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Live Floating Anarchy 1977 is a 1978 live album by Planet Gong, who were Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth accompanied by the band Here & Now. It was recorded in Toulouse on 6 November 1977, apart from the track "Opium for the People" which was a studio recording. It was originally released on the French LTM record label, run by Jean Karakos, who had previously run Tapioca and BYG.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daevid Allen

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Psychological Overture"2:36
2."Floating Anarchy"5:15
3."Stoned Innocent Frankenstein"3:18
4."New Age Transformation Try: No More Sages"12:10
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Opium for the People"4:25
2."Allez Ali Baba Black Sheep Have you Any Bullshit: Mama Maya Mantram"15:01

Personnel

  • Prof. Sharpstrings P.A. (Steffy) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
  • Keith da Missile Bass – bass guitar and tree trunk
  • Kif Kif Le Batteur – drummery and asides besides
  • Gavin Da Blitz – synthesizah and pinball flip
  • Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
  • Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
  • Dingbat Alien – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordply

References

  • Band website
  • "GONG Live Floating Anarchy 1977 music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
  • "Floating Anarchy Live 77 by Gong @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2009-08-24.