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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Gong's new Space Rock album is one of their best ever, soaring to new orbital heights of ascendency. ![]() ![]() |
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Rick1 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 14 2020 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 2919 |
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^ Not had chance to see the current incarnation of Gong but I hear good reports.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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I haven't seen any Gong-related acts live and the only concert I've ever attended in Leicester was Rainbow at Granby Halls sometime in the early 1980's when Ritchie Blackmore somehow managed to get through an entire show without smashing up his guitar.
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Rick1 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 14 2020 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 2919 |
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My Gong journey started with Camembert Electrique courtesy of Branson marketing the album for the price of a single (55p) back in 75. Loved it. I eventually got to see all the classic line up - listed when first seen:
Daevid Allen (Brixton Fridge with Gongmaison, 1991) Gilli Smyth (Leeds Irish Centre, 1994) Didier Malherbe (with Gongmaison above) Tim Blake (Hawkwind, Leicester De Montfort, 1979) Steve Hillage (Leicester University, 1978 plus Pip Pyle playing in National Health) Mike Howlett (Manchester University, 2009) Pierre Moerlen (Leicester University, 1979 - PMG line up: Benoit Moerlen, Hansford Rowe, Bon Lazoga and Francois Causse) |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Thanks. I'll add Gong Est Mort to the list. Vive La Gong! ![]() Gong - I've Been Stoned Before (although I didn't inhale) ![]() |
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wiz_d_kidd ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 13 2018 Location: EllicottCityMD Status: Offline Points: 1459 |
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Also, Gong "Est Mort" 1977. https://youtu.be/DJVaOrHpQrM
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Gong but not forgotten.....
Dashiell Hedayat - Hey Mushroom, Will You Mush My Room? ![]() |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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![]() We've already put the clocks back an hour, but it's not too late for this stunning song and video from Gong's brand new album. ![]() |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Thanks. I just added Gong Expresso to the long list on the previous page. I knew there'd be someone I'd missed out.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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It's thanks to You I remembered to include Allan Holdsworth in this blog.
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12381 |
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Don't forget Gong Expresso - Decadence. Another album from the Gong family, released in 2017.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m0DKWPEV9g9x3s-fFORE6v6vhwCiUmF5U&playnext=1&index=1 |
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12381 |
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^No need for sorry. I just like to razz you for your tastes, sometimes.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Sorry about that. My low star ratings are diminishing, just like Holdsworth's chord progressions.
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12381 |
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Damn, Paul. A lot of two and three star ratings for Holdsworth solo albums.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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GONG WITH THE WIND - From Downwind to Second Wind, the complete Gong Family Albums (in roughly chronological order).
![]() DAEVID ALLEN's GONG - The original Gong, featuring Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett & Pierre Moerlen in Gong's best-known "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy line-up. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() SHAMAL GONG - Breezing onto the airwaves like a desert wind, Shamal was a transitional album between the line-up of Daevid Allen's Gong & Pierre Moerlen's Gong ![]() PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - An instrumental Jazz Fusion band led by French percussionist Pierre Moerlen (1952-2005). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PLANET GONG - A collaborative Live album between Daevid Allen's Gong and the band Here & Now. ![]() MOTHER GONG - A Gong spin-off led by "Wild Child" Gilli Smyth (1933-2016). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() NEW YORK GONG - A one-off US album project by Daevid Allen, which continued on without Daevid Allen under the band name, Material. ![]() GONG MAISON - An experimental album fusing the classic sound of Gong with modern-day dance music. ![]() ![]() GONGZILLA - A Gong tribute band featuring guitarist Allan Holdsworth on their first album. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ACID MOTHER'S GONG - A bizarre collaboration between Gong and Acid Mother's Temple. ![]() ![]() GONG MATRICES & GILLI SMYTH - A San Francisco jam band led by Gilli Smyth, for those who prefer something different to Mother Gong. ![]() ![]() GONG - Modern-day Gong, post Daevid Allen & Gilli Smyth. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() GONG EXPRESSO - The latest branch of the massive Gong Family Tree. ![]() DAEVID ALLEN (1938-2015) - Gong but not forgotten. He may be Bananas, but we love him for it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() TIM BLAKE You've seen Blake's 7, the TV sci-fi show (consider yourself lucky if you missed it), now it's time to experience Blake's 7, the albums (or Blake's 9 if you include Tim Blake's last two compilations). English keyboardist Tim Blake has worked with such prog luminaries as Hawkwind and Gong, but he deserves a golden gong for his magnificent seven solo works too, including his heartfelt paean to the victims of Sarajevo in war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina in the former Yugoslavia. If you're expecting Tim Blake to sound anything like Gong or Hawkwind though, then you'll be in for a big surprise. He sounds more like Tangerine Dream, only with vocals too, so think TD's Cyclone or Tyger era, and you won't be far out. It's Magick! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() STEVE HILLAGE - The Hippie from Outer Space. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ALLAN HOLDSWORTH (1946-2017) - Guitar legend Allan Holdsworth (1946-2017) has played with some of the biggest names in Jazz Rock/Fusion, most notably Soft Machine, Pierre Moerlen's Gong, short-lived supergroup U.K. & last but least 'Igginbottom (Who?). Allan Holdsworth has his own distinctive and instantly recognisable guitar style, which includes a vast array of complex chord progressions, such as diminished, augmented, chromatic and altered scales - and if that makes any sense at all to you, then you know far more about music theory than I do. As you can probably gather from my low ratings, the appeal of Jazz Fusion to me is diminished, just like some of Allan Holdsworth's chord progressions. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DIDIER MALHERBE - A French musician who plays almost any instrument that can be blown, including the duduk! ![]() ![]() ![]() 1990: Didier Malherbe - Fetish 1992: Didier Malherbe - Zeff ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PIP PYLE (1950-2006) - A Canterbury Scene legend and drummer with Gong, Hatfield & the North and National Health. ![]() ![]() GILLI SMYTH - Poetic co-founder of Gong, leader of Mother Gong and "space whisperer". ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Edited by Psychedelic Paul - February 15 2025 at 08:45 |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Another recent find from the Gong archives:-
![]() It's totally weird stuff but nothing less than what you would expect from Gilli Smyth & Gong.
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Well, I have to admit, I never realised Allan Holdsworth was a former member of Gong.
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Grumpyprogfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 09 2019 Location: Kansas City Status: Offline Points: 12381 |
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Online Points: 43308 |
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Not so weird compared to my favourites. Maybe it's time for another series of Gong polls, pitching Gong albums against solo albums by Gong members to see which albums are worthy of the Golden Gong.
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You and The Universe Also Collapses are my two favorites. Is that weird?
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