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Shamal (album)

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Released
  
13 February 1976

Shamal (1976)
  
Gazeuse! (1976)

Release date
  
1975

Label
  
Virgin Records

Length
  
40:13

Artist
  
Gong

Producer
  
Nick Mason

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Recorded
  
December 1975 at Basing Street Studios, London and Olympic Studios, London; mixed at Sarm Studios, London

Shamal (1976)
  
Gong est Mort, Vive Gong (1977)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Jazz fusion, Psychedelic rock

Similar
  
Gong albums, Progressive rock albums

Gong shamal 1975 full album


Shamal is the sixth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released by Virgin Records in February 1976.

Contents

The album was written and recorded without the group's founder member Daevid Allen, and consequently sounds different, with fewer of the hippie-flavoured eccentricities of the previous albums. Also, guitarist Steve Hillage and synth player/vocalist Miquette Giraudy left the band before recording began and only appeared on it as guests. The album was produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.

Side A

  1. "Wingful of Eyes" (Howlett) – 8:19
  2. "Chandra" (Lemoine) – 7:16
  3. "Bambooji" (Malherbe) – 5:21

Side B

  1. "Cat in Clark's Shoes" (Malherbe) – 7:45
  2. "Mandrake" (Moerlen) – 5:07
  3. "Shamal" (Bauer, Howlett, Lemoine, Malherbe, Moerlen) – 8:58

Musicians

  • Mike Howlett – bass guitar, vocals
  • Didier Malherbe – tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bansuri, gongs
  • Mireille Bauer – marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, gongs
  • Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, tubular bells
  • Patrice Lemoine – organ, piano, synthesizer

    • with guests

  • Steve Hillage – acoustic guitar, electric guitar ("Bambooji" & "Wingful of Eyes")
  • Miquette Giraudy – vocals ("Bambooji")
  • Jorge Pinchevsky – violin
  • Sandy Colley – vocals ("Shamal")

    • Production

  • Nick Mason: producer
  • Clive Arrowsmith: artwork, photography
  • Phil Ault: engineer
  • Dave Hutchins: engineer
  • Ben Tavera King: engineer
  • Rick Curtain: engineer
  • Ben King: engineer

    • Songs

    1Wingful of Eyes6:21
    2Chandra7:19
    3Bombooji5:14

    References

    Shamal (album) Wikipedia
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