Label: Charly Records (UK), SNAP 199
Style: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Paris, France
Time: 43:53
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb
Gong
are a rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. They incorporate
elements of psychedelic rock, jazz and space rock into their musical
style. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician
Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth.
Gong's 1970 debut
album, Magick Brother, featured a psychedelic rock sound. By the
following year, the second album, Camembert Electrique, featured the
more psychedelic rock/space rock sound with which they would be most
associated.
The band's recently recruited bass player Christian
Tritsch was not ready in time to play on the album, and so
singer/songwriter/guitarist Daevid Allen played the bass guitar himself;
a photo of Allen recording bass tracks for the album is featured on the
cover artwork. They also made use of jazz contrabass (double bass)
players Earl Freeman and Barre Phillips, who were recording for the
label at the same time, on three tracks. Occasional early Gong
collaborator Dieter Gewissler, who normally played violin, also
contributed some "free" bowed contrabass to two tracks. The LP sleeves
were printed before the final track order and titles had been decided
and so the songs "Rational Anthem" (AKA "Change the World") and "Glad To
Sad To Say" were listed the wrong way round.
Shortly afterwards, the
band played its debut gig at the BYG Actuel Festival in the small town
of Amougies, Belgium, on 27 October 1969, introduced to the stage by
bemused compere Frank Zappa.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_(band)) and (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magick_Brother)
01. Mystic Sister - Magick Brother (05:56)
02. Glad To Sad To Say (04:09)
03. Rational Anthem (03:44)
04. Chainstore Chant - Pretty Miss Titty (04:47)
05. Fable Of A Fredfish - Hope You Feel Ok (04:27)
06. Ego (03:59)
07. Gong Song (04:13)
08. Princess Dreaming (02:53)
09. 5 and 20 Schoolgirls (04:36)
10. Cos You Got Green Hair (05:04)
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