Gong - 1973-1974 - The Mushroom Tapes (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

Lineage:

tape > wav > flac > you. No noise reduction

Transferred, converted and shared on EZ by Maclen, Mar 2005.

CD1:

Side A:

1) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (14:00)

2) Fohat Digs Holes In Space (16:59)

3) ? / Eat That Phonebook sax intro (6:41)

4) Other Side Of The Sky (8:19)

CD2:

Side B:

1) Why Are We Sleeping? (18:21)

2) Flying Teapot (0:07)

3) ? / I Never Glid Before (8:17)

4) Flute Salad / Love Is How Y Make It (6:18)

Notes:

disc1

2) On the fast tempo coda - 13:18 - "Eat That Phonebook" is sung repeatedly

3) Sax intro at 6:05

disc2

1) Why Are We Sleeping? at 4:29

2) Teapot tape played at ridiculous speed - a perfect mystery

3) Glid at 5:45

4) Slightly different than on "Angel's Egg"

From Calyx website:

Following Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth's decision to take a break, newcomer Steve Hillage is asked to lead an alternate line-up of the band, christened ParaGong, including veteran Didier

Malherbe, and other recent recruit Tim Blake; for a while, ex-Moving Gelatine Plates bassist Didier Thibault (who had been recommended by Gomelsky to replace Moze in Magma a few months

before) joins the band; setlist includes Kevin Ayers' "Why Are We Sleeping" and an early version of "I Never Glid Before". Much hiss (no dolby) but the music is worth it. No dates and venues, any more detail is welcome.