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GONG You (Virgin 2933 734) Steve Hillage French 2nd Pressing 1976 MINT-

Here`s an early French pressing of Gong`s fabulous album "You" on Virgin Records (October 1974). Originally released in October 1974, this is the second French pressing with green Virgin "Siamese twins" labels (1976).

"Australian ex-pat Daevid Allen is one of prog's greatest weirdos: He co-founded genre pioneers Soft Machine, then triangulated psychedelic English whimsy, German kosmische space jams and Gallic libertine fusion in French-British outfit Gong. His magnum opus, serialized across three LPs known as the Radio Gnome Trilogy, was an appropriately gnomic narrative involving pothead pixies, octave doctors, flying teapots and a journeyman known as Zero the Hero. The music was even wilder, and You, the trilogy's finale, was its pinnacle. While Allen swapped pronouncements with muse Gilli Smyth — Nico reimagined as a soft-porn Glinda the Good Witch — alongside Didier Malherbe's free jazz windstorms and Steve Hillage's 'shrooming John McLaughlin freakouts, the group created a cartoon hash-den passion play as hilarious as it was semi-profound." - Rolling Stone: "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time", June 2015.  

GRADING:

EX++ COVER with minor storage wear. Please see photos for details.

- Laminated sleeve with a few small creases to the spine.

- Near-invisible creased corner (at top left).

- Some very light feathering to the opening edge, as shown.

- Cover states "Fabriqué en France Imp. CIDIS Louviers" (at bottom right).

- Also includes the original French inner sleeve.

MINT- RECORD that looks practically unplayed.

- Near-perfect vinyl on both sides, with impeccable audio reproduction throughout.

- The record has a few lightest hairlines, from sleeve removal only.

- Original green Virgin Records labels with no spindle wear whatsoever.

- The matrix stamps in the run-off grooves read "VIG POL 2933 734 1 380" and "VIG POL 2933 734 2 380".

- This copy of "You" is fully certified to be a second French pressing, issued in 1976.