Cam-Pact started as a Tamla Motown/Stax soul group in April 1967, before progressing through teenybopper and psychedelic stages and on to heavy blues.
The band endured many lineup changes but the second version of Cam-Pact featuring Mark Barnes, Greg Cook, Trevor Courtney, Keith Glass and Chris Stockley was the most successful line-up.
In late 1967, they were spotted by entrepreneurial doctor and would-be pop Svengali Geoffrey Edelsten, whose family owned the Edels record shop chain. He signed them to record a single and their debut 45 Something Easy was released in February 1968, rising to #22 in the Melbourne Top 40.
Their subsequent singles – Drawing Room (May 1968), Good Good Feelin’ (September 1968) and Potion of Love (June 1969) – were all fine examples of late-60s psychedelic pop.
By late 1968, Barnes had left and Glass was playing bass. Glass and Stockley had also left Cam-Pact by the middle of 1969, with Stockley joining Axiom and then The Dingoes.
Camp-Pact’s last single was Zoom Zoom Zoom, released in September 1969.
Keith Glass Vocals, guitar, bass Chris Stockley
Guitar John Pugh
Guitar, vocals, autoharp Mark Barnes
Bass Bob Lloyd
Drums Trevor Courtney
Drums Greg Cook
Guitar Bill Blisset
Organ, vocals Russell Smith
Guitar Chris Lofven
Bass Cliff Edwards
Bass Ray Arnott
Drums
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