Quality: FLAC 16 bit / 44.1 kHz (Tracks)
Artist: Camel
Title: The Snow Goose
Released: 1975 / 2023
Style: Prog Rock, Art Rock
RAR Size: 555 Mb
Tracklist:
CD 01
1. The Great Marsh (Remastered 2023) 2:04
2. Rhayader (Remastered 2023) 3:02
3. Rhayader Goes To Town (Remastered 2023) 5:20
4. Sanctuary (Remastered 2023) 1:06
5. Fritha (Remastered 2023) 1:20
6. The Snow Goose (Remastered 2023) 3:12
7. Friendship (Remastered 2023) 1:45
8. Migration (Remastered 2023) 2:01
9. Rhayader Alone (Remastered 2023) 1:54
10. Flight Of The Snow Goose (Remastered 2023) 2:42
11. Preparation (Remastered 2023) 3:55
12. Dunkirk (Remastered 2023) 5:25
13. Epitaph (Remastered 2023) 2:08
14. Fritha Alone (Remastered 2023) 1:31
15. La Princesse Perdue (Remastered 2023) 4:56
16. The Great Marsh (Reprise / Remastered 2023) 1:20
CD 02
1. Flight Of The Snow Goose (Single Version / Remastered 2023) 2:06
2. Rhayader (Single Version / Remastered 2023) 3:12
3. Riverman (Snow Goose Sessions / Remastered 2023) 3:41
CD 03
1. The Great Marsh (NEW Remixed 2023) 2:04
2. Rhayader (NEW Remixed 2023) 3:03
3. Rhayader Goes To Town (NEW Remixed 2023) 5:22
4. Sanctuary (NEW Remixed 2023) 1:06
5. Fritha (NEW Remixed 2023) 1:20
6. The Snow Goose (NEW Remixed 2023) 3:13
7. Friendship (NEW Remixed 2023) 1:44
8. Migration (NEW Remixed 2023) 2:03
9. Rhayader Alone (NEW Remixed 2023) 1:53
10. Flight Of The Snow Goose (NEW Remixed 2023) 2:40
11. Preparation (NEW Remixed 2023) 4:01
12. Dunkirk (NEW Remixed 2023) 5:26
13. Epitaph (NEW Remixed 2023) 2:09
14. Fritha Alone (NEW Remixed 2023) 1:31
15. La Princesse Perdue (NEW Remixed 2023) 4:58
16. The Great Marsh (Reprise / NEW Remixed 2023) 1:19
17. Riverman (NEW Remixed 2023) 3:39
Camel’s classic period started with The Snow Goose, an instrumental concept album based on a novella by Paul Gallico. Although there are no lyrics on the album — two songs feature wordless vocals — the music follows the emotional arc of the novella’s story, which is about a lonely man named Rhayader who helps nurse a wounded snow goose back to health with the help of a young girl called Fritha he recently befriended. Once the goose is healed, it is set free, but Fritha no longer visits the man because the goose is gone. Later, Rhayader is killed in battle during the evacuation of Dunkirk. The goose returned during the battle, and it is then named La Princesse Perdue, symbolizing the hopes that can still survive even during the evils of war. With such a complex fable to tell, it is no surprise that Camel keep their improvisational tendencies reined in, deciding to concentrate on surging, intricate soundscapes that telegraph the emotion of the piece without a single word. And even though The Snow Goose is an instrumental album, it is far more accessible than some of Camel’s later work, since it relies on beautiful sonic textures instead of musical experimentation.
