all the Gong related albums
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Topic: all the Gong related albums
Posted By: Aaron
Subject: all the Gong related albums
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:06
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you know how you check the Gong website and there are a bazillion album in the Gongs family tree, you know mother gong, new york gong, gong with fairy tales, gongdibbles and gongdubbles, gongwizzles and gongwuzzles
out of all those albums, including the albums with or without Daevid, including the albums without Gong as part of the name
which of those albums are worth picking up?
Aaron |
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:08
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PM's Gong-Downwind, possibly the best non Allen release Daevid Allen-Good Morning and I hear Mother Gong's "Fairly Tales" is quite good, but I've yet to hear it. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:09
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I'm no specialist, but Steve Hillage's solo debut 'Fish Rising' is a classic.
------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:12
right, steve hillage is great, but go to their website, there are so many of these gongish albums, you might puke
Aaron
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Rocktopus wrote:Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:12
that's the one that is impossible to get right?
Aaron
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Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 16:14
It's easier to get on vinyl I think. I've yet to see it on CD fo an affordable price, but it's an excellent album and a must for Gong fans. ------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 17:42
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definitely the "Radio Gnome" trilogy by Gong ("Flying Teapot", Angel's
Eg", "You"), "Fairy Tales" by Mother Gong (fantastic album; read my
review: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=69029 - http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=69029
), any live album by Gong ("Gong Est Mort - Vive Gong" or "Live Etc."
are good starts). and definitely also "Live Floating Anarchy" by Planet
Gong (which are Here & Now plus Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth). and
if you like fusion, try "Shamal", "Gazeuse!" or "Espresso 2". and "Time
Is the Key" is an excellent album that displays the many talents of
Pierre Moerlen. it clearly shows what a great loss for the prog world
his unexpected death a year ago was
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 18:00
Neither am i but Fish rising is really great. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 20:48
Fairy Tales are a group of stories told by Gilli Smith. The instruments are more in the background. I find it unique, but I need more listens really deside if its good or not. Its worth cheking at the moment ------------- 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 01 2006 at 20:52
Same here  -------------
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 02:53
that sounds misleading, as if the instruments can not be heard at all, but in fact they play a pivotal role in telling the stories, especially Malherbe's flutes and saxes. Malherbe has never been better than on that album, and that's really saying something! it is just that Gilli Smyth does not sing but speak, that's all. and there are plenty of passages that are merely instrumental. by the way, "Fairy Tales" is an excellent album to get your kids into prog; our kids Alice and Dorothy (age 4) simply love it. a literary note: in "The Pied Piper" Gilli Smyth quotes large excerpts from the famos poem by Robert Browning ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 08:24
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i dont mean classic gong
http://www.planetgong.co.uk/ - http://www.planetgong.co.uk/ , then click on bands and artists, there are like 30 bands there, and probably 200 albums, what of those good sirs, what of those
but i definitely will check out good morning, downwind, and fairy tales
on a related note, didnt gilli and daevid do a recent fairy/gong tales album?
Aaron
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: June 02 2006 at 22:55
Im sorry. I ment to say that Gilli's vocals is the more prominent istrument in the album. By the way I made that statement on my first listen. -------------
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