[2019-09-27] Gong "Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75" 12CD/1DVD box set incl. 5.1 surround (Virgin UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jul 31, 2019 12:14 pm

Description
Curated by Steve Hillage and released with the full involvement of original members, legendary psychedelic surrealists Gong are the subject of a new Box Set with the release of Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75 on September 27th 2019 (UMC). Released to coincide with Gong’s 50th Anniversary, the Box Set covers the band’s classic years in a stunning package that includes: their seminal first four Virgin studio albums plus bonus tracks; previously unreleased, multi-tracked full gigs, the complete John Peel Sessions from 1973 and 1974; previously unreleased quad Pye and Westlake mixes of ‘You’ re-formatted to 5.1 surround-sound, and artwork including rare and previously unseen work by the late Daevid Allen. Under the visionary guidance of Daevid Allen, Gong raised the bar for psychedelic rock in the 1970s. The first three albums Gong recorded for the Virgin label—Flying Teapot, Angel’s Egg & You—introduced the listener to the invisible mythyological universe of Pot Head Pixies, Zero The Hero, The Octave Doctors and The Good Witch Yoni. Featuring sublime virtuoso guitar from Steve Hillage, Gong’s intoxicating, space-rock inflected compositions such as ‘Radio Gnome Invisible’ ‘The Isle Of Everywhere’, ‘Master Builder’, ‘Inner Temple/Outer Temple’ ‘Shamal’, ‘Flying Teapot’ and ‘Oily Way’ are all an absolute joy to experience, re-mastered by original engineer Simon Heyworth and sounding as crisp and inventive as ever. Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75 brings together Gong’s finest years in an exceptionally presented Box Set.

[tracklisting][CD1: Flying Teapot]
1. Radio Gnome Invisible – Remastered 2018
2. Flying Teapot – Remastered 2018
3. The Pothead Pixies – Remastered 2018
4. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine – Remastered 2018
5. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell – Remastered 2018
6. Witches Song / I Am Your Pussy – Remastered 2018
7. Radio Gnome Invisible – Rough Mix
8. Radio Gnome Premix – Story Narration
9. Flying Teapot – Mix 21
10. The Pothead Pixies – Second To Last Mix
11. Flying Teapot – Rough Mix

[CD2: Angel’s Egg]
1. Other Side Of The Sky
2. Sold To The Highest Buddha
3. Castle In The Clouds
4. Prostitute Poem
5. Givin’ My Luv To You
6. Selene
7. Flute Salad
8. Oily Way
9. Outer Temple
10. Inner Temple
11. Percolations
12. Love Is How Y Make It
13. I Never Glid Before
14. Eat That Phone Book Coda
15. Other Side Of The Sky
16. Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ’s Got The D.D.T. Blues
17. Love Is How Y Make It
18. Eat That Phone Book Coda

[CD3: You]
1. Thoughts For Naught
2. A P.H.P.’s Advice
3. Magick Mother Invocation
4. Master Builder
5. A Sprinkling Of Clouds
6. Perfect Mystery
7. The Isle Of Everywhere
8. You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever
9. A P.H.P.’s Advice
10. Where Have All The Flowers Gone

[CD4: Shamal]
1. Wingful Of Eyes
2. Chandra
3. Bambooji
4. Cat In Clark’s Shoes
5. Mandrake
6. Shamal
7. Bambooji
8. Chandra
9. Wingful Of Eyes

[CD5: BBC Radio 1 Sessions And Edinburgh Live]
1. You Can’t Kill Me
2. Radio Gnome Direct Broadcast
3. Other Side Of The Sky
4. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell
5. Flute Salad
6. Oily Way
7. Outer Temple
8. Inner Temple
9. Castle In The Clouds
10. 6/8 Tune
11. Radio Gnome Invisible
12. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell
13. Flying Teapot

[CD6: Paris Bataclan Live, 20th May 1973, Pt.1]
1. Other Side Of The Sky
2. Dynamite / I Am Your Animal
3. 6/8 Tune
4. I Never Glid Before
5. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell
6. Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ’s Got The D.D.T. Blues
7. Est-ce Que Je Suis?
8. I’ve Bin Stone Before
9. Mr Longshanks / Oh Mother
10. I Am Your Fantasy
11. You Can’t Kill Me

[CD7: Paris Bataclan Live, 20th May 1973, Pt.2]
1. Flute Salad
2. Oily Way
3. Outer Temple
4. Flying Teapot
5. Dynamite
6. You Can’t Kill Me
7. I Never Glid Before

[CD8: Roanne – Club Arc En Ciel Live, 17th Aug 1973, Pt.1]
1. Other Side Of The Sky
2. Dynamite / I Am Your Animal
3. 6/8 Tune
4. I Never Glid Before
5. Zero The Hero And The Witch’s Spell
6. I Am Your Pussy

[CD9: Roanne – Club Arc En Ciel Live, 17th Aug 1973, Pt.2]
1. I Am Your Pussy
2. You Can’t Kill Me
3. Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ’s Got The D.D.T. Blues
4. Flute Salad
5. Oily Way
6. Outer Temple
7. Inner Temple
8. Radio Gnome Invisible

[CD10: London – Hyde Park Live, 28th June 1974]
1. A Sprinkling Of Clouds
2. I Never Glid Before
3. I’ve Bin Stone Before
4. Mr Longshanks / Oh Mother
5. The Isle Of Everywhere
6. I Am Your Fantasy
7. Master Builder

[CD11: London – The Marquee Club Live, 9th & 10th Sept 1975, Pt.1]
1. Aftaglid
2. Flute Salad
3. Oily Way
4. 6/8 Tune
5. Solar Musick Suite
6. Bambooji

[CD12: London – The Marquee Club Live, 9th & 10th Sept 1975, Pt.2]
1. Bambooji
2. The Isle Of Everywhere
3. Wingful Of Eyes
4. The Salmon Song
5. Master Builder
6. Drum Solo
7. Flying Teapot
8. I Never Glid Before

[DVD: You Quad Surround Sound]
1. Thoughts For Naught
2. A P.H.P.’s Advice
3. Magick Mother Invocation
4. Master Builder
5. A Sprinkling Of Clouds
6. Thoughts For Naught
7. A P.H.P.’s Advice
8. Magick Mother Invocation
9. Master Builder
10. A Sprinkling Of Clouds
11. Perfect Mystery
12. The Isle Of Everywhere
13. You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever[/tracklisting]

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Rick A · 23 Jul 2006

This looks quite tasty.

JohnG · 03 Aug 2006

Gong was on the Cruise To The Edge 2018 and were one of the must see bands that week.

Rick Peterson · **Joined:** 23 Jan 2007 **Posts:** 388

Been waiting a long, long time for this; finally, Flying Teapot, the first album of the trilogy, will get a decent CD release. All of the previous ones (on Charly) were taken from non-masters, with a tape-damaged bit near the end of the first track. This is the version that Gong members "authorize", while Charly keeps re-releasing "remastered" versions. There were basically two companies back then that claimed ownership of these recordings, and I guess that goes on until today. Hoping the live stuff sounds better than previous releases, too. Word is that there will be single-disc releases for the trilogy, but I'm guessing not for the live albums.

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:13 pm

Bump: Added the packshot and tracklist to the first post.

[2019-09-27] Gong "Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75" 12CD/1DVD box set incl. 5.1 surround (Virgin UK)

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