1974-April-24

Gong

Town Hall	Birmingham, England


Disc 1  -  60.17
1	Oily Way > Outer Temple >	 3.22
2	Inner Temple > Ohm Riff 	11.11
	Steve Hillage Talks		
3	Goddess Invocation >		 3.35
4	Sunsong (Holy Mystery) >	10.47
	Hiram Afterglid >		
	Perfect Mystery			
5	Isle of Everywhere >		11.22
	Get It Inner			
6	A Sprinkling of Clouds >	 9.39
7	Drums >				 4.27
8	Never Glid Before		 5.52


	Tim Blake		Synth, Voice
	Steve Hillage		Guitar
	Mike Howlett		Bass
	Didier Malherbe		Sax, Flute
	Pierre Moerlen		Drums
	Gilli Smyth		Voice


There has been some uncertainty about the true date of this show.  
Here are the two possibilities:

74-Apr-24:  Town Hall - Birmingham, England
74-Apr-30:  Colston Hall - Bristol, England

However, as Daevid Allen does not appear on this, the true date should be
74-Apr-24 in Birmingham.  Daevid Allen wrote in his diary:

"I remembered the dream three weeks before  during the creation of 
the new music (Apr-2) where Tim had shot me in the heart chakra. 
This was no dream.  I was taken to a doctor whereupon an x-ray 
convinced the doctor I had to rest.  I missed Manchester (Apr-23 
at the Free Trade Hall) plus 2 more gigs."

Apr-24:  Town Hall - Birmingham, England
Apr-25:  City Hall - Newcastle, England

"On Friday Apr-26 I caught a train to Sheffield where I 
watched Gong play an unimpressive City Hall gig without me. Next 
night I resolved to play Liverpool Stadium (Apr-27) on painkillers 
and I had the wind behind me. My enforced absence had dammed my 
energy and throwing caution to the winds I leapt onto stage and 
explored every ounce of available ingenuity in my approach to the 
show.  For Bloom the event was shadowed by the theft of his beloved 
flute from front of stage.  After the gig we luxuriated in the well 
fitted Global Village Trucking Coy bus and spiralled far into fun 
and fantasy."


Notes that came with this recording:

John Monahan  (May 30, 2005)
jtmona@verizon.net