GONG Camembert electrique on BYG

£ 65

$ 86

£ 65 Sold For

Mar 29, 2011 Sold Date

Mar 24, 2011 Start Date

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Description

ARTIST: GONG
TITLE: "Camembert Electrique"
Tracklist:
  Side 1:
   1. "Radio Gnome/You Can't Kill Me" (Daevid Allen) (6:43)
   2. "I've Bin Stone Before/Mister Long Shanks/O Mother" (Daevid Allen) (4:55)
   3. "I Am Your Fantasy" (Gilli Smyth-Daevid Allen) (3:35)
   4. "Dynamite/I Am Your Animal" (Gilli Smyth-Daevid Allen) (3:38)
   5. "Wet Cheese Delirium" (0:28)
  Side 2:
   1. "Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads/Fohat Digs Holes In Space" (Gilli Smyth-Daevid Allen) (6:38)
   2. "Tried So Hard" (Cristian Tritsch-Daevid Allen-Gilli Smyth) (4:35)
   3. "Tropical Fish/Selene/Gnome The Second" (Daevid Allen) (7:32)
COUNTRY: France
LABEL: BYG/Actuel Records
CAT#: BYG 529.353
YEAR: 1971
CONDITION:
VINYL:
   A-SIDE: M-
   B-SIDE: M-
COVER: EX

COMMENTS:
No split seams. Some ringwear. Includes full lyric/commentary sheets. Though vinyl is in great visual condition, BYG pressings tend to play a little "noisy", though not in a way that is sonically distracting from the music.

Once again I'm digging deeper into my collection for the records I thought I'd never sell...so I'm starting it high to justify my possible parting with it. It's all psychological, I'm sure.

I know that in my descriptions, I've thrown a few particular words around rather freely; words such as GENIUS and MASTERPIECE. In the case of this record, especially, both words apply...and I'll brook no denial. DAEVID ALLEN, having parted company with SOFT MACHINE, is the grand overseer of this flawlessly performed, arranged, sequenced, and produced slab of brain-drillingly "psychedelic/progressive" rock music. This record practically saw me safely (and bravely) through a turbulent adolescence with its ability to transcend and transport me above the life's mere irritations and disappointments. What more could you ask for?