GONG - Camembert Electrique - Orig French BYG Vinyl LP
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Jan 7, 2010 Sold Date
Dec 31, 2009 Start Date
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Description

GONG - Camembert Electrique
Recorded and originally released in 1971.

Condition: Cover, Disc and Inserts all Near Mint!

"Made in France" on Disc Label

Super RARE ORIGINAL BYG Pressing!

Recorded at Château d'Hérouville near Paris,
France, produced by Pierre Lattes and engineered by Gilles Salle.
Jean Karakos ("Byg Jean Kastro Kornflakes") was executive producer.
The album was originally released in France on the BYG label (529.353),
then later in 1971 in the UK by Virgin on their Caroline Records label (c1520)
before a later release on Virgin Records proper (VC502) in 1973.
Currently available in the UK on CD reissue through Snapper Music,
catalogue number SNAP 009 CD and on 180gram vinyl by
Get Back Records catalogue number GET610.


Track listing

   1. "Radio Gnome Prediction" (Daevid Allen) (listed as "Radio Gnome" on some CD reissues) – 0:26
   2. "You Can't Kill Me" (Allen) – 6:23
   3. "I've Bin Stone Before" (Allen) – 4:53
   4. "Mister Long Shanks" (Allen) / "O Mother" (Allen) / "I Am Your Fantasy" (Gilli Smyth/Christian Tritsch) – 3:41
   5. "Dynamite" / "I Am Your Animal" (Smyth/Tritsch) – 4:32
   6. "Wet Cheese Delirium" (Allen) (wrongly spelt "Delirum" on Snapper CD reissue) – 0:29
   7. "Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads" (Allen) – 0:13
   8. "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" (Allen/Smyth) – 6:24
   9. "And You Tried So Hard" (Tritsch/Allen) (listed as "Tried So Hard" on some CD reissues) – 4:39
  10. "Tropical Fish: Selene" (Allen) – 7:36
  11. "Gnome the Second" (Allen) – 0:26

Tracks 1, 6, 7 and 11 are short collages of sound effects which begin or end each side of the original LP. On both sides of the LP the audio continues into the locked groove.

Personnel

    * Daevid Allen ("Bert Camembert") - guitar, vocals, bass guitar on "Tried So Hard"
    * Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") - vocals
    * Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") - saxophones and flute
    * Christian Tritsch ("Submarine Captain") - bass, lead guitar on "Tried So Hard"
    * Pip Pyle - drums


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Shipping Details:

I have designed custom 15" x 15" x 1-1/2"
corrugated shippers with reinforced corners.

I place the disc/sleeve and outer cover in
2 separate NEW japanese resealable sleeves.

This is then bubble wrapped in both directions
and taped to the inside of the shipper.

Domestically I ship priority mail.
COST: Shown in listing.

Internationally, I ship FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL-REGISTERED.
COST: Shipping is $12, Registration is an additional $13.
TOTAL: $25.00



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