UK VIRGIN '73 Daevid Allen GonG ANGELS EGG Prog PSYCH

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   CLASSIC PROG PSYCH '73 SPACE-ROCK TRIPPS

                  Daevid Allen & Gong

                       Angels Egg

                  ...UK - green/white Virgin Records - V200 7 

Long long gone ago...Virgin Records 2ndpress in gatefold cover by the original label company ...the illustrious 1973 sprinkled with fairydust & acid laced progressive excursion by high flying GonG.

This is what happens when you give some freaks who happen to incredibly musically talented some instruments and a studio, along with too much creative freedom. What you get is this, Gong and their most insane, Angels Egg. It's so spacey your head will be in the clouds and beyond, and it's so wacky that you'll question the sanity of yourself and the musicians. But Gong are more than just some hippies freaking-off. There are some serious musical ideas here, like complex moves all over the place and pioneering space-age electronics.

This is the wackiest of the Gong trilogy albums. The lyrics are just plain crazy at times. "These guys are out of their minds!" you'll think. And it's very fun at the same time. Catchy and lovable are these lyrics, just as much are they a product of lysergic madness. And the great thing is they strive to tell a story, and a twisted one at that.

This album is part two in the Gong trilogy, which starts where Zero the Hero, having been seduced by the evil witch, is floating in outer space. The story actually strives to have meaning though. Many philosophical ideas like anarchy and such are expressed here. One can see why some oi punks liked this band.

Under all the lysergic lunacy is some incredible musicianship. All kinds of tasty ethnic percussion, acid tinged guitars, jazzy drumming, wailing reeds, flipped-out stereo effects, and cosmic synths never fail to entertain. The reeds play most of the riffs and melodies while the Steve Hillage plays in the background with Tim Blake to produce cosmic atmosphere's, with Hillage coming in for a solo every once and a while. Hillage doesnt do much to show off his talent, but that's for the better. The musician ship is  at Gongs best, which is also found in the next album, "You." ...The focus of this album is more in the songs and the psychedelic atmosphere.

And this album is surely trippy. The melodies here seem to come straight from outer space. Lush passages layered in flute, bubbling synths, atmospheric guitars, ethnic percussion, and space whispered make this album a psychedelic treat. As far as melodies go, this album is the strongest. The melodies are the best in this album of the three in the trilogy.

 1.  Other Side of the Sky — 7:40
2.  Sold to the Highest Buddha — 4:25
3.  Castle in the Clouds — 1:09
4.  Prostitute Poem — 4:52
5.  Givin My Love To You — 0:43
6.  Selene — 3:38
7.  a.  Flute Salad — 2:09
     b.  Oily Way — 3:37
8.  Outer Temple — 1:09
9.  Inner Temple — 2:34
10.  Percolations — 0:46
11.  Love Is How Y Make It — 3:27
12.  I Never Glid Before — 5:36
13.  Eat That Phone Book Coda — 3:12
14.  Ooby-Scooby Doomsday or The D-Day DJ's Got the D.D.T. Blues — 5:09

CONDITION: The cover delicate UK gatefold, VG++ clean and all but has very slight uneveness at top right corner, you can't see it as much as feel it...otherwise real hard to get this white cover without soil and wear, this one clean. Call it VG++ with no split seams, no bends, no writing...

The vinyl is all glossy both sides VG++ having nothing more than minor scuffs ...plays enjoyable. Both Virgin labels are clean

                keeper copy!

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