Tamworth, England, UK • 1969-1970

Camelot was a flash of heavy acid rock brilliance from Tamworth, UK, roaring to life between 1969 and 1970. Rod Harrison (guitar), John Smith (bass), and Haydn Archer (drums) rose from the rubble of local bands like Sky Blue Pink and Paper Sun, wielding originality like a weapon. Their sound was raw, urgent, and unrelenting—Harrison swore their self-penned songs would set them apart.

In 1970, whispers of a progressive label deal led them to a professional studio to cut demos, a glimmer of hope amidst day jobs and gritty determination. Archer worked by day as a joiner, while Harrison and Smith soldered wires as telecommunications engineers, saving their fury for the stage. Local gigs turned into a two-week Irish tour—proof that their fire was catching.

Their journey burned fast, but Camelot left a mark. A track from a rare acetate surfaced online in 2010, then further gained cult status on the 2011 bootleg Do What Thou Wilt. Now officially released for the first time, the song is a sonic relic of the UK’s early underground acid rock chaos—a testament to a band that burned bright and left behind a faint, molten imprint on the annals of UK rock.