1981-06-21 - Pilton, UK - Shepton Mallet (Somerset) - Worthy Farm - aud (66m)
Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Harry Williamson,
Yan Emeric, Dayne Cranenberg, Guy Evans
1) Mother Gong intro (2:44) *
2) Evidance (4:46) **
3) Disco At The End Of The World > Woman's Place(6:10)
***
4) Robot Woman > Machine Song (9:22)
5) The Sea (3:57)
6) Searching The Airwaves (7:07)
7) Military Procession > Customs Man >
Rapist (6:14)
8) Customs Man > Fire (3:39) $
9) Chinese Puzzle (4:26) =
10) Red Alert > Stars > Australia
(9:50)
11) What's Going On - band intro (7:52) +
* Starts with John Lennon's
"Beautiful Boy" played on P.A, Pete Drummond from BBC introduces Mother Gong:
- "This is the latest edition of Mother of Gong (...) Today is the best day by far,
midsummer's day...".
** A studio version is on
Didier's "Melodic Destiny" tape.
*** Also on "Glastonbury Festival 1979-1981" CD (edited and overdubbed).
"Who's The Man" by Kay-Gees quote.
$ "Customs Man" (Reprise): incorrectly tracked separately.
= [Start slightly cut but the cut in the middle occuring on the
official cassette is not present here].
+ Band intro: Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson, Dean Cranemberg, Yan Emeric, Didier Malherbe
and Guy Evans.
Source: Traded CDR.
[Mother Gong Glastonbury 1981]
No SBE's - TLH
analysis
Audience recording, Ottersongs-GAS officially released a sbd recording on tape in 1982 as Glastonbury Fayre.
Tracks 2-4, 6-8 (but not "The Rapist" and
"Fire") from sbd were released on Glastonbury Festival 1979-81.
Edited versions of "The Sea",
"Military Procession", "Customs Man", "Rapist",
"Fire" appeared on Robot Woman.
Date-venue confirmed by Festival poster above.
More on UK Festivals (including Mother Gong pics from show).
This audience recording also circulates incorrectly listed as "Mother Gong
Glastonbury 1981 GAS tape". |