Gong est Mort, Vive Gong


Gong est Mort, Vive Gong is a double live album by the progressive rock group Gong, recorded on 28 May 1977 at the Hippodrome, Paris, France, and originally released in 1977 as a double LP by Tapioca Records, France.

Overview

Gong appeared as the headlining act in a 24-hour marathon festival which also included sets by Tim Blake, Lady June, Strontium 90, Steve Hillage, "Shamal Gong", "Gong-Expresso" and Daevid Allen & Euterpe. The poster advertising the event can be seen in the photo collage included in the album Gong Live Etc, also released in 1977.
The Gong lineup was a reunion of the Angel's Egg/''You-era band, featuring the return of Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, who had left in 1975 and so were not part of the then-current Gong-Expresso.
Their set included most of the music from four albums - Camembert Electrique and the three albums of the Radio Gnome Invisible'' trilogy - therefore this album documents less than half of the performance and some songs are absent or incomplete. Many are slightly renamed from their original titles.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Can't Kill Me" – 7:53
  2. "I've Been Stoned Before" / "Mister Long Shanks" / "O Mother" – 6:39
  3. "Radio Gnome Invisible" – 2:39

Side two

  1. "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell" – 10:04
  2. "Flute Salade" / "Oily Way" / "Outer Temple" – 10:09

Side three

  1. "Inner Temple " – 6:01
  2. "IAO Chant and Master Builder" – 7:05
  3. "Sprinkling of Clouds" – 4:50

Side four

  1. "From the Isle Of Every Where to the End of the Story of Zero the Hero" – 12:14
  2. "You Never Blow Your Trip For Ever" – 8:26

Personnel

  • Bert Camembert – vocals, guitar
  • Shakti Yoni – space whisper
  • High T. Moonweed – synthesizer, keyboards
  • Bloomdido Bad de Grass – Selmer sax, flute
  • Le Pere Cushion de Strasbourger – drums, percussion
  • Mister T. Being – souper bass
  • Steve Hillage – lead guitar, vocals
  • Miquette Giraudy – synthesizer, vocals

Credits