Continental Circus (album)

Continental Circus (album)

Continental Circus is the original soundtrack album of the film of the same name, containing music credited to "Gong avec Daevid Allen", recorded in 1971 and originally released in 1972 in France on Philips 6332 033.

The film's subject matter was motor cycle racing and was directed by Jérôme Laperrousaz.

No recording or musician details are provided with the original LP release, but it was probably recorded prior to (but released after) Camembert Electrique, as "What Do You Want?" is the same piece as "Fohat Digs Holes in Space" on the latter album, but the version here has different lyrics, and is played slower and more carefully, as though it were a newer piece to the band.

The track titled "Continental Circus World" consists of dialogue and sound effects from the film, backed with a looped excerpt from "Blues for Findlay"; therefore the album actually contains only one new composition.