Gong
Gong is a rock band formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth, and is associated with the Canterbury scene. Its music combines psychedelic, progressive, space and jazz rock. The group is best known for the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy (1973-1974), a set of albums built on Allen's own mythology, with characters such as Zero the Hero and the Good Witch Yoni. Gong released Magick Brother (1970) and Camembert Electrique (1971), and spent the early 1970s living in a hunting lodge near Sens.
Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)
The second chapter of Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, first released in 1973, remastered from the original BYG tapes and cut at half-speed by Lewis Hopkin, in a gatefold sleeve with a 16-page booklet replicating Daevid Allen's guide to the saga…
Legends In Their Own Lunchtime : An Exploration Of The Canterbury Scene (Book, Hardcover)
Hardcover, 648 pages, Hardcover! This book looks back on the golden years of the music scene that emerged out of Canterbury, Kent, in the late 1960s, spearheaded by Soft Machine and Caravan and their various offshoots, including Gong, Kevin Ayers and…
Flying Teapot
Half-speed mastered from the original tapes. Gatefold sleeve with archival artwork and 16-page booklet. May 25, 1973. Two records enter the world on the same day, bearing the first and second catalogue numbers of a brand new label called Virgin Reco…
Live Floating Anarchy 1977
Historic sole album from Planet Gong capturing Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth with the classic 70s line-up of Here & Now on their 1977 Floating Anarchy Tour. Planet Gong would prove to be Daevid Allen’s jumping Space-Punk into his music, a kind of tran…
Magick Brother
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Gong's debut album, released in France in 1969 by David Allen, who was forced to leave Soft Machine. A memorable album, alre…
Flying Teapot
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* The first of the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, released in 1973. This trilogy marks the musical pinnacle of Allen's Gong, w…
Gong Gong est Mort, Vive Gong
*Comes in a CD-sized papersleeve album replica (gatefold), with obi-strip and insert of notes mostly in Japanese..2024 stock* Recorded on 28 May 1977 at the Hippodrome in Paris and released the same year via Tapioca Records, Gong Gong est Mort, Vive …
Camembert Electrique
** Deluxe 180gr. Marbled vinyl edition. 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, illust…
Continental Circus
*2023 stock* In the late 60s and early 70s, many bands within the psychedelic/progressive rock field were approached about producing OST soundtracks to accompany a certain film. Pink Floyd did Obscured by Clouds, Tangerine Dream spent virtually half …
Beautiful Young Generation
* Limited Edition 180-Gram white vinyl. Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve * Newly mastered from original BYG tapes. BYG were a pioneering independant record compagny, one of the first labels to actively promote diversity and support b…
Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-1975
Curated by Steve Hillage and released with the full involvement of original members, legendary psychedelic surrealists Gong are the subject of a new box set with the release of Love From Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75. This 13-disc package inc…
Shamal - Deluxe Edition
Gong’s fourth album for Virgin Records has been remastered from the original Virgin masters for the very first time by the original producer, Simon Heyworth at Super Audio Mastering and has been expanded with a second disc containing a previously unr…
You (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3) - Deluxe Edition
Gong’s third album for Virgin Records has been remastered from the original Virgin masters for the very first time by the original producer, Simon Heyworth, and has been expanded with a live concert recorded at Hyde Park in London in June 1974 plus a…
At Montserrat
Gong came into being almost by accident in the late sixties when Daevid Allen was refused entry back into Britain following European dates with Soft Machine. Deciding to stay in Paris Allen began working alongside Gilli Smyth and various musicians on…
French TV 1971-1973
Gong came into being almost by accident in the late sixties when Daevid Allen was refused entry back into Britain following European dates with Soft Machine. Deciding to stay in Paris, Allen began working alongside Gilli Smyth and various musicians o…