Sopwith Camel - Sopwith Camel (Hello Hello) (1967) [Reissue 1992]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 138 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 61 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Unidisc (BDK-8060)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 138 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 61 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Unidisc (BDK-8060)
From the fertile San Francisco ballroom scene, the Sopwith Camel emerged in 1966 with a refreshingly melodic spin on the overamplified electric kool-aid coming from their psychedelic peers the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. The band's name was almost snatched by Bay Area concert impresario Chet Helms, who was looking for a catchy moniker to promote the new blues-based group being fronted by Janis Joplin and eventually settled on Big Brother & the Holding Company. Unfortunately, the band has suffered the double indignation of either being cast in the same lot as its trippy hippie counterparts or as sunshine pop lightweights – neither of which is wholly accurate. Their one hit - the title track, "Hello, Hello" - did reach the Top Ten…