- Audio CD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Zomba
- ASIN: B00004T2SA
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,296,238 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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The album kicks off with God of Light Revisited, a track that never appeared on any Camel studio album. It gives an interesting insight into the origins of the band and although certain passages are more reminiscent of Traffic than of Camel, the interplay between Andy Latimer and Peter Bardens is already evident. White Rider, from the 'Mirage' album, is more familiar material and is my favourite track in this collection; a melodic number capturing all the feeling of Latimer's guitar playing. Next follows one of the all-time classic Camel tracks, Lady Fantasy, also from 'Mirage'. This version rivals that on 'A Live Record', but doesn't quite surpass it. Arubaluba, from Camel's first studio album, is a familiar, jazz-rock type number. This reminds us (as if we needed reminding) of how tight and together this classic line-up of the band was and this track will be of particular interest to hard-core Camel fans, as it is the only live version available (legitimately) to date. The album closes with a medley from the instrumental album 'The Snow Goose'.
All in all this is a very enjoyable collection of live material from Camel's early days and is a must-have for hardened fans. For the less fanatical, buy the peerless 'A Live Record' first; if you already have that and enjoyed it, then give 'Gods of Light (73 to 75)' a try.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I really wasn't expecting to enjoy this. I thought 'buy it to be a completist'....'to keep the original line up flush with royaltises'..etc. But,,hey..what a surprise! This is actually a very, very good album indeed. The material is basically nothing really new to die hard Camel fans, but what it is a new slant on what was an era of superb music that first introduced me to this excellent band. It's not on a par with some of the later live albums, but it is worth the effort buying this to have in your collection. Pete Bardens was, and still is, a very fine keyboard player with Andy Ward and Doug Ferguson also driving things along, but it's left to Andrew Latimer to emphasis once again what a really excellent guitarist he was and still is
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Best BOOT of the CAMEL .......
21 Oct 2002
Format:Audio CD
Best years of Camel .....
Best Musicians .......
Best Songs...
( Especially 22 min. final with Snow Goose )
Sound quality is excellent ......
One Word ;
Wonderfull album...
Must BUY !
Best Musicians .......
Best Songs...
( Especially 22 min. final with Snow Goose )
Sound quality is excellent ......
One Word ;
Wonderfull album...
Must BUY !
Thanks.
Bora CETIN
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Recommended to the fans only,not the 1st place to start with
7 Feb 2003
Format:Audio CD
Well it's not the 1st place to start with, cause You find for example better examples than this one, such as the live album "A live record" or their official recent lives, witnessing the recent albums of "Dust and dreams", Harbour of tears" and "Rajaz"; nevertheless you find an exceptional BBC session in this "God of light", regarding their famous live version of Arubaluba, from the very early period and also some excerpts from old performances, regarding some stuff from "The snow goose",which are very interesting and make this album a real historical document (listen also to their new anthology "Lunar sea",recently issued and covering the period in between 1973-1985)... talking about the remaining tracks: "White rider" and "Lady Fantasy" don't add anything new in comparison to the original ones from their studio albums ...
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