Cam-Pact were formed in Melbourne in April 1967 with a lineup of Mark Barnes on bass guitar; Keith Glass on vocals and guitar and John Pugh on guitar, vocals and autoharp, (both ex-18th Century Quartet), Chris Stockley on guitar and Bob Lloyd (aka Bob Tregilgus) on drums. Originally named The Camp Act but, as that was "too outrageous", they soon changed to Cam-Pact. Initially they performed soul music in the Stax Records and Tamla-Motown mould. By 1968 Greg Cook, on organ and guitar, had replaced Pugh; and Trevor Courtney had replaced Lloyd on drums.
In March 1968 they issued their debut single, "Something Easy "written by Glass and Cook, on Festival Records followed by a four-track extended play of the same name which featured Cam Pact on side one and another Melbourne band, The Dream on side two. Their second single, "Drawing Room", appeared in May and was written by Glass. It was followed by a third single, "Good Good Feelin'", in September, which was co-written by Cook and Courtney. Late that year Barnes left, and Glass took up bass guitar. The group issued a fourth single, "Potion of Love", in June 1969. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described these singles as "fine examples of late 1960s psychedelic pop".
The group issued a second EP, 'Cam-Pact / Pastoral Symphony', with two tracks by Cam-Pact and two by label mates, Pastoral Symphony, which were a studio ensemble. By mid-1969 Glass had left to join the cast of Hair and Stockley left to join Axiom, and they were replaced by Chris Löfvén on bass guitar and Russell Smith on guitar, respectively. Soon after Cook was replaced in Cam-Pact by Bill Blissett on organ and vocals. In September that year they released another single, "Zoom Zoom Zoom", and an EP of that name. Early in 1970 Ray Arnott replaced Courtney on drums and Cliff Edwards replaced Löfvén on bass guitar. They toured to Sydney with Matt Taylor guesting on lead vocals. A three-piece line up of Arnott, Edwards and Smith continued until March 1970 before the trio formed Company Caine with Gulliver Smith on lead vocals and Jeremy Noone on saxophone. Missing Link released a compilation album in 2002, 'Psychedelic Pop 'n Soul 1967 - 1969'. Bill Blissett died in 2022.
In March 1968 they issued their debut single, "Something Easy "written by Glass and Cook, on Festival Records followed by a four-track extended play of the same name which featured Cam Pact on side one and another Melbourne band, The Dream on side two. Their second single, "Drawing Room", appeared in May and was written by Glass. It was followed by a third single, "Good Good Feelin'", in September, which was co-written by Cook and Courtney. Late that year Barnes left, and Glass took up bass guitar. The group issued a fourth single, "Potion of Love", in June 1969. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described these singles as "fine examples of late 1960s psychedelic pop".
The group issued a second EP, 'Cam-Pact / Pastoral Symphony', with two tracks by Cam-Pact and two by label mates, Pastoral Symphony, which were a studio ensemble. By mid-1969 Glass had left to join the cast of Hair and Stockley left to join Axiom, and they were replaced by Chris Löfvén on bass guitar and Russell Smith on guitar, respectively. Soon after Cook was replaced in Cam-Pact by Bill Blissett on organ and vocals. In September that year they released another single, "Zoom Zoom Zoom", and an EP of that name. Early in 1970 Ray Arnott replaced Courtney on drums and Cliff Edwards replaced Löfvén on bass guitar. They toured to Sydney with Matt Taylor guesting on lead vocals. A three-piece line up of Arnott, Edwards and Smith continued until March 1970 before the trio formed Company Caine with Gulliver Smith on lead vocals and Jeremy Noone on saxophone. Missing Link released a compilation album in 2002, 'Psychedelic Pop 'n Soul 1967 - 1969'. Bill Blissett died in 2022.
Members
Keith Glass (vocals, guitar), Chris Stockley (vocals, guitar), Mark Barnes (bass), Bob Lloyd (drums), John Pugh (guitar, violin, harmonica), Greg Cook (guitar, organ), Trevor Courtney (drums), Bill Blissett (organ, vocals), Chris Lofven (bass), Russell Smith (guitar), Ray Arnott (drums, vocals), Cliff Edwards (bass)
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SINGLES
''Something Easy (#56) / Michael'' 1968 Festival''Drawing Room / I'm Your Puppet'' (#47) 1968 Festival
''Good Good Feelin' / And It Won't Be Long'' 1968 Festival
''Potion Of Love (#60) / Cry My Heart Out'' 1969 Festival
''Zoom Zoom Zoom (#55) / Getting Myself Together'' 1969 Festival
EPs
'Something Easy / Who Could Be Loving You' [split EP with The Dream] 1968 Festival'Drawing Room / I'm Your Puppet' [split EP with Pastoral Symphony] 1968 Festival
'Zoom, Zoom, Zoom' 1970 Festival
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam-Pact
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam-Pact
http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/
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