Fans of Pierre Moerlen's Gong?

akamaisondufromage wrote: GonG in all forms makes me happy.  I am very jealous Mr Moly, fancy interviewing the man himself . Holy Mackerel!    I like the sound of Tortoise I will have to check out more.

yeah if you want more mallet fests you have especially go for TNT, Standards and It's All Around You, which cover the most fusion-ish end of Tortoise's sound............

Never had the chance to hear Gongzilla. I should check to see if someone posted it on Y.T. I love P.M.G. I have many titles. I have been trying for years to locate the original cd release of Paragong which was actually a live concert. I saw it listed on E-bay and I am not personally fond on doing bids. Has anyone heard it? Interestingly enough another obscure mystery is contained on Brand X..Manifest Destiny. The version I have of this cd does not list the last 2 tracks ..which! according to many Gong freaks are 2 tracks taken from a concert of Brand X featuring Pierre Moerlen on drums. Someone e-mailed me and told me that on their version Moerlen is officially credited. It's just completely outstanding drum work. I also love his work with Mike Oldfield! I love his drum solo on the "Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dancehall". Pierre Moerlen's Gong is the ultimate though and I love every release. Every record ever recorded! We drive a truck to your house! I read about his death in the far away back pages of a famous drummer's magazine. He should have been chosen for the front cover and I thought that was quite ignorant.

I have Gazeuse! and I really like it.

GonG in all forms makes me happy.  I am very jealous Mr Moly, fancy interviewing the man himself . Holy Mackerel!

I believe Expresso (the American release of Gazeuse) was the first Gong of any sort I heard, and I thought it was amazing.  I also have Downwind and Time is the Key, both of which are good, but I don't listen to them as much.

My intro into Gongworld was Time Is The Key and Expresso.  Made me all go gazuese .   The Daevid Allen and Gilli stuff is a lot of fun, too, the transitional Shamal, the non transitional You.  A lot of fun in all their incarnations.  The spinoffs like Gongzilla.  The last thing Moerlin did with the Russians.  A world of great music all around.

Edited by Slartibartfast - September 06 2012 at 22:35

thanks to almighty Tortoise, i picked up on and developed quite an obsession for PMG.......i think i have now practically everything.