Gong - Angel's Egg: Radio Gnome Invisble Part 2 (1973)

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Artist: Gong
Title: Angel's Egg: Radio Gnome Invisble Part 2
Year Of Release: 1973
Label: Virgin #CDV 2007 / 0777 7 87242 2 3
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock, Space Rock, Canterbury Scene
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:50:22
Total Size: 296 / 124 Mb (Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Angels Egg is the fourth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released on Virgin Records in December 1973. Angels Egg is the second in Gong's Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy of albums, following Flying Teapot and preceding You. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The original album did not have an apostrophe in the title. The CD version released by Virgin Records, and later reissued on Charly Records contains an extra track: "Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues", that ends with a male voice choir glissando (questionably regarded by some as a parody on Pink Floyd's "Echoes"), starting with "Ahhhh" and ending with "Chooo", mimicking a sneeze. The track was originally released on the Live Etc. album but was excluded from the CD release (which reissued that double album as one disc), and included on this album instead.

The companion piece to The Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg is not your usual progressive rock album. Very quirky, with many, mostly brief compositions, the album is a tad less spacy than Teapot, with just a few psychedelic-inspired lyrics, and it's very technically adept. Angel's Egg opens with a true space rock cut (one of the few on the album), filled with the usual Gilli Smyth space whispering and Daevid Allen voicings, then leads into the cleverly titled "Sold to the Highest Buddha," with Steve Hillage and Didier Malherbe prominent figures. The instrumental "Castle in the Clouds" finds Hillage coming into his own, with a sound identical to his solo work. "Givin' My Love to You" sounds like a bar song, with no music and a cluster of seemingly drunken fellas trying to sing. The instrumental "Flute Salad" gives way to "Oily Way," a showcase for Malherbe's jazzy flute. "Inner Temple," an instrumental space rock track, moves along with a jazz edge, provided by Malherbe's sax. The final three tracks are the real highlights on Angel's Egg. "I Never Glid Before" is a fantastic prog rock tune, replete with blistering Hillage solo, primo Allen lyrics and vocal, and the precise percussion of new bandmember Pierre Moerlen. This eclectic composition travels through several movements and time changes, and comes across as a perpetually progressing piece. The imaginative and jazzy "Eat That Phone Book Coda" brings the album to a close.

~ David Ross Smith, All Music

Gong - Angel's Egg: Radio Gnome Invisble Part 2 (1973)

Track List:

01. Other Side of the Sky [7:40]
02. Sold to the Highest Buddha [4:25]
03. Castle in the Clouds [1:16]
04. Prostitute Poem [4:53]
05. Givin My Luv to You [0:48]
06. Selene [3:38]
07. Flute Salad [2:09]
08. Oily Way [3:37]
09. Outer Temple [1:09]
10. Inner Temple [2:34]
11. Percolations [0:46]
12. Love is How Y Make It [3:28]
13. I Never Glid Before [5:37]
14. Eat that Phone Book Coda [3:13]
15. Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues (CD Bonus Track) [5:09]

Personnel:
Daevid Allen - vocals, guitar
Gilli Smyth - vocals
Steve Hillage - guitars
Tim Blake - VCS3 synth, vocals
Didier Malherbe - tenor & soprano saxes, flute, backing vocals
Mike Howlett - bass
Pierre Moerlen - drums, vibes, marimba
Mireille Bauer - glockenspiel

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