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Formed in 1966, the Sopwith Camel was the second San Francisco band to be signed by a major record company - Buddha/Kama Sutra - right after Jefferson Airplane and before the Grateful Dead. The Camel was the first San Francisco pyschedelic group in the '60s to have a "wildly commercial" hit on a national level called "Hello-Hello." It made the Billboard Top 10 in 1967. The group was originally produced by Erik Jacobsen. One of the earliest bands in San Francisco they first appeared in public on February 12, 1966. The Sopwith Camel played the Fillmore, the Avalon, the Matrix, Long Shoremans Hall, and are billed on a dozen or more of the collectible psychedelic posters of 1966 thru 1967. The Camel toured the country, appearing with the Rolling Stones, the Rascals, the Doors, the Turtles, the Who, the Velvet Undergroud, the Beach Boys and, of course, the Lovin' Spoonful, who were produced by Jacobsen as well. In San Francisco, they played with Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother, The Dead, Quicksilver, The Great Society, and so many others.
The group reformed in 1971 and recorded one more album to great reviews after signing with Mo Ostin of Warner Bros. After sitting in the Warner Bros. vaults for 30 years, the Camel's long-awaited early '70s album, "The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon," finally became a CD in 2001. It was called, "The Millennium Edition." Now this year, the 2nd CD release of the Miraculous Hump is called "Remastered 2006." Enjoy!...
Rumour has it, the Camel is back together, online, writing a new album.
The photos in this movie are from Ebbets Field, Denver, Colorado on News Years Eve 1973-74. They were shot by Bob Ferbrache of ListenUp Studios. The video was made at KEMO TV in San Francisco 1971. It was one of the earliest rock videos ever made.
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