Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Gong Pre-Modern Wireless: The Peel Sessions 1971-1974

slip into the night here

1. Magick Brother
2. Clarence In Wonderland
3. Tropical Fish
4. Selene
5. You Can't Kill Me
6. Radio Gnome Direct Broadcast
7. Crystal Machine
8. Zero The Hero And The Orgasm Witch
9. Captain Capricorns Dream Saloon
10. Radio Gnome Invisible
11. Oily Way

7 comments:

roy rocket said...

Classic stuff.
I'm still getting over their '2032' release... staggering!
I listened to it again this morning and the euphoria it induced was immense.
Not bad for a bunch of pensioners.
There's hope for us all.
roy

devotionalhooligan said...

top album mate(although i'm sure at least one of the tracks is on gong live?)
nice to hear you still find them uplifting,they still get me all fuzzy.
some mates seen them at the big chill(i was too skint)this year and said they were totally out there...
i'm looking fwd to hearing 2032.
laters.xx

ps how about sharing some more poetry??

teifidancer said...

playing in Bristol soon, I hear with Steve Hillage, missed them first time round, got into them in rhe 80s when i wasn't sure what to be,they sorted me right out,still takin me to places i want to go, have not heard latest I hear it's pretty good, easy of to get banana .heddwch xx

devotionalhooligan said...

yeah,i'm hoping to get along,tickets are £18 though,a few mates are going... so i'll have to boost a few car steroes!!!
i discovered them in the 80s too man, thru a haze of anarcho punk/dub/free festie freakouts... and they still have the power to heal this broken idealist,even on my worst days(lol).
good to hear from you mate.
peace & solidarity.x

Anonymous said...

Truly bizzare yet very infectuous!
Gong needs to reissue their other Lp's on vinyl again!

pinkpressthreat said...

Gong Peel sessions!! thanks!!!

Anonymous said...

Some info for you good selves:

PEEL SESSIONS

09/11/1971 - Gong
TX - 17/11/1971
Producer - John Walters
Engineer - Bob Conduct
Studio - Maida Vale 4

TRACKLIST
Magic Brother
Clarence
Tropical Fish

LINE UP
Kevin Ayers (Bass, Guitar, Vocals)
Daevid Allen (Guitar, Vocals)
Gilly Smith (Vocals)
Pip Pyle (Drums)
Didier Malherbe (Saxophone)
Christian Tritsch

...........

29/05/1973 - Gong
TX - 12/06/1973
Producer - Pete Ritzema
Engineer - Bob Conduct
Studio - Maida Vale 4

TRACKLIST
Can't Kill Me
Radio Gnome Direct Broadcast/Crystal Machine
Zero The Hero And The Orgasm Witch

LINE UP
Daevid Allen (Guitar, Vocals)
Gilly Smith (Vocals)
Didier Malherbe (Saxophone)
Mike Howlett (Bass)
Steve Hillage (Guitar)
Pierre Moerlen (Drums)
Tim Blake (Synthesiser)

...........

15/01/1974 - Gong
TX - 29/01/1974
Producer - Tony Wilson
Engineer - Unknown
Studio - Langham 1

TRACKLIST
Radio Gnome
Oily Way

LINE UP
Daevid Allen (Guitar, Vocals)
Gilly Smith (Vocals)
Didier Malherbe (Saxophone)
Mike Howlett (Bass)
Steve Hillage (Guitar)
Rob Tate (Drums)
Di Stewart (Percussion, Vocals)
Tim Blake (Synthesiser)

...........

Cheers, Dave Sez (and hi, pinkie!)