Sopwith Camel 1965 T-Shirt

Sopwith Camel was a band formed in 1965 that played a big part in the San Francisco psychedelic scene of the late '60s. The band is best known for being the second SF band to get a contract with a national label, and the first to have a Top 40 hit. Their self-titled first album was released in 1967 on Kama Sutra Records. The single "Hello, Hello" became the first hit to emerge from the San Francisco rock scene and reached 26 on the U.S. Hot 100 charts. A second hit, "Postcard from Jamaica," peaked at 88 on the Hot 100 in April 1967. The band was defunct by the end of 1967, but reformed in 1971 with all but one original member to record their second and final album, The Miraculous Hump Returns from the Moon.