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Topic: The Gong Family: 2nd Album
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: The Gong Family: 2nd Album
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 00:05

3 stars 1971: Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCPwOsH5kkDBkJzDVxf5lHa" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCPwOsH5kkDBkJzDVxf5lHa
3 stars 1976: Daevid Allen & Euterpe - Good Morning! -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGPRENFJQmJyErt1Uzukp1oh1kiyynGv5" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGPRENFJQmJyErt1Uzukp1oh1kiyynGv5
4 stars 1976: Steve Hillage - L -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsJndAzM6fEnwKOGwi4TrsH" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoIDt_C5y1LsJndAzM6fEnwKOGwi4TrsH
3 stars 1978: Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Expresso II -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBlHQDu87X3XUHFOiVhxkq5" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBlHQDu87X3XUHFOiVhxkq5
2 stars 1980: Allan Holdsworth & Gordon Beck - The Things You See -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nkQRYCtGIbYlg5t9B9QiMASamGEmQA3d0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nkQRYCtGIbYlg5t9B9QiMASamGEmQA3d0
3 stars 1981: Didier Malherbe & Yan Emeric - Melodic Destiny -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEtMnxAGeU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWEtMnxAGeU
2 stars 1981: Mother Gong - Robot Woman -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCikBuMHjMepmwI0WquoGNw" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCikBuMHjMepmwI0WquoGNw
2 stars 1993: Gilli Smyth - Every Witches Way -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYf7w-kq3DM" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYf7w-kq3DM
3 stars 1998: Pip Pyle - Seven Year Itch -  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsLQcOLBTkNx0OtO7gTyvRpK-qNc2ySvc" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsLQcOLBTkNx0OtO7gTyvRpK-qNc2ySvc


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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 01:01
Steve Hillage - L
Daevid Allen's Gong - Camembert Electrique
Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Expresso II

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 01:05
Another vote for Steve Hillage. Smile

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 01:47
Camembert Electrique and it's not even close.

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 05:15
Camembert Electrique for me too, but then that is the only album I know well out of these. I know I have heard L, but I also remember that I preferred both Fish Rising and Green to it.  I have heard music from Expresso I, but it wasn't very memorable for me and I don't recall liking it much.  By the way, I know I'm jumping ahead, but when it comes to Gong, it's mostly about the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy for me (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg, You).

Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 10:54
Hillage's L, by far!

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 10:56
Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Hillage's L, by far!

That's one "L" of a good album. Smile

Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 11:13
L ! What eLse ?

Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 11:22
L. Permafrost newspaper bowels.

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: July 28 2024 at 18:55
Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Camembert Electrique and it's not even close.


I agree, Expresso II is in the distance.

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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 29 2024 at 03:25
Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Camembert Electrique and it's not even close.


I agree, Expresso II is in the distance.

Yup, and TBF, Hillage's L is not even in the same galaxy. 

I don't understand how it is running away with this poll.


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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 29 2024 at 10:02
Expresso II, but I didn't know the Malherbe/Emeric album and really need to listen to that as a fan of Mr Bloomdido. Thanks for digging out a link!

PS: Yeah. I love it.

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 29 2024 at 10:34
Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Expresso II, but I didn't know the Malherbe/Emeric album and really need to listen to that as a fan of Mr Bloomdido. Thanks for digging out a link!

PS: Yeah. I love it.
Blooming marvellous. I'm glad you liked it. All of Didier Malherbe's albums are new to me, so I'm hearing them for the first time here. Smile

Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: July 29 2024 at 12:27
Expresso II

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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 08:07
I just found a second Gongzilla album which was hiding in plain sight right here on ProgArchives. Thumbs Up

3 stars 1996: Gongzilla - Thrive -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KgKI8nxPq0" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KgKI8nxPq0


Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 08:27
Camembert Electrique

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 10:27
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I have heard music from Expresso I, but it wasn't very memorable for me and I don't recall liking it much.

That's Expresso II you must have heard, as there is no first:). Although I'm (usually) fond of both Moerlen brothers playing, I don't enjoy it much either. But I shouldn't be surprised as Holdsworth is in the line-up.

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 10:31
Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I have heard music from Expresso I, but it wasn't very memorable for me and I don't recall liking it much. <span itemprop="deion"><span ="rendered_text"="">
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That's Expresso II you must have heard, as there is no first:). Although I'm (usually) fond of both Moerlen brothers playing, I don't enjoy it much either. But I shouldn't be surprised as Holdsworth is in the line-up.
There is a first. The USA pressing was called Expresso. The UK import, Gazeuse! And Holdsworth puts the album over the top with three of his compositions. Great album!

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 10:35
^Ok. Didn't know that.

Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 10:53
Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^Ok. Didn't know that.
It's thanks to Grumpy that Allan Holdsworth is included in the poll. Thumbs Up

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 11:36
Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

There is a first. The USA pressing was called Expresso. The UK import, Gazeuse! And Holdsworth puts the album over the top with three of his compositions. Great album!
But I do know Gazeuze! - and I don't enjoy that much either. Once again I blame Holdsworth:)

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 11:54
^I'm not surprised. Allan, especially his solo material, is not favored on PA. Y'all are crazy.

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 12:14
^Nah, it's just me and a couple of others really. His (skillful, I suppose) playing is grating to my ears and I don't enjoy his compositions either.  It's the rest of you that are crazy. I'm joking. Kind of. I'm just not into the kind of "fast and technically impressive" Jazz Rock at all (I know he's not only about that). But I know plenty of decent people who are. I don't like the way he/his guitar sounds either.

Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 12:25
^I don't want to derail this thread but, John Coltrane was the most "fast and technically impressive" saxaphone player ever. Yet you enjoy him.

Holdsworth is the Coltrane of guitar.

Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 01 2024 at 12:36
Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^I don't want to derail this thread but, John Coltrane was the most "fast and technically impressive" saxaphone player ever. Yet you enjoy him.

Holdsworth is the Coltrane of guitar.
I strongly disagree. But I don't really prefer Coltrane at his "fastest" either. I love him in his more spiritual way of a spirited mode. Also Coltrane took his time and knew how to build both a composition and slowly build tension, so to me the intense parts (often) comes as a welcome release. Anyway, beyond A Love Supreme, I'm not as interested anymore. There's definitely parts or tunes I enjoy after as well, but an album like Ascension borders on unlistenable (to me).

Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: December 30 2024 at 04:23


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