I first heard Gong after buying Camembert Electrique (1971), when it was reissued a few years after the original release for only 49p. I was only a child at the time, so I could afford to buy it with my pocket money (although it had to be ordered). When I went to collect the record, the man in the record shop had clearly played it for himself and said, "It's really weird you know." Despite the silliness, there was some great space rock and I now also have (on CD this time, not vinyl) Camembert Electrique, You (1974), Flying Teapot (1973) and Angel's Egg (1973/2004). I prefer Steve Hillage on his first solo album, Fish Rising, which was really him with Gong, and the Pierre Moerlen version of the band is not bad either. There can never be enough space rock in my opinion.
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