Camembert Electrique
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| Camembert Electrique | ||
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| Studio album by Gong | ||
| Released | 1971 | |
| Recorded | 1971 | |
| Genre | Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Producer | Pierre Lattes | |
Camembert Electrique is an album by Gong, recorded and originally released in 1971.
Recorded at Chateau Herouville, Normandy, France, produced by Pierre Lattes and engineered by Gilles Salle. Jean Karakos ("Byg Jean Kastro Kornflakes") was executive producer. Originally issued by Virgin Records in the UK as a "loss-leader" at 49 pence, catalogue number VC502, currently available in the UK on CD reissue through Snapper Music, catalogue number SNAP 009 CD.
[edit] Track listing
- Radio Gnome Prediction (Allen) (listed as "Radio Gnome" on some CD reissues)
- You Can't Kill Me (Allen)
- I've Bin Stone Before (Allen)
- Mister Long Shanks (Allen) / O Mother (Allen) / I Am Your Fantasy (Smyth/Tritsch)
- Dynamite / I Am Your Animal (Smyth/Tritsch)
- Wet Cheese Delirium (Allen) (wrongly spelt "Delirum" on Snapper CD reissue)
- Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads (Allen)
- Fohat Digs Holes in Space (Allen/Smyth)
- Tried So Hard (Tritsch/Allen) (listed as "Tried So Hard" on some CD reissues)
- Tropical Fish: Selene (Allen)
- Gnome the Second (Allen)
[edit] 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
Also listed among the personnel are "Venux De Luxe" (Francis Linon), the band's live sound engineer, as "switch doctor and mix master", and Robert Wyatt's son Sam.
