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Shamal

Artist Gong Released 1975 Type album

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Sixth of the eighteen Gong records held here. It came nine years into a run that began in 1966. 1975 is six years into Space rock, which this tree dates from 1969.

From Wikipedia

Shamal is the sixth studio album released under the name Gong and was released by Virgin Records on 13 February 1976 The album, produced by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, was recorded in December 1975 by a unique line-up referred to later as "Shamal-Gong". It is usually regarded as a transitional album between Daevid Allen's incarnation of the band and the Pierre Moerlen-led fusion line-up of the late 1970s.

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