The reissue comes in a classy mini gatefold- this glossy four panel affair takes in a great colour portrait of the band from the time, dressed-up in their most flamboyant  hippy fare. It also features a 24 page inlay booklet, and this takes in reproduction of the albums original lengthy cartoon like liner notes, and a  new five page write-up about the band.

Compared with the bands later albums, such as their infamous  & at times plainly bonkers Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy( taking in 1973’s Flying Teapot & Angel's Egg, and 1974’s You). This is fairly controlled & set in more of a prog rock/ space rock setting; that’s edged with elements of spacey jazz rock, ambience, and just a sprinkle of ‘Gong’ quirkiness.  The albums eleven tracks are mostly fairly urgent & guitar passed, built around fairly standard & memorable rock riff craft. Yet as this is ‘Gong’ the are nice twists & dips in both pace & composition- it’s just that they never completely go off the rails into space, and away from the tracks riff structures. We also do have a few more mellow & ambient spaced-out moments, with Smyth doing her trademark sensual space whispers...but these are kept fairly short. I’d say if you where new to the band, and come from a more 1970’s rock based background, then this is a great enter point to Gongs work.

The digital re-mastering certainly makes the whole thing sound a lot more urgent and layer defined- with the guitars have a nice punchy quality. And the surrounding horn work, joint male & female vocals( from Smyth & Allen), and mostly hard hitting drum work completing the mix nicely. At this point in the band sound there was no synth elements- so I guess that also helps make the whole thing seemed more pared back & rock focused too.

So in conclusion this really is the definitive reissue of this album- I guess it’s a little disappointing they are no sonic extras here, but if you either haven’t already got the album, or if you need to upgrade from a older version of the album this is certainly worth picking-up.