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Camembert Electrique

by Gong

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve.

    Original 1971 BYG album
    Mastered to vinyl from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
    Insightful essay by long-term Gong fan Mark Paytress (Mojo magazine)
    Artwork, illustrated booklet, inserts & lyrics faithfully reproduced

    SIDE 1
    1. Radio Gnome
    2. You Can’t Kill Me
    3. I’ve Bin Stone Before : Mister Long Shanks : O Mother
    4. I Am Your Fantasy
    5. Dynamite : I Am Your Animal

    SIDE 2
    1. Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen’s Heads
    2. Fohat Digs Holes In Space
    3. Tried So Hard
    4. Tropical Fish : Selene
    5. Gnome The Second

    Includes unlimited streaming of Camembert Electrique via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    ... more
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £25 GBP or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve.

    Original 1971 BYG album
    Mastered to vinyl from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
    Insightful essay by long-term Gong fan Mark Paytress (Mojo magazine)
    Artwork, illustrated booklet, inserts & lyrics faithfully reproduced

    SIDE 1
    1. Radio Gnome
    2. You Can’t Kill Me
    3. I’ve Bin Stone Before : Mister Long Shanks : O Mother
    4. I Am Your Fantasy
    5. Dynamite : I Am Your Animal

    SIDE 2
    1. Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen’s Heads
    2. Fohat Digs Holes In Space
    3. Tried So Hard
    4. Tropical Fish : Selene
    5. Gnome The Second

    Each marble vinyl is unique, therefore the record you will receive will look different to our product photo.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Camembert Electrique via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    ... more
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £27 GBP or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve & printed inner wallet.

    Original 1971 BYG album
    Digitally mastered from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
    24-page booklet featuring an insightful essay by long-term Gong fan Mark Paytress and the original LP inserts & lyrics

    Includes unlimited streaming of Camembert Electrique via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.
    ships out within 5 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £13 GBP or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card
    Download available in 24-bit/96kHz.

      £8 GBP  or more

     

1.
Radio Gnome 00:27
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2.
You Can't Kill Me 06:16
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3.
I've Bin Stone Before : Mister Long Shanks : O Mother 04:51
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4.
I Am Your Fantasy 03:39
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5.
Dynamite : I Am Your Animal 04:29
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6.
Wet Cheese Delirium 00:28
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7.
Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads 00:12
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8.
Fohat Digs Holes in Space 06:20
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9.
Tried So Hard 04:36
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10.
Tropical Fish : Selene 07:32
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11.
Gnome the Second 00:25
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about

Formed in 1969 by Daevid Allen, one of the founder members of Soft Machine, Gong established itself as one of the most unique, innovative, and experimental rock groups of the 70s.

“I have a distinct feeling that Daevid Allen is one of the few true geniuses that have been thrown up by the rock media... a Dylan Thomas of another age” Steve Turner, 1971

Absurd, anarchic, and powerfully psychedelic, Camembert Electrique is the second album by Gong. Originally released in France on BYG/Actuel in 1971, then licensed to a young Richard Branson for his fledgling Virgin label in the UK in 1974, this iconic and influential recording is still devastatingly fresh sounding in the 21st century. Weirdness, wisdom, outré rock of the ‘highest’ order - as you’d expect from the founding-father of acid-rock Daevid Allen.

“This is a classic... Camembert Electrique remains undated.” All Music Guide

credits

released May 24, 2024

Remastered Audiophile Edition
Audio restoration and mastering by Nick Robbins
Graphic design for this reissue by Phil Rogers
Reissue produced for release by Rob Caiger & Geoffrey Cousin
Executive producer for this reissue: Jean-Luc Young

A BYG Production

An Original BYG Recording
Courtesy of Charly Acquisitions Ltd.
Licensed from LicenseMusic.com ApS.

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Pioneering French independent record label launched in 1967.

Avant-Garde / Free Jazz / Experimental / Psychedelic & Prog Rock

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