Shamal is the name of an album by Gong, and produced by Nick Mason of Pink Floyd.
The line-up included Pierre Moerlen, Steve Hillage and Mireille Bauer, plus Didier Malherbe and Mike Howlett as well as Patrice Lemoine. Some fine musicians there.
It was released in 1976, and re-released in 2018.
It's also the name of a desert wind.
The album cover features a dramatic image of sand dunes. Details of the album's recording and the band line-up are here.
A detailed track by track review can be found here.
The Shamal is a wind which blows through North Africa.
Here's the album.
Some albums and tracks have the word 'Wind' in their title... e.g. Bruce Hornsby's 'Mandolin Wind'....
Can you suggest other albums or songs named after winds...
