The Miraculous Hump Returns From The Moon Remastered 2006

Sopwith Camel was a rock music band associated with the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the late 1960s. The band formed in late 1965 and their lineup consisted of vocalist and saxophone player Peter Kraemer, guitarists Terry MacNeil and William Sievers, bassist Martin Beard and drummer Norman Mayell. Sopwith Camel is best known for being the second San Francisco band to get a recording contract with a national record label and the first to have a Top 40 hit.

Sopwith Camel reformed in 1971 and recorded their second album, 1972's The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon on Warner Bros. Records' Reprise label. The band broke up again in 1974.

The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon, Remastered 2006 on CD was re-issued by the bands drummer Norman Mayell.

First reissued in 2001 as the Millennium Edition, it is now sold out. The only master that Warner Bros. had in its vault turned out to be a safety copy recorded during the vinyl mastering 30 years before. In this age of digital processing, it became the long awaited CD converted from tape in 2001. But this year (2006), producer Erik Jacobsen, discovered a box of reels from San Francisco’s Wally Heider Studios in his basement. Some would say this version is more faithful to the original vinyl recording of 1973. Again re-issued by Norman Mayell at www.sopwithcamel.com.