The classic band are on top live form as they play through camembert numbers and the whole trilogy.
Gong est mort vinyl.
A1 can t kill me a2 i ve been stoned before mister long shanks o mother a3 radio gnome invisible b1 zero the hero the witch s spell b2 flute salade oily way outer temple c1 inner temple zero meets the octave doctor c2 iao chant master builder c3 sprinkling of clouds.
Psychedelic rock prog rock.
Jazz rock style.
Celluloid cel 2 1003 celluloid cel 2 1004 format.
Mr spillage is very good.
Gong est mort vive gong live at hippodrome paris 28 may 1977 enregistré en public à l hippodrome de paris mixé au studio izason paris distribution exclusive tapioca reissue with black plastic labels pressed by cidis phonogram timing indicated for track d1 is the duration for the whole of side d tracks d1 d2.
For many years my favourite live gong recording.
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2x vinyl lp album reissue country.
To fit the album on a single cd about 7 minutes has been lost from the original vinyl issue.
Everyone is on top form steve hillage just back from a tour of america with his stellar solo band in support of elo plays with real confidence and energy.
The spacey bubbly fun of the actual event comes through beautifully.
Gong est mort vive gong live at hippodrome paris 28 may 1977 enregistré en public à l hippodrome de paris mixé au studio izason paris distribution exclusive tapioca timing indicated for track d1 is the duration for the whole of side d tracks d1 d2 steve hillage is not credited on this recording.
The sound is very rich and full superb bass sound which emphasises the propulsive rhythm of gongs music that is often overlooked.
When originally released in 1977 this album along with virgin s live etc released the same year was received by many as like manna from heaven.
Referencing gong est mort 2xlp album gat tp 10002 tp 10003 according to a conversation with steve hillage on the planet gong facebook group now probably two years ago steve himself was totally out of the loop on all this as he was busy touring and probably in america when all this controversy happened.
Dream like 1977 gong gig on 180gsm re issue in original gatefold sleeve the 1977 paris reunion gig by the trilogy gong band available on vinyl again.
This new vinyl edition sound infinitely better than that did.