GONG
1973-1974
The Mushroom Tapes
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1973?-1974? - "The Mushroom Tapes 1973-4" (86m) (2cd)
Daevid Allen, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Rob Tait, Di Bond *
Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Mike Howlett **
Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Mike Howlett ***

Disc 1:

1) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (14:00)
2) Fohat Digs Holes In Space (16:59) *
3) 6/8 jam (6:41) **
4) The Other Side Of The Sky (8:19)
#

Disc 2:

1) jam > Why Are We Sleeping? (18:21) ***
2) Radio Gnome Invisible (0:07) $
3) jam - band intro - I Never Glid Before (16:12) =
4) Flute Salad - Love Is How Y Make It (6:18) +
##

* On the fast tempo coda - 13:18 - "Eat That Phonebook" is sung repeatedly.
** Sax intro at 6:05.

*** Why Are We Sleeping? at 4:29.
$ Teapot tape played at ridiculous speed - a perfect mystery.
= Glid at 5:45.
+ Slightly different than on "Angel's Egg".

Info: tape > wav > flac > you. No noise reduction.
[Gong Mushroom] Shared as torrent on Dime by Maclen.
True lossless source.
# Officially released on The 1991 GAS Tape cassette (both sbd but different mix). Date on GAS tape is 1974.
## Officially released on Angels Egg (same performance but very different mix).
Disc 1 tracks 1 to 3: line up 1 (Tait & Bond), from Brest 1974-02-06 (see show).
Disc 1 tracks 4: line up 2 (w/Pierre Moerlen). This tape has longer intro, The 1991 Gas Tape has longer coda.
Disc 2 tracks 1 & 3: line up 3 (Paragong).
February to April 1973 from french live show(s).
Disc 2 track 2: mystery fragment; a bit of "Flying Teapot" (tape ridicolously speeded up).
Disc 2 track 4:
Angels Egg sessions, August 1973 Pavillon du Hay, France.


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