NEW YORK GONG - About Time [CD]

CHARLY RECORDS

£15.28

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: CHARLY5021CD
Barcode: 5060767445396
Release Date: 12 Apr 2024
Genre: Rock

A NEW SET OF ARTISTS AND A NEW CITY IN THE HISTORY OF GONG FINDS 60S SUNSHINE HIPPIE DAEVID ALLEN FRONTING A BAND OF 80S NEW YORK NO WAVE MUSICIANS, HEADED BY A YOUNG BILL LASWELL WITH FRED MAHER, BILL BACON, MARK KRAMER & MICHAEL BEINHORN AMONG OTHERS.

ON HERE THEY’RE ENGAGED WITH INVESTING SOME EXCITING AVANT-GARDE ENERGY INTO ALLEN’S SONGWRITING. SONGS ARE SHORT, MELODIC, FULL OF CRAZINESS AND VIBRANCY.

THE ALBUM IS AN ODD HYBRID OF PSYCHEDELIA (‘PREFACE’), NEW WAVE (‘I AM A FREUD’) AND PUNK (‘MUCH TOO OLD’), WITH A LYRICAL SENTIMENT REMINISCENT OF EARLY-70S GONG (‘JUNGLE WINDOW’).

ABOUT TIME IS A FASCINATING MUSICAL COLLABORATION WHICH SET THE STAGE FOR BILL LASWELL’S OWN GROUNDBREAKING CAREER, AS WELL AS KEEPING ALLEN’S TICKING OVER.

• A MUST-HAVE FOR DAEVID ALLEN FANS AND GONG COLLECTORS
• THE BAND BEHIND THE INDUSTRIAL/ AVANT-FUNK PIONEERS MATERIAL
• LP ORIGINAL ARTWORK FAITHFULLY REPRODUCED - PRINTED INNER SLEEVE FEATURING ALLEN’S ORIGINAL 1979 HAND-WRITTEN NOTE - EXCLUSIVE ART PRINT INSERT
• CD DIGI-SLEEVE ECHOES THE VIBE OF THE ORIGINAL LP & INCLUDES 8-PAGE BOOKLET, PRINTED INNER BAG & EXCLUSIVE “ROCK AGAINST AGEISM” STICKERS

1. PREFACE
2. MUCH TOO OLD
3. BLACK SEPTEMBER
4. MATERIALISM
5. STRONG WOMAN
6. I AM A FREUD
7. O MY PHOTOGRAPH
8. JUNGLE WINDO(W)
9. HOURS GONE