GONG
1973-1974
The Farm Tapes
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1973-1974 - "The Farm Tapes" (74m)
Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Rob Tait, Di Bond
Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Miquette Giraudy, Bill Bruford *

1) Fohat Digs Holes In Space - The Other Side Of The Sky > Dynamite > Castle In The Clouds > 6/8 > Radio Gnome Invisible (32:34) *
2) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell > Sold  To The Highest Buddha > I Never Glid Before - Om Nama Shivaya - Outer Temple > Inner Temple -

     Isle Of Everywhere
> Get It Inner > You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever (41:42) **

* "Fohat Digs Holes In Space": "It's only the world" intro [start slightly cut and at 5:18].
- "Dynamite" as "Bambule".
- "Radio Gnome Invisible": [cuts at 25:08 & 32:31 at end] with french intro.
** "Buddha": [cut at 20:53 after song end].

- "Om Nama Shivaya" apparently Hillage solo. [cut at 24:16 after end].
- "Inner Temple" fades out.
- "The Isle Of Everywhere" spoken intro.

- "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever": [cut before end].

Source: "I really dont know any details on this one.
Just a cassette I ended up with. No case, just a tape with
farm tapes 73-74 on it. Just spacey jams. Sounds like it was
during the mushroom expirimation period. A bit of tape hiss

but fairly good sound and great jams. Maybe a GAS Tape? Who knows?". *
[Gong The Farm Tapes 73-74] Shn set shared as torrent on Dime (unsigned info).
No SBE's - true lossless source.

Track 1 ("Fohat" to "R.G.I." sequence) and part of track 2 ("Zero" to "Glid Before") from Brest, FR - 1974-02-06.
"Om Nama Shivaya" apparently is a Steve Hillage solo studio recording, very different from "L" version.
"Outer Temple" to "You Never Blow Yr Trip" sequence is from stereo sbd (Nov. or Dec. 1974 with Bill Bruford).

This circulates in a lossless shorter better sounding version (65 min. - "Fohat" to "Inner Temple").
Geoff on the PlanetGong Forum: "My 'farm tapes' tape came from Grant Showbiz in the late 70s, maybe 77".
* Actually this cassette has nothing to do with the official G.A.S. tapes.


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