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BMOVP016CD

Release date

13/11/2006

Format

CD

Label

Bananamoon Obscura

Daevid Allen

Gong on Acid 1973

Gong came into being almost by accident in the late sixties when Daevid Allen was refused entry back into Britain following European dates with Soft Machine. Deciding to stay in Paris Allen began working alongside Gilli Smyth and various musicians on what would eventually be recognised as Gong.

The first recognised recordings from the band were Magick Brother, Mystic Sister in 1970. Followed by albums such as Camembert Electrique, Flying Teapot, Angels Egg and You. These last three albums followed the fortunes of Zero The Hero and told the tale of the pothead pixies and was told over the course of the next three albums and became the Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy. This mythological story was extremely popular and the resultant albums sold exceptionally well however following the departure of core members Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Steve Hillage citing the age old musical differences reason for leaving the band

Gong then moved in a more jazz oriented direction with the addition of Allan Holdsworth alongside Pierre Moerlen and Didier Malherbe. Allen, Smyth and Hillage have all recorded as solo artists and Smyth subsequently formed the offshoot Mother Gong. Occasionally the three have re united as was seen by the release of the live Gong album recorded in 1977.

Gong On Acid is one of the releases in the second set of releases that make up the popular Bananamoon Obscura series. This album features a musical acid trip taken during the recording of Angel’s Egg at Gong’s French community in the summer of 1973. The musicians featured on this recording are Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Pierre Moerlen, Tim Blake and Mike Howlett.