your name in the Special Thank You section of our liner notes. For ?40 donation, we'll print your name and send you an autographed copy from our first run. There is a choice for these selections when you visit our shop. If you just want to pre-order a copy, it will be autographed by Andrew as well. ****OFFER EXPIRES: 26 SEPTEMBER 2010****

"In The Meantime... In between work on the DVD, Andrew and Denis have been writing material for the next Camel album. It is still in an embryonic state, but the two seem to be expanding their musical relationship and lots of good sounds have been emitting from the studio of late. No definitive dates are going to be announced until a cohesive body of work has been created. However, I think it safe to say that a Camel album is in the future and I, for one, am just about breathless with anticipation.

iCamel... iTunes.

iTunes have formally invited Camel to join their online music store. We are truly pleased to join the downloading community, and have readily accepted. The contracts are being executed at this time, and material prepared for upload to the iTunes store. We hope to launch our iTunes availability within the next few weeks. We'll send out an eBeast with our launch date on the iTunes website."

[Source: Camel eBeast via DPRP; photo: ? 2003 Stephanie Sollow]







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