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group

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, recorded on 28 May 1977 at the

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, and originally released in 1977 as a

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LP by Tapioca Records, France.

Overview

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, " Shamal Gong", " Gong-Expresso" and

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& Euterpe.Gong Chronology
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''-era band, featuring the return of

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and

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, who had left in 1975 and so were not part of the then-current Gong-Expresso (which would eventually change its name to

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). Their set included most of the music from four albums - ''

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'' and the three albums of the ''Radio Gnome Invisible'' trilogy - therefore this album documents less than half of the performance and some songs are absent or incomplete. Many are slightly renamed from their original titles.

Track listing

Side one

#"Can't Kill Me" (

) – 7:53 #"I've Been Stoned Before" (Allen) / "Mister Long Shanks" (Allen) / "O Mother" (Allen) – 6:39 #"Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) – 2:39

Side two

#"Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" (Allen,

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) – 10:04 #"Flute Salade" (

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) / "Oily Way" (Allen, Malherbe) / "Outer Temple" (

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, Hillage) – 10:09

Side three

#"Inner Temple (Zero Meets The Octave Doctor)" (Allen, Malherbe) – 6:01 #"IAO Chant and Master Builder" ( C.O.I.T.) – 7:05 #"Sprinkling of Clouds" (C.O.I.T.) – 4:50

Side four

#"From the Isle Of Every Where to the End of the Story of Zero the Hero" (C.O.I.T.) – 12:14 #"You Never Blow Your Trip For Ever" (C.O.I.T.) – 8:26

Personnel

*Bert Camembert (

) – vocals, guitar *Shakti Yoni (

) – space whisper *High T. Moonweed (

) – synthesizer, keyboards *Bloomdido Bad de Grass (

) – Selmer sax, flute *Le Pere Cushion de Strasbourger (

Pierre Moerlen Pierre Moerlen (23 October 1952, Colmar, Haut-Rhin – 3 May 2005, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, near Strasbourg) was a French drummer and percussionist, best known for his work with Gong and Mike Oldfield and as Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Biography P ...

) – drums, percussion *Mister T. Being (

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) – souper bass *

- lead guitar, vocals *

- synthesizer, vocals

Credits

*Andy Scott – engineer *Daevid Allen, Christian Gence – mix at Studio Izason, Paris *Venux De Luxe (Francis Linon) – live sound *Grant Cunlisse – stage management *Martin Sylvie – innersleeve photo *Daevid Allen – outer cover

References

{{Authority control Gong (band) live albums 1977 live albums