Sopwith Camel was a rock music band associated with the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the late 1960s. The band formed in late 1965 and their line-up consisted of vocalist and saxophone player Peter Kraemer, guitarists Terry MacNeil and William Sievers, bassist Martin Beard and drummer Norman Mayell. Sopwith Camel is best known for being the second San Francisco band to get a recording contract with a national record label, and the first to have a Top 40 hit.
Sopwith Camel released their first album (and only album recording during the 1960s), the eponymous Sopwith Camel, in 1967 on the Kama Sutra Records label. The band's only hit single, "Hello, Hello", became the first hit title to emerge from the San Francisco rock scene and reached #26 on the U.S. pop music charts in January 1967. The band's first album, and the vaudevillian "Hello, Hello" in particular, had more in common soundwise with earlier songs by The Lovin' Spoonful than typical 1960s psychedelic rock; producer Erik Jacobsen produced for both Sopwith Camel and The Lovin' Spoonful.
Tracklisting:
01.Hello Hello [Stereo] (2:26)
02.Frantic Desolation [Stereo] (2:16)
03.Saga of the Low Down Let Down [Stereo] (1:52)
04.Little Orphan Annie [Stereo] (2:54)
05.You Always Tell Me Baby [Stereo] (1:49)
06.Maybe in a Dream [Stereo] (2:09)
07.Cellophane Woman [Stereo] (2:32)
08.The Things That I Could Do with You [Stereo] (2:16)
09.Walk in the Park [Stereo] (2:31)
10.The Great Morpheum [Stereo] (2:52)
11.Postcard from Jamaica [Stereo] (2:33)
12.Treadin' [Mono Version] (2:19)
13.Hello Hello [Mono Version] (2:27)
14.Frantic Desolation [Mono Version] (2:18)
15.Saga of the Low Down Let Down [Mono Version] (1:52)
16.Little Orphan Annie [Mono Version] (2:56)
17.You Always Tell Me Baby [Mono Version] (1:51)
18.Maybe in a Dream [Mono Version] (2:06)
19.Cellophane Woman [Mono Version] (2:29)
20.The Things That I Could Do with You [Mono Version] (2:16)
21.Walk in the Park [Mono Version] (2:29)
22.The Great Morpheum [Mono Version] (2:54)
23.Postcard from Jamaica [Mono Version] (2:27)
Sopwith Camel:
*Peter Kraemer (vocals)
*Terry MacNeil (piano, guitar)
*Norm Mayell (drums)
*Martin Beard (bass)
*William Sievers (guitar)
*Jimmy Stringfellow (horns, keyboards, guitar)
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