GONG
1974-04-24 - Birmingham, UK
Crisis Concerts
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1974-04-24 - Birmingham, UK - Town Hall - "Crisis Concert" - aud (60m)
Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Mike Howlett *

1) Oily Way (2:29) *
2) Outer Temple (1:06) **
3) Inner Temple (2:25)
4) Magick Mother Invocation (1:34) ***
5) Master Builder (6:56) $
6) Fire (3:35)
7) Solar Musick Suite (7:39) =
8) Perfect Mystery (3:07) +
9) The Isle Of Everywhere > Get It Inner (11:00)
10) A Sprinkling Of Clouds (6:36)
11) 6/8 (3:24)
12) drum solo (4:21)
13) I Never Glid Before (5:58)

* [Cuts in on first verse].
** [Mic noise then cut at 0:52].
*** [Cut or dropout at 1:33].
$ Early version, IAO is repeated instead of IAO ZAI ZAO etc...
- "DingoVirgin is ill and he couldn't come but we're still here representing the Planet Gong for you dear Birmingham people (...)

   such things do happen even in 1974 (...) Shakti Yoni has got something to tell you".
= Different words. No "Canterbury Sunrise" and "SunSong" reprise.
+ [Cut on announce].

Source: Dime download (CD>EAC>FLAC) > wav > balanced, normalized & retracked > flac.
[Gong 1974-04-24 Birmingham, UK] Rework of seed by John Monahan, shared  as torrent on Dime by Maclen.
No SBE's - TLH analysis - fingerprints

Date and venue confirmed by show ad (above).
Listed on PlanetGong and Calyx (also Hatfield And The North).
Calyx website lists 4 gigs in April where Allen is missing, one of them is this one in Birmingham.
Hatfield And The North's set from this show also circulates.


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