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Reviews for the Third Edition

Reviews for the third edition of The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive rock (will be updated).

Totally missed this review! Thank you Pete Pardo and Sea of Tranquility!

Submitted by Charles Snider on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 06:28

Live In Sherwood Forest '75 > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Major League Productions Ltd.
Catalog#: MLP09CD
Format: CD
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 2005

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Paragong - Live '73 > Gong

Artist: Paragong
Label: GAS
Catalog#: GAS CD 002
Format: CD
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1995

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The Mystery And The History Of The Planet Gong > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Demi Monde
Catalog#: DMLP 1018
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1989

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Glastonbury Fayre 1971 > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: GAS Records
Catalog#: GAS-ARC CD 001
Format: CD
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 2002-09

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Camembert Eclectique > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Gas Records
Catalog#: GAS1CD
Format: CD
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1995

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Pre-Modernist Wireless: The Peel Sessions > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Strange Fruit
Catalog#: SFRSCD028
Format: CD
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1995

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Gong Est Mort > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Tapioca
Catalog#: TP 10002/3
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1977

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Live Etc. > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Virgin
Catalog#: VGD 3501
Format: Vinyl
Country: United Kingdom
Released: 1977-08

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Continental Circus > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: Philips
Catalog#: 6332 033
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1971-01

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Magick Brother > Gong

Artist: Gong
Label: BYG Records
Catalog#: 529.305
Format: Vinyl
Country: France
Released: 1970
Strawberry Bricks Entry: 
The wacky world of Gong began in 1967, after Daevid Allen found himself ex-Soft Machine and stranded in France, courtesy of British Immigration. Returning to Paris, Allen secured a guitar, Binson amplifier and a "gynaecological surgical instrument" through benefactors; subsequently, he invented his trademark glissando guitar technique. Reunited with Gilli Smyth, the pair found like-minded musicians to create their improvised art.

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