Gong Live Etc.

Gong Live Etc.
Live album by Gong
Released	1977
Recorded	May 1973-Sep 1975
Length	78:33
Label	Virgin
Producer	Mike Howlett & Phil Newell
Gong chronology
Gong est Mort, Vive Gong (1977) Gong Live Etc. (1977) Live Floating Anarchy 1977 (1978)

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Gong Live Etc. is a live album by Gong, recorded between 1973 and 1975 and originally released in 1977. It is a set of live recordings (including some two-track "off-the-desk" material), studio out-takes and BBC session recordings spanning the years 1973 to 1975.

Track listing

Credits to C.O.I.T. refer to Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet, an alternate collective name for Gong.

Side one

1. "You Can't Kill Me" (Daevid Allen) – 6:50 – lineup A, 1973
2. "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" (Allen, Christian Tritsch) – 11:08 – lineup A, 1973
3. "Flying Teapot" (Allen, Francis Moze) – 6:28 – lineup A, 1973

Side two

1. "Dynamite / I Am Your Animal" (Gilli Smyth, Tritsch) – 5:44 – lineup A, 1973
2. "6/8" (C.O.I.T.) – 3:53 – lineup A, 1973
3. "Est-ce que Je Suis" (Allen) – 4:12 – lineup A, 1973
4. "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-Day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues" (Allen) – 5:15 – lineup A, 1973 – studio, track omitted on CD edition

Side three

1. "Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) – 7:35 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
2. "Oily Way" (Allen, Didier Malherbe) – 3:20 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
3. "Outer Temple" (Tim Blake, Steve Hillage) – 1:05 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
4. "Inner Temple" (Allen, Malherbe) – 5:15 – lineup B, 1974 – studio, BBC
5. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (C.O.I.T.) – 3:07 – lineup A, 1974 – studio

Side four

1. "Isle of Everywhere" (C.O.I.T.) – 10:24 – lineup C, 1975
2. "Get It Inner" (C.O.I.T.) – 2:31 – lineup C, 1975
3. "Master Builder" (C.O.I.T.) – 5:56 – lineup C, 1975
4. "Flying Teapot (Reprise)" (Allen, Moze) – 1:55 – lineup C, 1975

Sources

• Side 1:
  • tracks 1-2: Bataclan, Paris, France, May 1973
  • track 3: Edinburgh Festival, Scotland, August 1973
• Side 2:
  • live tracks: Club Arc-en-ciel, Roanne, France, August 1973
  • studio track: Manor Studio, Oxfordshire, England, June 1973
• Side 3:
  • BBC tracks: BBC Studios, England, January 1974
  • studio track: Manor Studio, Oxfordshire, England, during You sessions, Summer 1974
• Side 4: Marquee Club, England, September 1975

Personnel

Lineup A

• Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
• Gilli Smyth – space whisper
• "Bloomdido" Didier Malherbe – flutes, saxes, percussion
• Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
• Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
• Mike Howlett – bass, vocals
• Pierre Moerlen – drums

Lineup B

• Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
• "Bloomdido" Didier Malherbe – flutes, saxes, percussion
• Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
• Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
• Mike Howlett – bass, vocals
• Rob Tait – drums, percussion
• Diane Stewart – vocals, percussion

Lineup C

• Steve Hillage – guitar, vocals
• Mike Howlett – bass guitar, vocals
• Didier Malherbe – sax, flute, vocals, percussion
• Miquette Giraudy – voices yonic
• Patrice Lemoine – keyboards
• Pierre Moerlen – drums, percussion
• Mireille Bauer – percussion

External links

• "Gong - Live Etc. (2xLP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-08-25.