LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• CD gatefold digi-sleeve echoes the vibe of the original LP
• Includes a 24-page booklet featuring lyrics and insightful essay by long-term Gong fan Mark Paytress (Mojo magazine)
• CD comes in an inner printed wallet

Formed in 1969 by Daevid Allen—one of the founding members of Soft Machine—Gong quickly established itself as one of the ’70s most singular, inventive, and boldly experimental rock groups.

“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 intensely psychedelic, Camembert Electrique is Gong’s second album. First released in France on BYG/Actuel in 1971, it was later licensed in the UK to a young Richard Branson for his fledgling Virgin label in 1974. Decades on, this iconic and hugely influential recording still sounds startlingly fresh in the 21st century—equal parts weirdness, wisdom, and out-there rock of the “highest” order, exactly as you’d expect from acid-rock’s founding father, Daevid Allen.

Track Listing:

• Radio Gnome
• You Can’t Kill Me
• I’ve Bin Stone Before: Mister Long Shanks: O Mother
• I Am Your Fantasy
• Dynamite: I Am Your Animal
• Wet Cheese Delirum
• Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen’s Heads
• Fohat Digs Holes In Space
• Tried So Hard
• Tropical Fish: Selene
• Gnome The Second