GONG, Live Etc. UK EXCELLENT- 2LP Steve Hillage Daevid Allen Pierre Moerlen

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Gong - Live Etc. (1973/75)

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Gong ‎– Live Etc. Label: Virgin ‎– VGD 3501, Virgin ‎– VGD3501 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Die Cut Sleeve. Double dip labels.  Country: UK Released:   Genre: Jazz, Rock Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock Tracklist Hide Credits A1 You Can't Kill Me Written-By – Allen* 5:50 A2 Zero The Hero & The Witch's Spell Written-By – Tritsch*, Allen* 11:08 A3 Flying Teapot Written-By – Allen*, Moze* 6:28 B1 Dynamite / I Am Your Animal Written-By – Tritsch*, Smyth* 5:44 B2 6/8 Written-By – C.O.I.T.* 3:53 B3 Est-Ce Que Je Suis Written-By – Allen* 4:12 B4 Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues Written-By – Allen* 5:15 C1 Radio Gnome Invisible Written-By – Allen* 7:35 C2 Oily Way Written-By – Allen*, Malherbe* 3:20 C3 Outer Temple Written-By – Hillage*, Blake* 1:05 C4 Inner Temple Written-By – Allen*, Malherbe* 5:15 C5 Where Have All The Flowers Gone Written-By – C.O.I.T.* 3:07 D1 Isle Of Everywhere Written-By – C.O.I.T.* 10:24 D2 Get It Inner Written-By – C.O.I.T.* 2:31 D3 Master Builder Written-By – C.O.I.T.* 5:56 D4 Flying Teapot (Reprise) Written-By – Allen*, Moze* 1:55 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd. Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. Recorded At – Le Bataclan Recorded At – Edinburgh Festival Recorded At – Club Arc-En-Ciel Recorded At – The Manor Recorded At – BBC Studios Printed By – Robor Ltd. Credits Bass, Vocals – Mike Howlett Cover – Cooke Key Drums – Pierre Moerlen (tracks: A1 to B4, C5), Rob Tate* (tracks: C1 to C4)  Drums, Percussion – Pierre Moerlen (tracks: D1 to D4)  Engineer – Alan Perkins (tracks: D1 to D4), Francis Linon (tracks: A1, A2), Simon Heyworth (tracks: C5)  Engineer [Mixdown] – Phil Newell Flute, Saxophone, Percussion – "Bloomdido" Didier Malherbe* (tracks: A1 to C5)  Guitar, Vocals – Daevid Allen (tracks: A1 to C5), Steve Hillage Keyboards – Patrice Lemoine (tracks: D1 to D4)  Liner Notes – Angus Mackinnon Percussion – Mireille Bauer (tracks: D1 to D4)  Percussion, Vocals – Di Stewart* (tracks: C1 to C4)  Producer – John Walters (tracks: C1 to C4), Mike Howlett (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4, C5, D1 to D4), Phil Newell (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4, C5, D1 to D4)  Saxophone, Flute, Vocals, Percussion – Didier Malherbe (tracks: D1 to D4)  Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals – Tim Blake (tracks: A1 to C5)  Vocals [Space Whisper] – Gilli Smyth (tracks: A1 to C5)  Voice [Yonic] – Miquette Giraudy (tracks: D1 to D4)  Notes Tracks A1, A2 recorded at the Salle Bataclan Paris in May 1973 on Uher Stereo off the mixer. Track A3 recorded at Edinburgh Festival in September 1973 on 8-track mobile, breathlessly after a flying dash by sea, road & rail from the middle of France. Tracks B1 to B3 recorded at Club Arc-En-Ciel, Roanne in August 1973 on Manor Mobile 24-track (before breathless flying dash by road, rail & sea, etc.). Track B4 recorded at Manor Studio, Oxfordshire in June 1973 - a one-off attempt at Daevid's idea of a Top 40 hit single - previously unreleased. Tracks C1 to C4 recorded live at BBC Studios, January 1974. Released by arrangement with BBC records & tapes. Track C5 - Another abortive single attempt - incomplete (guitar solo missing). Recorded at Manor Studio, Oxfordshire at the end of the "YOU" sessions. Tracks D1 to D4 recorded live at the Marquee Club, September 1975 on the Manor Mobile. Three sweaty, sweltering, sardine tin nights with the line-up later to divide whilst recording SHAMAL - the first post-pixie product.

UK DOUBLE VINYL ALBUM IN DIE-CUT SLEEVE WITH BLACK INNER SLEEVES [NO PRINTED INNERS WITH THIS ISSUE].

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, A FEW SCUFFS, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  SMALL STICKER MARK ON FRONT. INNER SLEEVES VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISCS: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

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