all the Gong related albums

BaldJean wrote: chamberry wrote: Zac M wrote: 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. 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 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

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.

chamberry wrote: Zac M wrote: 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. 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

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


Edited by BaldJean - June 02 2006 at 02:54

Zac M wrote: 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.

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



Edited by chamberry - June 01 2006 at 20:51

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 ), 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

Zac M wrote: Daevid Allen-Good Morning

I'm no specialist, but Steve Hillage's solo debut 'Fish Rising' is a classic.