Gong Live Etc.
From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
Gong Live Etc. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Live album by | ||||
Released | August 1977 | |||
Recorded | May 1973–Sep 1975 | |||
Length | 78:33 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | Mike Howlett & Phil Newell | |||
Gong chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
---|---|
Source | Rating |
Allmusic.com | [1] |
Gong Live Etc. is a live album by Gong, recorded between 1973 and 1975 and originally released in 1977. It is a set of live recordings (including some two-track "off-the-desk" material), studio out-takes and BBC session recordings spanning the years 1973 to 1975.
Track listing
[edit]Credits to C.O.I.T. refer to Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet, an alternative collective name for Gong.
Side one
[edit]- "You Can't Kill Me" (Daevid Allen) – 6:50 – lineup A, 1973
- "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" (Allen, Christian Tritsch) – 11:08 – lineup A, 1973
- "Flying Teapot" (Allen, Francis Moze) – 6:28 – lineup A, 1973
Side two
[edit]- "Dynamite / I Am Your Animal" (Gilli Smyth, Tritsch) – 5:44 – lineup A, 1973
- "6/8" (C.O.I.T.) – 3:53 – lineup A, 1973
- "Est-ce que Je Suis" (Allen) – 4:12 – lineup A, 1973
- "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-Day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues" (Allen) – 5:15 – lineup A, 1973 – studio, track omitted on single-CD editions
Side three
[edit]- "Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) – 7:35 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
- "Oily Way" (Allen, Didier Malherbe) – 3:20 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
- "Outer Temple" (Tim Blake, Steve Hillage) – 1:05 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
- "Inner Temple" (Allen, Malherbe) – 5:15 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
- "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (C.O.I.T.) – 3:07 – lineup A, 1974 – studio
Side four
[edit]- "Isle of Everywhere" (C.O.I.T.) – 10:24 – lineup C, 1975
- "Get It Inner" (C.O.I.T.) – 2:31 – lineup C, 1975
- "Master Builder" (C.O.I.T.) – 5:56 – lineup C, 1975
- "Flying Teapot (Reprise)" (Allen, Moze) – 1:55 – lineup C, 1975
Sources
[edit]- Side 1:
- Side 2:
- live tracks: Club Arc-en-ciel, Roanne, France, August 1973
- studio track: Manor Studio, Oxfordshire, England, June 1973
- Side 3:
- BBC tracks: BBC Studios, England, January 1974
- studio track: Manor Studio, Oxfordshire, England, during You sessions, Summer 1974
- Side 4: Marquee Club, England, September 1975
Personnel
[edit]Lineup A
[edit]- Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
- Gilli Smyth – space whisper
- "Bloomdido" Didier Malherbe – flutes, saxes, percussion
- Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
- Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
- Mike Howlett – bass, vocals
- Pierre Moerlen – drums
Lineup B
[edit]- Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
- "Bloomdido" Didier Malherbe – flutes, saxes, percussion
- Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
- Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
- Mike Howlett – bass, vocals
- Rob Tait – drums, percussion
- Diane Stewart – vocals, percussion
Lineup C
[edit]- Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
- Mike Howlett – bass guitar, vocals
- Didier Malherbe – sax, flute, vocals, percussion
- Miquette Giraudy – voices yonic
- Patrice Lemoine – keyboards
- Pierre Moerlen – drums, percussion
- Mireille Bauer – percussion
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Gong - Live Etc. (2xLP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 25 August 2009.