Gong - You: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3 (1974) {1990, Reissue}
Artist: Gong
Title: You: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3
Year Of Release: 1974 / 1990
Label: Virgin #CDV 2019 / 260 766-217
Genre: Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Canterbury Scene
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:44:39
Total Size: 269 / 110 Mb (Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
You is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released by Virgin Records in October 1974. You is the third of the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy of albums, following Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The structure of the album mixes short narrative pieces with long, jazzy instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere"), building to a climax/conclusion with "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever". Rolling Stone named You one of its "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time".Title: You: Radio Gnome Invisible Part 3
Year Of Release: 1974 / 1990
Label: Virgin #CDV 2019 / 260 766-217
Genre: Progressive Rock, Jazz Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Canterbury Scene
Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue,Log) / MP3 CBR320
Total Time: 00:44:39
Total Size: 269 / 110 Mb (Scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
You is the final installment in Gong's legendary Radio Gnome Trilogy, and it marks an important turning point for the band. By 1974, the psychedelic hippie/folk-rock element of the sound that was leader Daevid Allen's most important contribution was beginning to disappear. In its place was a more sophisticated musical vision that owed as much to jazz-rock fusion as to fellow space rockers like Pink Floyd and Hawkwind. Ironically, this is Gong's most "spacy" album, full of extended, ethereal passages that would inspire future generations of space rockers. The sound was equally defined however, by the jazzy flights of saxophonist Didier Malherbe and the sinuous rhythms of bassist Mike Howlett and drummer Pierre Moerlen (the band would eventually become the fusion-oriented Pierre Moerlen's Gong). Allen's songs still provide a crucial link to the rest of the trilogy, though the conceptual/mythological aspect is less crucial to You.
~ All Music
Track List:
01. Thoughts for Naught [1:33]
02. A P.H.P.'s Advice [1:48]
03. Magick Mother Invocation [2:06]
04. Master Builder [6:08]
05. A Sprinkling of Clouds [8:55]
06. Perfect Mystery [2:27]
07. The Isle of Everywhere [10:20]
08. You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever [11:23]
Personnel:
Daevid Allen - vocals, guitar
Gilli Smyth - vocals
Steve Hillage - lead guitar
Tim Blake - Moog & EMS synths, Mellotron, vocals
Didier Malherbe - saxes, flute, vocals
Mike Howlett - bass
Pierre Moerlen - drums, percussion
Benoît Moerlen - percussion
Mireille Bauer - percussion
Miquette Giraudy - backing vocals
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