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The Paris Collection Liner Notes

Disclaimer: These Liner Notes are taken from the Camel Productions CD. The notes are published here without explicit permission. The original CD booklet includes pictures and info which is not available here, therefore I strongly recommend buying it.
Editors note: The original CD liner notes were rearranged and the formatting of the dates were slightly edited. All other texts are as in the original CD package.

The Long and Winding Road

1999 Nov 24th Andrew Latimer, Colin Bass and Dave Stewart unanimously agree to tour in Y2K and begin searching for a keyboardist.

2000 Jan 7th Manager Susan Hoover gives the go-ahead to booking agent Paul Boswell who begins scheduling performance dates.

18th Keyboardist Guy LeBlanc arrives in San Francisco to discuss joining Camel.

20th Guy officially joins Camel.

April 8th Drummer Dave Stewart e-mails Camel Productions to say he has accepted a position as manager of a drum shop and cannot keep his commitment to the tour.

9th-20th Negotiations with Dave are unsuccessful. Cancellation is considered.

21st Cancellation gets the thumbs-down. The search for a new drummer begins.

26th Colin suggests former band mate (X-Jethro Tull drummer) Clive Bunker. Everyone agrees and Andrew calls Clive.

29th Clive Bunker agrees to do the Camel tour.

May 20th Guy arrives at Little Barn Studio to rehearse keyboard arrangements for one week.

25th Andrew and Guy record late-night, acoustic version of 'Slow Yourself Down'.

July 17th Guy returns for 3 weeks rehearsal, prior to full band rehearsals.

Aug 4th Clive arrives at Little Barn Studio for rehearsals.

5th Years of alternative playing styles hamper Clive's ability to perform the difficult time-sequences. Doubt is cast he will do the tour after all.

6th Susan suffers serious injury while riding her horse and is airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery. She refuses to permit cancellation of the tour.

7th Clive agrees he is unable to do the tour. Cancellation now seems inevitable.

9th Colin arrives. Andrew, Susan, Colin and Guy agree to not yet give up.

10th Guy calls French-Canadian drummer, Denis Clement. He is available and keen but a completely unknown entity.

11th Casting fate to the winds, Denis is offered the job.

13th Denis arrives. Within 10 minutes of the first jam, the musicians have an incredible rapport. High energy replaces the tension. Tour Y2K is truly on!

21st Susan leaves hospital in a wheelchair.

24th Full scale rehearsal. It is the first time Susan hears Camel Y2K.

25th Tahoe City, California: Warmup date.

26/27th San Francisco: Camel's first official show of the tour is greeted with euphoria. Susan, in a wheelchair, is given a standing ovation.

29th Los Angeles: With video cameras rolling, the sound engineer fails to capture the audio. The anticipated DVD of Tour Y2K is shelved to the dissapointment of all.

30th San Diego, California

Sept 4th Osaka, Japan

5th Nagoya: Denis video records the audience... for his mother.

6-8th Tokyo: Andrew gets a head-cold. The Canadians struggle after late-nigt party.

10th Hamburg, Germany

13th Bydgoszcz, Poland: Andrew's cold escalates. Colin falls asleep at press conference.

14th Warsaw: Denis video records the audience again... for his mother.

15th Krakow: Andrew's cold becomes a bronchial infection. He continues a full performance schedule. Denis continues to record the audience... for his mother.

16th Zabrze

18th Torino, Italy

19th Clermont Ferrand, France: To the great relief of all, the touring party gets their laundry done.

21st Madrid, Spain

22nd Barcelona

24th Vervier, Belgium: Hottest gig on tour. Band loses weight.

25th Groningen, Holland: As the band takes their bows, a fan shakes Guy's hand and pulls him off the stage. A monitor cabinet breaks his fall but fractures his rib.

26th Amsterdam: Denis now records the audience each night... for his mother.

27th Tilburg

28th Rotterdam: Doctors advise Andrew to stop singing or risk damaging his vocal chords. Colin and Guy save the day.

29th Utrecht

30th Paris, France: Despite aches and pains, Paris is the band's most fun-filled performance.

Oct 2nd Dudley, UK: Andrew chips a bone off his knee cap. He performs sitting down.

3rd Leicester

4th Cambridge: Susan arrives from America and triumphantly walks into the gig.

5th Norwich: Andrew's knee is nicknamed "Chip".

6th London: Chrysalis TV video records a portion of the show for airing on Channel 4 TV's "Top Ten" series.

7th Liverpool

8th Sheffield

9th Glasgow, Scotland: Andrew has a relapse. Doctors advise complete rest.

10th Dublin, Ireland: The Dublin performance is sacrificed to give Andrew time to rest.

13th Thessalonika, Greece: The warm climate of Greece renews the entire entourage. With his knee strapped in a brace and his voice restored, Andrew participates fully in the last shows of Tour Y2K.

14th Athens: The Gods of Mythology smile down as the tour ends with riotous, sellout performances. All's well that ends well.

1999	Nov	24th	Andrew Latimer, Colin Bass and Dave Stewart unanimously agree to tour in Y2K and begin searching for a keyboardist.
2000	Jan	7th	Manager Susan Hoover gives the go-ahead to booking agent Paul Boswell who begins scheduling performance dates.
		18th	Keyboardist Guy LeBlanc arrives in San Francisco to discuss joining Camel.
		20th	Guy officially joins Camel.
	April	8th	Drummer Dave Stewart e-mails Camel Productions to say he has accepted a position as manager of a drum shop and cannot keep his commitment to the tour.
		9th-20th	Negotiations with Dave are unsuccessful. Cancellation is considered.
		21st	Cancellation gets the thumbs-down. The search for a new drummer begins.
		26th	Colin suggests former band mate (X-Jethro Tull drummer) Clive Bunker. Everyone agrees and Andrew calls Clive.
		29th	Clive Bunker agrees to do the Camel tour.
	May	20th	Guy arrives at Little Barn Studio to rehearse keyboard arrangements for one week.
		25th	Andrew and Guy record late-night, acoustic version of 'Slow Yourself Down'.
	July	17th	Guy returns for 3 weeks rehearsal, prior to full band rehearsals.
	Aug	4th	Clive arrives at Little Barn Studio for rehearsals.
		5th	Years of alternative playing styles hamper Clive's ability to perform the difficult time-sequences. Doubt is cast he will do the tour after all.
		6th	Susan suffers serious injury while riding her horse and is airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery. She refuses to permit cancellation of the tour.
		7th	Clive agrees he is unable to do the tour. Cancellation now seems inevitable.
		9th	Colin arrives. Andrew, Susan, Colin and Guy agree to not yet give up.
		10th	Guy calls French-Canadian drummer, Denis Clement. He is available and keen but a completely unknown entity.
		11th	Casting fate to the winds, Denis is offered the job.
		13th	Denis arrives. Within 10 minutes of the first jam, the musicians have an incredible rapport. High energy replaces the tension. Tour Y2K is truly on!
		21st	Susan leaves hospital in a wheelchair.
		24th	Full scale rehearsal. It is the first time Susan hears Camel Y2K.
		25th	Tahoe City, California: Warmup date.
		26/27th	San Francisco: Camel's first official show of the tour is greeted with euphoria. Susan, in a wheelchair, is given a standing ovation.
		29th	Los Angeles: With video cameras rolling, the sound engineer fails to capture the audio. The anticipated DVD of Tour Y2K is shelved to the dissapointment of all.
		30th	San Diego, California
	Sept	4th	Osaka, Japan
		5th	Nagoya: Denis video records the audience... for his mother.
		6-8th	Tokyo: Andrew gets a head-cold. The Canadians struggle after late-nigt party.
		10th	Hamburg, Germany
		13th	Bydgoszcz, Poland: Andrew's cold escalates. Colin falls asleep at press conference.
		14th	Warsaw: Denis video records the audience again... for his mother.
		15th	Krakow: Andrew's cold becomes a bronchial infection. He continues a full performance schedule. Denis continues to record the audience... for his mother.
		16th	Zabrze
		18th	Torino, Italy
		19th	Clermont Ferrand, France: To the great relief of all, the touring party gets their laundry done.
		21st	Madrid, Spain
		22nd	Barcelona
		24th	Vervier, Belgium: Hottest gig on tour. Band loses weight.
		25th	Groningen, Holland: As the band takes their bows, a fan shakes Guy's hand and pulls him off the stage. A monitor cabinet breaks his fall but fractures his rib.
		26th	Amsterdam: Denis now records the audience each night... for his mother.
		27th	Tilburg
		28th	Rotterdam: Doctors advise Andrew to stop singing or risk damaging his vocal chords. Colin and Guy save the day.
		29th	Utrecht
		30th	Paris, France: Despite aches and pains, Paris is the band's most fun-filled performance.
	Oct	2nd	Dudley, UK: Andrew chips a bone off his knee cap. He performs sitting down.
		3rd	Leicester
		4th	Cambridge: Susan arrives from America and triumphantly walks into the gig.
		5th	Norwich: Andrew's knee is nicknamed "Chip".
		6th	London: Chrysalis TV video records a portion of the show for airing on Channel 4 TV's "Top Ten" series.
		7th	Liverpool
		8th	Sheffield
		9th	Glasgow, Scotland: Andrew has a relapse. Doctors advise complete rest.
		10th	Dublin, Ireland: The Dublin performance is sacrificed to give Andrew time to rest.
		13th	Thessalonika, Greece: The warm climate of Greece renews the entire entourage. With his knee strapped in a brace and his voice restored, Andrew participates fully in the last shows of Tour Y2K.
		14th	Athens: The Gods of Mythology smile down as the tour ends with riotous, sellout performances. All's well that ends well.