Label: Virgin Records (UK), CDV 2019
Style: Canterbury Scene, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Country: Paris, France
Time: 44:39
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 258 Mb
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is the last album by Daevid Allen's iteration of the group until 1992's
Shapeshifter. Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire,
England, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London, while
side 2 was mixed at The Manor. It was produced by Simon Heyworth and
Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera
Invisible de Thibet", and also engineered by Heyworth.
You is the
third of the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy of albums, following Flying
Teapot and Angel's Egg. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong
mythology. The structure of the album mixes short narrative pieces with
long, jazzy instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of
Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere"), building to a climax/conclusion with
"You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever".
The group had undertaken a
gruelling tour from October 1973 through to May 1974 taking in Britain,
France, Germany and Netherlands. As the tour progressed, they would
compose and improvise new themes as a group for this album, subsequently
all pieces are credited to the entire band under the pseudonym COIT
(Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet). Allen felt "[t]here was a
mystical, occult agreement between us: on the You album, we managed to
create geometrically and mathematically perfect pieces of music that
seemed to be totally improvised".
In June 1974, with the same line-up
as the previous Angel's Egg album, they entered Virgin Records' Manor
Studios to record this album. On 29 June they performed for free in Hyde
Park, London.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_(Gong_album))
01. Thoughts for Naught (01:32)
02. A P.H.P.'s Advice (01:47)
03. Magick Mother Invocation (02:06)
04. Master Builder (06:07)
05. A Sprinkling of Clouds (08:55)
06. Perfect Mystery (02:26)
07. The Isle of Everywhere (10:20)
08. You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever (11:22)
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