Leave It Open (album)

Leave It Open
Studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Released	1981 (1981)
Recorded	Stars & Stripes, London
Genre	Jazz rock, progressive rock
Length	38:15
Label	Arista
Producer	Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Time Is the Key (1979) Leave It Open (1981) Breakthrough (1986)

Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981.

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history.

The album features the American jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano, the band's only album to do so, and was their last release for a major label.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leave It Open"	17:25
2.	"How Much Better It Has Become"	3:29

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Woke Up This Morning Felt Like Playing Guitar"	3:36
2.	"It's About Time" (Hansford Rowe)	6:11
3.	"Stok Stok Stok Sto-Gak" (Hansford Rowe)	4:13
4.	"Adrien"	3:46

Personnel

Pierre Moerlen's Gong

• Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, keyboards, synthesizer bass, rhythm guitar
• Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar
• Bon Lozaga – guitar
• François Causse – percussion, drums

Guest musicians

• Charlie Mariano – saxophone (1, 2, 3, 4)
• Demelza – congas (1)
• Brian Holloway – rhythm guitar (2)

Production credits

• Nick Bradford – assistant
• Gordon Johnson – assistant
• Ian Jones – assistant
• Graham Lawson – executive producer
• Keith Moore – assistant
• Sheila Rock – photography

References

• Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243
• https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-it-open-mw0000447018