GONG - Continental Circus +10 - SWE Flawed Gems Remastered Expanded Edition - LISTEN - VERY RARE

Swedish, remastered edition of the third album in the discography (though recorded in May 1971 - at the very beginning of the sessions for the second LP Camembert Electrique), being a recording of the soundtrack, released only in France, to a film about motorcycle racing. Gong is of course the legendary, psych-progressive, French-British formation led by the eccentric Daevid Allen. In my humble opinion (at the moment) it is the best album by this band; perhaps not as sophisticated as the brilliant 'Camembert', but certainly more 'rock' and played almost entirely seriously. The catalogue record is filled almost exclusively with extended (3 times 9-11 minutes + 4 minutes of sound collage), somewhat cosmic, guitar improvisations based on a hypnotic bass line and strongly driving, though often jazzy, drumming. This is the template for how the transition from late psychedelia to early prog rock should sound! Zero synthesisers and little vocal! Among the ten bonus tracks one can find a great, though completely forgotten, very collectable (and all in all immensely important) single from 1970 and eight tracks recorded live in 1970-1973. AN ABSOLUTE MUST!