MOTHER GONG
1981-01-11 - Kansas City, MO
U.S. Tour 1981 - Clone Woman
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1981-01-11 - Kansas City, MO - Parody Hall - aud (78m)
Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson (with tapes)

1) Computer Class (3:09)
2) Tarka (Third Movement) (2:09)
3) Robot Woman (5:26)
4) The Sea / Dreaming It (4:36) *
5) Machine Song (4:14)
6) Searching The Airwaves / Fire (5:41) **
7) Military Procession (1:28) ***

8) Customs Man / The Rapist / Customs Man (4:42) $
9) Prostitute Poem (Street Version) (4:07)
10) 1999 (5:48)
11) Billy Bunker (3:34)
12) Red Alert (4:04)
13) Stars / Flying (4:06) =
14) Tarka (Third Movement) / I Am Your Fantasy (2:41) +
15) The Pied Piper (14:45)
16) A Love Poem (1:39)
17) announcement (1:26) ?

Encore:
18) Blue Jay Way (4:46) &

* Gilli recites "The Sea" over "Dreaming It".
**
Unlike on "Robot Woman" lp, "Fire" is recited over "Searching The Airwaves".
*** D
ifferent version without Malherbe's theme which is on "Robot Woman".
$ "Customs Man": very different from "Robot Woman" version.
- "The Rapist": vocal by Harry Williamson.
= "Stars" recited over "Flying" (part of "Wassilissa"). Gilli announces a short interval.
+ "I Am Your Fantasy" recited over part of Third Movement from "Tarka".
? "On January 20th...interesting situation taking place is Heaven's B inauguration day...".
& Starts with "Jamimji" tease. "It's nice here in Kansas...Kansas is cool!".

Source: Tape > traded CDR > wav > speed corrected, edited, retracked, channel balanced, normalized > flac.
[Mother Gong 1981-01-11 Kansas City, MO] Shared as torrent on Dime by Maclen.
No SBE's - True lossless source.
"I don't know the guy who made the recording and gave it to me many years after the event. But I did know the fellow talking about the upcoming event - he owned a large used record store for many years and died the same week as Pip" (Rick Chafen).
Date and venue confirmed by show flyer (see above) reproduced on G.A.S. Moving On - free Autumn 1981 mag.


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