Angel's Egg (album)

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Name = Angel's Egg
Type = studio
Artist = Gong


Released = 1973
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Jazz fusion, progressive rock, psychedelic rock
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Producer = Gong
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"Angel's Egg" is an album by Gong, recorded and originally released in 1973.

It was recorded using the Manor Mobile at Pavillon du Hay, France, and mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England. The album was produced by Gong under the direction of Giorgio Gomelsky.

"Angel's Egg" is the second of Gong's "Radio Gnome Trilogy" of albums, following "The Flying Teapot" and preceding "You". The Trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology.

The CD version released by 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 parody of the male voice glissando 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 since it did not fit on the CD release, it was included on this album instead.

Track listing

#Other Side Of The Sky (Blake, Allen) 7:38
#Sold To The Highest Buddha (Howlitt, Allen) 3:10 (note the misspelling of "Howlett")
#Castle In The Clouds (Hillage) 1:13
#Prostitute Poem (Smyth, Hillage) 6:05
#Givin' My Luv To You (Allen) 0:42
#Selene (Allen) 3:32
#Flute Salad (Malherbe) 2:46 / Oily Way (Allen, Malherbe) 3:01
#Outer Temple (Blake, Hillage) 1:09
#Inner Temple (Allen, Malherbe) 3:21
#Percolations (Moerlin) 0:40 (note the persistent misspelling of "Moerlen")
#Love Is How You Make It (Moerlin, Allen) 3:25
#I Never Glid Before (Hillage) 5:37
#Eat That Phone Book Coda (Malherbe) 3:10
#Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues (5.09 - only on the CD version)Recent versions of the CD also list other additional tracks with respect to the original vinyl release, essentially demo/vocal versions with altered mixing.

Personnel

*Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") - ten/sop sax floot & bi-local vocal
*Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") - space whisper & loin cackle
*Mike Howlett ("T.Being esq") - basso profundo
*Tim Blake ("Hi T. Moonweed (the favourite)") - Cynthia "size a" & lady voce
*Pierre Moerlen ("Pierre de Strasbourg") - bread & batteur drums vibes marimba
*Mireille Bauer ("Mireille de Strasbourg") - glockenspiel
*Daevid Allen ("Dingo Virgin") - local vocals, aluminium croon & glissando guitar
*Steve Hillage ("Sub Capt Hillage") - lewd guitar