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YOU is the final installment in Gong's legendary "Radio Gnome Trilogy," and it marks an important turning point for the band. By 1974, the psychedelic hippie/folk-rock element of the sound that was leader Daevid Allen's most important contribution was beginning to disappear. In its place was a more sophisticated musical vision that owed as much to jazz-rock fusion as to fellow space rockers like Pink Floyd or Hawkwind. Ironically, this is Gong's most "spacy" album, full of extended, ethereal passages that would inspire future generations of space rockers. The sound was equally defined however, by the jazzy flights of saxophonist Didier Malherbe and the sinuous rhythms of bassist Mike Howlett and drummer Pierre Moerlen (the band would eventually become the fusion-oriented Pierre Moerlen's Gong). Allen's songs still provide a crucial link to the rest of the trilogy, though the conceptual/mythological aspect is less crucial to YOU.
Includes one bonus track.
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Gong: Dingo Virgin (vocals, guitar); Bloomdido Glad De Brass (vocals, winds); Bambaloni Yoni (vocals); Shakti Yoni (spoken vocals); Steve Hillage (guitar); Hi T Moonweed (synthesizer, Moog synthesizer); Mike Howlett (bass guitar); Pierre Moerlen (percussion).
Recording information: 1974.Q (1/04, p.135) - 4 stars out of 5 - "YOU brought a triumphant conclusion to the most creative era in Gong's long and ongoing history." Purchase You CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Gong Camembert Electrique CD (1971)
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$10.65 This 1971 release was the first "real" Gong album (1970's MAGICK BROTHER was really Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth with friends, recorded before the band's official debut). It's a psychedelic/space-rock classic, hinting at the conceptual/musical heights reached by the forthcoming "Radio Gnome Trilogy" but characterized by harder-edged riffing and fewer ethereal moments (Steve Hillage and Tim Blake had not yet come aboard).
Allen's underground-oriented psycho-sexual, beatnik lyrics are a winning combination of wisdom and whimsy, but it's the music that makes CAMEMBERT. Allen's patented "glissando guitar" style (a spacy, flowing sound achieved with delay effects and a slide) puts the band in early Pink Floyd territory, as do the long, atmospheric jams. There's also a distinct jazz influence in both Pip Pyle's bop-inspired drumming and Didier Malherbe's freaky sax. These elements combined with Gilli Smyth's ambient/erotic "space whisper" backing vocals and Allen's winning tunesmithery to create some of the least pretentious art-rock ever heard.
UK reissue of their third album, recorded in 1971. A skillful blend of jazz-influenced space rock, unconventional psychedlia and bizarre experimentation, it includes their classic'Foghat Digs Holes In Space'. 2001 release. Standard jewelcase.
2001 U.K. re-release
Gong: Bert Camembert, Daevid Allen (guitars); Blumdido Bad De Grass Ex Didier Malherbe (flute); Submarine Captain Christian Tritsch (bass guitar); Pip Pyle (drums); Samuel Ellidge, Gilli Smythe, Shakti Yoni, Venux De Luxe (unknown instrument).
| | Gong Flying Teapot: Radio Gnome Invisible Part I CD (1973) (Import) United Kingdom
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$11.89 1973's FLYING TEAPOT is a GONG milestone. It's the first installment in their legendary "Radio Gnome Trilogy" and a transitional point between the underground psychedelia of CAMEMBERT ELECTRIQUE and the artier, more ethereal sound they later developed. TEAPOT is more visceral, less cerebral than its successors, and the catchy ensemble riffs of CAMEMBERT are still present. The arrival of virtuoso guitarist Steve Hillage and synth wizard Tim Blake represented a great leap forward, though. Blake concentrated exclusively on ambient electronic effects and soundscapes a la early Hawkind, leaving harmonic development to the other band members. Hillage's fleet-fingered jazz-rock solos and arsenal of effects upped the musicianship a notch and reinforced the spacy jazz elements already in place.
Whether you're able to follow the willfully confusing storyline or not, the elaborate mythological world created by Daevid Allen is loads of fun when wrapped around music as inspired as this psychedelic art-jazz-space rock amalgam. The key players are a group of gnomes from another planet who arrive in a flying teapot (stoner imagery plays heavily in hippie Allen's vision) to save the world (or something). Actually, some surprisingly intellectual/philosophical messages were contained in the trilogy, leavened heartily by the irrepressible Allen's healthy sense of humor.
1973's Flying Teapot is a Gong milestone. It's the first installment in their legendary "Radio Gnome Trilogy" and a transitional point between the underground psychedelia of Camembert Electrique and the artier, more ethereal sound they later developed. Teapot is more visceral, less cerebral than its successors, and the catchy ensemble riffs of Camembert are still present. The arrival of virtuoso guitarist Steve Hillage and synth wizard Tim Blake represented a great leap forward, though. Blake concentrated exclusively on ambient electronic effects and soundscapes a la early Hawkind, leaving harmonic development to the
| | Gong Angel's Egg CD (1973) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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$9.69 In retrospect, it's hard to believe both FLYING TEAPOT and its successor ANGELS EGG were released within months of each other in 1973. Each is an elaborate, distinct musical statement. ANGEL'S EGG is the second installment in Gong's legendary "Radio Gnome Trilogy," and it expands upon the ground broken by TEAPOT admirably. Though the band was still pursuing their spacy art-rock direction, the sound here became simultaneously jazzier and more ethereal. Didier Malherbe's sax and flute took a more active role, as did Steve Hillage's elaborate guitar textures.
An important personnel shift had also occurred with the arrival of drummer Pierre Moerlen, mallet percussionist Mirielle Bauer and bassist Mike Howlett. These three were very much of the fusion school. After singer/songwriter Daevid Allen's departure, they would turn Gong into a full-fledged fusion outfit, but with Allen's whimsical songcraft still the defining factor, they simply add a more sophisticated instrumental edge. ANGEL'S EGG is a bit more sophisticated than TEAPOT, but an equal masterpiece.
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Gong: Tim Blake (vocals, synthesizer); Steve Hillage (guitar); Mike Howlitt (bass guitar); Pierre Moerlen (percussion).
Recording information: 1973.
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$9.69 Metal band Lamb of God may hail from Richmond, Virginia, but their dark brand of melodic thrash pits them squarely in the midst of the European (and mostly Scandinavian) death-metal tradition. KILLADELPHIA captures the band performing live at Philadelphia's Trocadero in October 2004 for 15 tracks of pure metal fury (including six from their major-label debut ASHES OF THE WAKE) as well as behind-the-scenes footage from their world tour. Songs include "Laid to Rest," "Bloodletting," "Now You've Got Something to Die For," "Terror and Hubris," "As the Palaces Burn," and more.
THe band, filmed and recorded live at Philadelphia's Trocadero in October of 2004. The DVD features 15 live tracks, 6 of which are brand new live renderings from the critically acclaimed "Ashes of the Wake." The DVD also features numerous bonus features including behind-the-scenes footage.
| | Steve Hillage Fish Rising CD (1975) (Import) Bonus Tracks; Remastered; Japan
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$11.59 Digitally remastered reissue of the former Gong guitarist's 1975 debut solo album featuring bonus tracks from Hillage's personal tape archives. Compiled with Steve's full co-operation and featuring rare photos and memorabilia plus liner notes written by Prog expert Mark Powell. 2006.
| | Steve Hillage L CD (1975) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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$9.25 Additional Tracks
Personnel: Steve Hillage (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Miquette Giraudy (vocals); Don Cherry (trumpet); Roger Powell (piano, keyboards); Kasim Sulton (bass); John Wilcox (drums); Larry Karush (tabla).
| | Farside Rochambeau CD (1994)
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$12.05 Track Listing of songs: Worlds; Search For Ourselves; Rochambeau; Free Your Mind; Smarter Than Ever; Safe or Sorry; Constant Reminder; Lost in Space; Nowhere Fast; Future Days; Hero; Third Person Paranoia; Keep My Soul Awake; Boiling Over;
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$13.79 Track Listing of songs: I Don't Believe in Miracl; Spinning Wheel; Eight Miles High; Someday; Atlantis; Black Magic Womn; Cry Me a River; When a Man Loves a Woman; Where Have All the Flower; We Were All Wounded at Wo; Knockin on Heavens Door; Mirage; San Francisco (Be Sure To; I Want to Take You Higher; I Got a Line on You; Simple Song of Freedom;
| | Talking Heads Once In A Lifetime CDs (2003) With DVD; Remastered
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$55.45 Recorded between 1976 & 1992. Includes liner notes by Tim Scanlin.
Expanding on the excellent two-disc SAND IN THE VASELINE compilation, the three-CD/one-DVD Talking Heads box set, ONCE IN A LIFETIME, includes most of the former release, along with more than 20 additional tracks. Like the highly visual NYC art-rockers themselves, the collection, in both sound and design, is perversely smart and strangely beautiful.
Starting with the group's early days in the late 1970s, ONCE IN A LIFETIME features frantic, urban-themed tracks such as "Don't Worry about the Government" and "Pulled Up." From the city, the setting shifts to wider spaces on their breakthrough cover of Al Green's "Take Me to the River" and the rural twang of "The Big Country." The second disc sees the Heads hitting the zenith of their fruitful collaborations with Brian Eno, while frontman David Byrne reaches new levels of both lyricism and experimentation on the iconic title track. The third disc cherry-picks from the group's later years, including their most accessible songs ("And She Was," "Road to Nowhere," and "Wild Wild Life"), along with the previous unreleased outtake "In Asking Land." As a summation of the consistently inventive and restlessly energetic ensemble that was the Talking Heads, things don't get any better than ONCE IN A LIFETIME.
This 3-CD/DVD package includes almost four hours, over 50 tracks on 3 CD's, including their top hits and a selection of five previously unreleased rarities, outtakes and alternate versions. The Video "Storytelling Giant", on DVD for the first time, is expanded with three previously unreleased bonus clips. Includes an 80-page booklet with personal written recollections from all four ounders, along with archival photos and footnotes from the band's entire journey.
ONCE IN A LIFETIME contains a DVD including the tracks: "Once In A Lifetime," "Wild Wild Life," "Stay Up Late," "Crosseyed And Painless," "Burning Down The House," "And She Was," "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)," "The Lady Don't Mind," "Love For Sale," "Road To Nowhere," "Blind, (Nothing But) Flowers," and " Sax And Violins".
Producers include: Mark Spector, Tony Bongiovi, Lance Quinn, Talking Heads, Brian Eno.
Compilation producers: Talking Heads, Gary Stewart, Andy Zax.
Talking Heads: David Byrne (vocals, guitar, vocodor, synthesizer, bass, percussion); Jerry Harrison (guitar, piano, organ, synthesizer, bass, background vocals); Tina Weymouth (keyboards, synthesizer, bass, percussion, background vocals); Chris Frantz (keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Brian Eno (guitar, piano, synthesizer, bass, percussion, background vocals); Robert Fripp (guitar); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Wally Badarou (keyboards); Robert Palmer, Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Nona Hendryx (background vocals).
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$12.15 Recording information: Hot Head Recording, Los Angeles, CA (10/2004).
Kylesa: Phillip Cope (vocals, guitar, sampler); Laura Pleasants (vocals, guitar); Corey Barhorst (vocals, bass instrument, sampler); Brandon Baltzley (drums).
| | Majestic Collection CDs (2005)
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$12.99 Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Problems; Prowlin'; B.L.A. Pt. 1; Everglades; Investigator's Groove; Thunderbird; Sunday Kind of Love; Quienes que Resolverio; Gator Funk; Solid Funk; Honey Dove; Nothin' Doin' But Waitin' on Leon; Rampage; Answer Me Softly; Children's Song; Easy Access; DISC 2: Soul Dig; Nightbird; Recording; Clap Your Hands; Spread Your Soul; Weiya (Serengeti Beat); Beer (So Nice), Right On; Googie; Your Love; Whitesands; Serengeti Bonus Beat; Rapping With Lee; Django's Soul; Brick by Brick; Nightbird Bonus Beat; Majestic Soul; Pep's; You Made a New Man Out of Me;
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$5.85 Track Listing of songs: Tutti-Frutti; Good Golly Miss Molly; Short Fat Fanny; She's Got It; Lucille; Hound Dog; Blueberry Hill; Baby Face; Groovy Little Suzy; Long Tall Sally;
| | Matthew Larkein Cassell Pieces CD (2008) (Import) Japan; Mini LP Sleeve
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$39.39 Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.
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