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Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)

Gong

1973 · Rock

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Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2) by Gong

Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2) is a Rock album by Gong, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 74 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Other Side Of The Sky (Remastered 2018)7:37
  2. 2Sold To The Highest Buddha (Remastered 2018)4:27
  3. 3Castle In The Clouds (Remastered 2018)1:13
  4. 4Prostitute Poem (Remastered 2018)4:52
  5. 5Givin' My Luv To You (Remastered 2018)0:47
  6. 6Selene (Remastered 2018)3:41
  7. 7Flute Salad (Remastered 2018)2:09
  8. 8Oily Way (Remastered 2018)3:37
  9. 9Outer Temple (Remastered 2018)1:08
  10. 10Inner Temple (Remastered 2018)2:33
  11. 11Percolations (Remastered 2018)0:46
  12. 12Love Is How Y Make It (Remastered 2018)3:27
  13. 13I Never Glid Before (Remastered 2018)5:36
  14. 14Eat That Phone Book Coda (Remastered 2018)3:14
  15. 15Other Side Of The Sky (Single Version / Remastered 2018)4:36
  16. 16Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues (Remastered 2018)5:07
  17. 17Love Is How Y Make It (1973 Vocal Mix / Remastered 2018)3:29
  18. 18Eat That Phone Book Coda (Early Version / Remastered 2018)3:09
  19. 2.1Other Side Of The Sky (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)12:20
  20. 2.2Dynamite / I Am Your Animal (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)5:45
  21. 2.36/8 Tune (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)3:49
  22. 2.4I Never Glid Before (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)5:48
  23. 2.5You Can't Kill Me (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)8:51
  24. 2.6Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)11:02
  25. 2.7Flute Salad (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)1:40
  26. 2.8Oily Way (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)3:34
  27. 2.9Outer Temple (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)1:22
  28. 2.10Inner Temple (Live At Club Arc En Ciel, Roanne, France / 1973)4:18

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Prog Rock
  • layered
  • whimsical
  • spacey

Album notes

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Angels Egg is the fourth studio album by Gong, and the second one released on Virgin Records in December 1973.
It was recorded using the Manor Mobile studio at Gong's communal home, Pavillon du Hay, Voisines, France, and mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England. The album was produced by "Gong under the direction of Giorgio Gomelsky".
Angels Egg is the second in Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy of albums. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The original album did not have an apostrophe in the title.
The original vinyl edition came with a booklet containing an extensive explanation of the mythology, including lyrics, a glossary of terms, and profiles of characters in the story and band members. This edition also had a gatefold cover (omitted in later pressings), a plain inky blue innersleeve to match the gatefold and booklet, and had the original black and white Virgin label which was discontinued after 1973; it was one of the last albums to use the original label. Some copies had a sticker over top of the female nude in the moon on the cover.
The CD version released by Virgin Records - and later reissued on Charly Records - contains an extra track: "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-day DJs Got the D.D.T. Blues", that ends with a male voice choir glissando (questionably regarded by some as a parody on Pink Floyd's "Echoes"), starting with "Ahhhh" and ending with "Chooo", mimicking a sneeze. The track was originally released on the Live Etc. album but was excluded from the CD release (which reissued that double album as one disc), and included on this album instead.
Unusual spellings are as listed on the cover of the original edition. Also, take note that in some CD editions, on the back cover, tracks 7 and 8 are numbered 7a and 7b so that tracks 9-15 have a unity less than the CD reader (included the bonus track that numbers 14 on the cover and 15 on the CD reader).
The instrumental section at the end of "Sold to the Highest Buddha" is referred to as "6/8 sax" in the cover notes, and became a separate piece titled "6/8" on Live Etc.. "Selene" is a completely different song from one with the same title on Camembert Electrique.
Later CD editions add more bonus tracks, including demo vocal versions with altered mixing.

Credits

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Performers

  • Bloomdido Bad de GrassFLUTE , TENOR SAXOPHONE , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , BACKING VOCALS FLUTE, SAXOPHONE , BACKING VOCALS FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BACKING VOCALS
  • Christian TritschGUITAR, BASS
  • Daevid AllenGUITAR , VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS
  • Didier MalherbeFLUTE , SAXOPHONE , BACKING VOCALS FLUTE, SAXOPHONE
  • Dingo VirginGUITAR , VOCALS GUITAR, VOCALS LEAD VOCALS , ELECTRIC GUITAR
  • Gilli SmythVOCALS
  • GongWRITTEN-BY, PERFORMER
  • Hi. T. MoonweedSYNTHESIZER , VOCALS SYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER , VOICE
  • Laurie AllanDRUMS
  • Mike HowlettBASS
  • Mireille BauerGLOCKENSPIEL PERCUSSION
  • Mireille De StrasbourgGLOCKENSPIEL
  • Mr T. BeingBASS
  • Pierre de StrasbourgDRUMS , VIBRAPHONE , MARIMBA DRUMS , VIBRAPHONE, MARIMBA DRUMS , MARIMBA, VIBRAPHONE
  • Pierre MoerlenDRUMS DRUMS , PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Shakti YoniVOCALS
  • Steve HillageGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
  • Tim BlakeKEYBOARDS SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS

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