Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)
The trilogy's middle part, recorded at the band's own commune with a mobile studio.
Gong, 1973
- Released
- 7 December 1973
- Recorded
- August 1973
- Studio
- Pavillon du Hay, Voisines, with the Manor Mobile; mixed at The Manor
- Label
- Virgin
- Producer
- Gong under the direction of Giorgio Gomelsky
Recorded in August 1973 at the Pavillon du Hay, the band's home near Sens, with the Manor Mobile, and mixed at The Manor. It was the first album by the line-up of Hillage, Howlett, Moerlen and Mireille Bauer that went on to make You, and its fourteen tracks run from the seven-minute Other Side of the Sky to fragments under a minute. AllMusic gave it four stars out of five, and it reached 91 in Australia in 1974. A half-speed master by Miles Showell came out for Record Store Day in April 2023.
Track listing
- Other Side of the Sky7:38
- Sold to the Highest Buddha4:27
- Castle in the Clouds1:13
- Prostitute Poem4:52
- Givin My Luv to You0:47
- Selene3:42
- Flute Salad2:09
- Oily Way3:37
- Outer Temple1:09
- Inner Temple2:34
- Percolations0:46
- Love is How U Make It3:28
- I Never Glid Before5:37
- Eat That Phone Book Coda3:14
Personnel
- Daevid Allen guitar, vocals
- Gilli Smyth space whisper
- Didier Malherbe saxophones, flute
- Steve Hillage guitar
- Tim Blake synthesizers
- Mike Howlett bass
- Pierre Moerlen drums, percussion
- Mireille Bauer percussion
More from Gong
Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) (1973), You (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3) (1974)
Sources
- Angel's Egg (album), Wikipedia
- Love From the Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75, MusicBrainz