Camel - Never Let Go

[GabrielHackettBanks]

What a great song.. with interesting lyric..

[dharmaseed]

One question: Why was the groove on this song changed?

[Baud0]

awesome piece of music, but video sucks

[shakshukashakshuka]

Following comments about Mel Collins-I saw him in Glasgow with king Crimson circa 1971-what an excellent performance he gave and how appropriate his contribution to Camel as this performance shows.

[pinkfloydrule27]

does that extra part they go into in the middle section remind anybody else of Ace of Wands by Steve Hackett?

[Talleyrandful]

@Mad.JohnEscapes: Not true what you said about Pete not singing on his solo albums! He sung a lot on those, especially on the later ones.

[MadJohnEscapes]

@Talleyrandful

hmmm well he certainly doesn't sing on Seen one Earth, Speed of Light, Water Colors, and only a little on The Answer and write my name in the dust. does he sing on Big Sky?

other than that I don't know any other Bardens albums...so according to my knowledge, my statement was pretty true ;)

[Talleyrandful]

@MadJohnEscapes Well, MadJohnEscapes, he is singing several songs on Further Than You Know, on The Art of Levitation and indeed also on Big Sky, so as I said: the later albums.

By the way, I dont posess The Answer, Write My Name in The Dust and also not Heart to Heart. Would you recommend purchasing those too?

(Hmmm I can guess what you will say...)

[skaboosh]

@MadJohnEscapes he sang a few tunes on his solo stuff, didn't he....I'll have to dig out some albums...Heart to Heart was another album...not popular but i think it's great...Slow Motion, Julia, Raining All Over the World (probably a tune about the camel split)...that's 3 he sang from that LP...and then he sang (ish ) The Answer, I can't remember (was that the title).....all the best.

[lisa1316dog]

lasdy fof julis did

[DiDijewellery]

If you like this, check out Andy Ward's own website at andywardmusic. com

[skaboosh]

@DiDijewellery All the best to Andy, he definitely communicated his own cool vibe through the drums.....

[santuchoselpink]

Una lástima la calidad del video pero mejor que nada, la música es excelente. A bit of shame for the video quality but the music is excellent. Thanks for posting...

[MadJohnEscapes]

@santuchoselpink 

La cinta magnetica (VHS) no envejecer bien ;0)

gracias por mirar

[Gruntol5]

Oh for the days of rock music by groups such as Camel. The entire western world has sunk into utter mediocrity in every respect. Why? Because that's what the evil, money grubbing corporations want - everyone dumbed down to the same moronic level so that they can be fed with crap and be grateful for it. Watch the film "Idiocracy" - it's not a great film, but it shows where we are headed. Be afraid.

P.S. Peter Bardens solo here always blows me away.

[dharmaseed]

I noticed that Peter Bardens didn't do any lead vocals in this show, even on this track, which he wrote. Was this becuase of the tensions between Andrew Latimer and himself?

[MadJohnEscapes]

@dharmaseed

If what I read is accurate, Bardens preferred not to sing. All his solo albums don't have his vocals either.

[dharmaseed]

@MadJohnEscapes Got it, thanks for the info.

[lossiemouthden]

How is Andrew anyone know, we miss Camel and Andy.

[hypnosfera1980]

Mel Collins on SAX !!!! Anyway Camel Rules ... 

[PurpleFade10]

Being a Progressive Drum Artist Myself,It's great to see on of the all time great's of Progressive Rock..The slick and powerfull CAMEL

[vahemarsoop]

its so cool...i love camel....watch my friends first music video ...new cool prog rock band.thanks .....dont forget to comment ....just search for 3DF love machine part 1

[Davidftz]

The saxophone player is Mel Collins, best known for his work (apart from Camel) with King Crimson and the very excellent (70's UK band) Kokomo.

[peartisgod]

WHO IS THAT SAX PLAYER!!?? Love it, great song

[iuaryex80]

Sinclair, el bajista, venía de Caravan, que eran bastante jazzeros, y el saxo Mel Collins da un toque jazz fantástico. Camel cerca de 1977, momento cumbre de su creatividad. Estoy de acuerdo en eso de que suenan a cielo prometido...

[elmothman]

Nunca escuche esta "versión" del Never Let Go tan "JAZZEADA" no hay duda que Camel es algo muy cercano al CIELO PROMETIDO. Gran performance de la banda.

[FonzoTube]

Esta pieza abre el fantástico directo "A Live Record", con una versión muy similar. Un disco que recomiendo.

[stylecouncillor]

@FonzoTube sip...una de las mejores versiones de este tema! Latimer es uno de los mejores guitarristas del prog...quiza no sea rapido, ni muy versatil como otros ..pero tiene una sensibilidad exquisita q es uno los sellos caracterisiticos de la msuica de camel!

[spacetrucker1969]

I just recently discovered Camel through youtube yesterday. What a great bunch of musicians. I never realized that Mel Collins played with these guys. One hell of a good band.

[darwindunn]

five fab solos in one track!  they,ll always be the dogs bollocks rip pete

[MABEL242424]

this version is ok, the saxo of mel collins is just great!!!!, the bass is great but.. Im not agree with the voice jejjee 2:48.. whats that??

[mikey1829]

MEL COLLINS...AWESOME<<<<

[Cr0ssDressiNate]

Not only is Richard Sinclair influenced, but Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth is heavily influenced by them

[pikisuke]

Hey, what HitMeWithIt is saying is that Richard influenced Camel's sound, not the other way round ;-)

Here you can hear the bass line that is typically Richard's, which is also heard in early-Caravan and Hatfield & the North, and his unique bass play adds to "Never Let Go" a jazzy taste that was not heard in the original version in Camel's 1st album.

[Frustratedartist2]

I'd give away my nipple to watch a good version of this concert, and particularly this great song.

[Matshoppahulle]

I saw and heard it live in the seventies.

If I could here this agalng with "Ice" and "Hymn for her, live i would give one of my balls away.

I read Andrew is getting better, tired but composing a bit.

The fake and soulless music of today needs him.

[mikey1829]

TOTALLY AGREE<<<<<<<

[lensuniverse]

I divide my life experiences between before and after seeing Andy Lattimer and Camel perform in 2003. I continue to pray for Andy and his family and friends. For all the glitter and "persona" in performers of progressive rock - his performance seemed as authentic and non-contrived while also heartfelt and blazing in intensity as anyone - for my money that is.

Not to mention he was also accessible to fans after the show in such a natural way...

[lensuniverse]

it was stunning to me as a long time fan.

To chat idly for a while with someone whose artistry I so admired was refreshing to say the least!

[HitMeWithIt]

You can tell Richard Sinclair has influence here. The bassline is so much like a Caravan bass. Listen to this track on most other versions and it's so different. I like this one :)

[huharoto]

does anybody knows what happen with Andy?

[Gruntol5]

Which Andy? Latimer or Ward?

[huharoto]

Andy Latimer, i knew that he was sick and was the reason to cancel the live shows. Will Camel appear again in concert someday?

Thank you Gruntol

[camelandu2]

Check out Camelproductions,com. Well, huharoto, it doesn't look too good for another tour, but you never know. Since 1991 Andy startet camelproductions and gave out 4 new Camel albums.

[huharoto]

Thanks camelandu2, is a pitty to know that you´ll never see again Andy in concert, i had the opportunity to see a camel show in 2001 here in México and was fantastic and nostalgic to see them, but well this is life. See you

[prosoloist]

nothing like a voice crack during a super close-up @ 2:50

[yamahawx5]

Thx so much for posting this. I got the "Live Record" double LP (heavy duty japanese Vinyl, the only LP that gets my HI-FI to its limits;-))and was always looking for some video of Camel with Richard Sinclair on bass. Remembers me of better times when I was young...

[Gruntol5]

Love this rock-latin version too. Peter Bardens demonstrating his excellent keyboard playing (and without looking!). Everybody excels on this - bloody marvellous.

[ruberinhimself]

who is the singer???

[MadJohnEscapes]

Richard Sinclair. Of 'Caravan' fame.

[ruberinhimself]

thanks!

[enfantdurock]

RICHARD SINCLAIR

[kocisko]

It's really fun to see fantastic Collins on sax.They gave him much more space in King Crimson the old days,but he's still O.K. with Camel!Thanks for posting!

[WIGNSWORD]

One of the most haunting and beautiful rock songs ever written. This is a wonderful instrumental side of it, while the album version displays a more poetic side: two versions... Was this footage from the Camel Footage II DVD or is this an alternative recording of the same performance or another performance??

[pisulino]

Camel was underrated in the world but probably one of the most famous 70's bands in Argentina

[shakeyspheres]

Richard get the bloody well back to Caravan where you bloody belong and stop being an arse!

[MadJohnEscapes]

hey now hey now. If you're one to prefer the original lineup of Camel, that's fine, but please, Sinclair's technical ability and voracity is well evident, especially when he does that solo!

[shakeyspheres]

I'm sorry, i can see why you thought that. What i mean to say is that Caravan with Richard was the best group ever. He should never have ended up with these group of hairdressers!

[MadJohnEscapes]

oh...well yes they were a great group. sorry about the confusion. I hope you at least get some enjoyment out of the "hairdresser's" (camel) music too. Both solid.

[nalcow]

Que grupazo es Camel, Andy Ward tuvo un problema de bipolaridad que mucho tenia que ver con su genialidad, basta con ver todos los cambios de ritmos que podía hacer, le daba una riqueza inmensa a la música de Camel.

[kinggalan]

y el saxo es mel collins

[slawx12]

camel es magico, tiene eso q no te desgasta y q lo ase mantener junto a uno por muchisimo tiempo, banmda recomendable a ojos cerrados

y odios a tope

[santiac87]

Camel es sin duda una banda que tiene unos musicos impecables. tienen un sonido y una coordinacion envidiable y eso hace que sea una tremenda banda, no puedo dejar de escuchar sus discos, tienen el mejor sonido de todos (a mi gusto).

musicos fuera de serie

[santiac87]

Camel es sin duda una banda que tiene unos musicos impecables. tienen un sonido y una coordinacion envidiable y eso hace que sea una tremenda banda, no puedo dejar de escuchar sus discos, tienen el mejor sonido de todos (a mi gusto).

musicos fuera de serie