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The Walrus 
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 Topic: Which Gong-album?
Posted: July 14 2005 at 11:39 |
A while ago I heard Gong for the first time and I must say that I
really love the trippy jazz-psychedelia fusion I heard. Now I want to
buy a Gong-album and I wonder where to start? I want the album to be as
experimental and trippy as possible.
Please write something about the album(s), how the music sounds and so on, it'll make my decision much more easy!  Thanks in advance!
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BaldJean
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 11:47 |
Buy any of the following:
Magick Brother
Camembert Electrique
Flying Teapot
Angel's Egg
You
Gong Live etc.
Gong Est Mort - Vive Gong
Live au Bataclan
Live at Sheffield
"Gong Live etc." has two tracks that appear on "Live au Bataclan", but for some reason parts of the solos have been cut out of them on "Live etc." 
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Bj-1
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 16:01 |
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You, Shamal and Gazeuse!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Politician
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 16:26 |
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My favourite is "Camembert Electrique" - an amazing fusion of garage,
proto-punk, jazz, psychedelia and beatnik humour. "The Flying Teapot"
and "Angel's Egg" are more refined blends of jazz, progressive and space
rock, whilst "You" is their trippiest and most spacious. "Shamal" is
different yet again, being a gentle and decorous blend of folk, jazz, world
music and proto-new age influences. "Live Etc" is a brilliant live
compendium of their peak years. These albums are all brilliant, and far
and away their best, to my ears.
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bartok
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Posted: July 14 2005 at 18:31 |
You want "You" or "Angel's Egg". These are parts 2 and 3 of the "Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy". This the height of the classic psychedelic Gong period and they both have the advantage of having the full Gong band - with virtuousos guitarist Steve Hillage and drummer Pierre Moerlen. The albums before these are good but don't have the power those two brought to the band and don't have quite the same production quality, and the albums after these are also good but are a totally different animal - they're more straight-ahead jazz-fusion, and less psychedelic/spacey (and missing the wit of Daevid Allen, the founding father). Those 2 albums really have a little bit of all the Gong sounds on them - the beatnik parts, the space rock, and the jazz fusion.
If you could only buy one - I'd suggest "You", just because it has the song "Master Builder" which kicks ass with it's "Om" riff. If you want tight playing and killer psychedelic jams, these are the albums for you.
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The Walrus
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Posted: July 15 2005 at 08:37 |
I think You is the album for Me! Hehe! I must say that Camembert Electrique sounds interesting too... I need more money!
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NutterAlert
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Posted: July 15 2005 at 16:22 |
If you want it as experimental &trippy as possible i'd suggest
Camembert electrique, how can you go wrong with tracks such as
'Squeezing sponges over policemen's heads'. 
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wiggy
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Posted: July 16 2005 at 04:33 |
i like radio gnome invisible the first album i heard of theirs
but if you like "space /trippy" type stuff try Floating Anarchy live
with the Here and Now Band
BA BA Blacksheep just blows me away
even my wife likes this and shes more into goth type stuff
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 17:52 |
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Radio Gnome Invisable Trilogy is a great place to start.
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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BigHairyMonster
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 18:47 |
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Hammill
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 20:21 |
i only have you (great album) i can't find their other albums in Crete
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DeathRow
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Posted: July 21 2005 at 00:50 |
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Prefer Radio Gnome Trilogie, You is probably the best, especially Hillage shines.
The rest is good too, but slightly different, since they had a lot of linu-up changes, their sound evolved depending on who played
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The Walrus
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Posted: July 22 2005 at 12:34 |
Thanks all! The only problem is that Gong-albums are quite hard to find
here in sweden... I have seen "You" in an online store, so I think I'll
buy that album to start with. I have never seen "Floating Anarchy" or
"Camembert Electrique" in sweden... 
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