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Gong - The Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy [Box Set] (2015) FLAC Beolab1700
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Gong - Radio Gnome Trilogy CD1 Flying Teapot
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Artist...............: Gong
Album................: Radio Gnome Trilogy CD1 Flying Teapot
Genre................: Progressive Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2015
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.3.0 20130526
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 52 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: VorbisComment
Information..........: FULL SCANS
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 16/01/2016
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Tracklisting
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For the first time ever, Gong’s quintessential trilogy comprised of the albums ‘Flying Teapot’, ‘Angels Egg’ and ‘You’ are newly remastered from the original tapes and gathered together in a lavish EarBook released worldwide by BYG / Charly Records.
Maintaining the incredible sound quality and repackaging of 2015’s critically acclaimed ‘Camembert Electrique’CD and LP remasters each CD album has been digitally remastered by Nick Robbins at SoundMastering Studios. This hardback EarBook edition features exclusive content including 60-pages full of artwork, rare photos, sleeve notes by Mojo magazine’s Mark Paytress and more, together with a fourth CD of bonus material, including both sides of Gong’s impossible-to-find debut single on BYG Records, released only in France in 1970. Dedicated to the memory and ongoing legacy of Daevid Allen, Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy released in November 2015 to coincide with Gong’s ‘You Can’t Kill Me’ series of concerts in the UK and other territories around the world.
1973 Flying Teapot
Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, notable for his work with the Yardbirds, Brian Auger, and Magma, this relatively early Gong project is a great representation of the Daevid Allen-era Gong. Though not as intricate as its follow-up companion piece, Angel’s Egg, The Flying Teapot is more of a true prog/space rock outing, where hippie-trippy lyrics and space whispering abound, as evidenced in the opening track, “Radio Gnome Invisible.” The following cut, “Flying Teapot,” is the sprawling highlight of the album. At times reminiscent of some early Weather Report jams, though not as jazzy, the tune features prominent bass, standout percussion/drums, and space whispering courtesy of Smyth. Improvisational groaning and percussion bring this jam to a close. “Pothead Pixies” is a fun pop (pot?) tune which probably received very little, if any, airplay due to the lyrics, followed by Blake’s brief synth interlude, “The Octave Doctors and the Crystal Machine.” “Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell,” another lengthy composition, features Malherbe’s sax playing, which, at this early point in the Gong evolution, is credited for most of the jazz sounds heard in the music (remember, Pierre Moerlen has yet to join the band). This cut becomes quite heavy near its end before making a clever transition into the final cut, “Witch’s Song/I Am Your Pussy.” Here you hear Smyth’s strange, sexually explicit lyrics, which she embellishes with ethereal voicings and cackling. This, combined with a jazzy sax from Malherbe and some very groovy musical lines near the closing, make for another fun tune.
01 Radio Gnome Invisible
02 Flying Teapot
03 The Pot Head Pixies
04 The Octave Doctors & The Crystal Machine
05 Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell
06 Witch’s Song / I Am Your Pussy
1973 Angel’s Egg
The companion piece to The Flying Teapot, Angel’s Egg is not your usual progressive rock album. Very quirky, with many, mostly brief compositions, the album is a tad less spacy than Teapot, with just a few psychedelic-inspired lyrics, and it’s very technically adept. Angel’s Egg opens with a true space rock cut (one of the few on the album), filled with the usual Gilli Smyth space whispering and Daevid Allen voicings, then leads into the cleverly titled “Sold to the Highest Buddha,” with Steve Hillage and Didier Malherbe prominent figures. The instrumental “Castle in the Clouds” finds Hillage coming into his own, with a sound identical to his solo work. “Givin’ My Love to You” sounds like a bar song, with no music and a cluster of seemingly drunken fellas trying to sing. The instrumental “Flute Salad” gives way to “Oily Way,” a showcase for Malherbe’s jazzy flute. “Inner Temple,” an instrumental space rock track, moves along with a jazz edge, provided by Malherbe’s sax. The final three tracks are the real highlights on Angel’s Egg. “I Never Glid Before” is a fantastic prog rock tune, replete with blistering Hillage solo, primo Allen lyrics and vocal, and the precise percussion of new bandmember Pierre Moerlen. This eclectic composition travels through several movements and time changes, and comes across as a perpetually progressing piece. The imaginative and jazzy “Eat That Phone Book Coda” brings the album to a close.
01 Other Side Of The Sky
02 Sold To The Highest Buddha
03 Castle In The Clouds
04 Prostitute Poem
05 Givin’ My Luv To You
06 Selene
07 Flute Salad
08 Oily Way
09 Outer Temple
10 Inner Temple
11 Percolations
12 Love Is How You Make It
13 I Never Glid Before
14 Eat That Phonebook Coda
1974 You
You is the final installment in Gong’s legendary Radio Gnome Trilogy, and it marks an important turning point for the band. By 1974, the psychedelic hippie/folk-rock element of the sound that was leader Daevid Allen’s most important contribution was beginning to disappear. In its place was a more sophisticated musical vision that owed as much to jazz-rock fusion as to fellow space rockers like Pink Floyd and Hawkwind. Ironically, this is Gong’s most “spacy” album, full of extended, ethereal passages that would inspire future generations of space rockers. The sound was equally defined however, by the jazzy flights of saxophonist Didier Malherbe and the sinuous rhythms of bassist Mike Howlett and drummer Pierre Moerlen (the band would eventually become the fusion-oriented Pierre Moerlen’s Gong). Allen’s songs still provide a crucial link to the rest of the trilogy, though the conceptual/mythological aspect is less crucial to You.
01 Thoughts For Naught
02 A P.H.P’s Advice
03 Magick Mother Invocation
04 Master Builder
05 A Sprinkling Of Clouds
06 Perfect Mystery
07 The Isle Of Everywhere
08 You Never Blow Your Trip Forever
2015 Est-Ce-Que…? [Bonus Disc]
01 Flying Teapot (Alternate Mix)
02 Eat That Phonebook Coda (Early Version)
03 Other Side Of The Sky (Single Version)
04 Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ’s Got The D.D.T. Blues
05 Love Is How You Make It (Vocal Mix)
06 Est-Ce Que Je Suis?
07 Hip Hypnotise You
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