Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Snow Goose is the third studio album by the band Camel, released in the U.K. on 25 April 1975 [2].The critical success [3] of "The White Rider" suite (based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and appearing on the band's previous 1974 album, Mirage) prompted the group to write more novel-inspired conceptual suites.
The Snow Goose is a simple, short written parable on the regenerative power of friendship and love, set against a backdrop of the horror of war. It documents the growth of a friendship between Philip Rhayader, an artist living a solitary life in an abandoned lighthouse in the marshlands of Essex because of his disabilities, and a young local girl, Fritha.
"Flight of the Snow Goose" 1975 The Snow Goose "The Snow Goose" "Another Night" 1976 Moonmadness "Highways of the Sun" 1977 Rain Dances "Breathless" (Japan and Spain-only release) 1978 Breathless "Remote Romance" 1979 I Can See Your House from Here "Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine" 1980 "Lies" (Netherlands-only release) 1981 Nude
Released in 1975, the instrumental concept album The Snow Goose, inspired by the Paul Gallico short story of the same name, was the breakthrough album that brought Camel wider attention and success. However, the album attracted a lawsuit from Gallico. [7]
Paul William Gallico (July 26, 1897 – July 15, 1976) was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. [1] Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goose, his most critically successful book, for the novel The Poseidon Adventure, primarily through the 1972 film adaptation, and for four novels about the beloved character of Mrs ...
LP 2 features the original line-up all the way, and is devoted to a complete performance of the band's instrumental concept album, The Snow Goose, during the tour for the album in 1975, performed with the London Symphony Orchestra as conducted by David Bedford at the Royal Albert Hall, London, October 1975. The remastered edition released in ...
The Snow Goose: Camel - America's Choice: Hot Tuna - Armageddon: Armageddon - ... Top Rock 1975 #1, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, National Recording Registry 2003, ...
The Snow Goose is a 1971 British television drama film based on the 1941 novella The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk by Paul Gallico. It won a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Film and was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Production.