Gong - Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) (Virgin V2002) (UK 197_, 1973) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

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Gong - Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)

Label: Virgin
Catalog#: V 2002
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Label
Country: UK
Released: 197_, 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Radio Gnome Invisible 5:30
A2 Flying Teapot 12:30

B1 The Pot Head Pixies 3:00
B2 The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine 2:00
B3 Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell 9:45
B4 Witch's Song / I Am Your Pussy 5:10

Credits:

Artwork By [Cover Design] - Dingo , Maggie , Tom Fu
Bass, Piano - Francis Bacon
Congas - Rachid Whoarewe
Drums, Percussion - Lawrence The Alien
Engineer - Simon Sandwich
Flute, Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] - Good Count Bloomdido Bad De Grass, The
Guitar - Stevie Hillside , Submarine Captain, The
Guitar, Vocals - Dingo Virgin
Producer - Giorgio Gomelski
Synthesizer, Vocals - Hi. T. Moonweed
Vocals [Spacewhisper], Organ - Good Witch Yoni, The

Notes:

A Byg Virgin Production

Recorded at The Manor Studios, Oxford, UK.

? 1973 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Has green Virgin labels

Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Gong-Flying-Teapot-Radio-Gnome-Invisible-Part-1/release/2720356
Wikipedia Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Teapot_%28album%29

Flying Teapot is an album by Gong, originally released by Virgin in 1973. A later edition (with different cover art) was issued by BYG in France and Japan in 1976. Co-titled "Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1", it is the first of the Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums, and was followed by Angel's Egg and You. The Trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology.

Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, it was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and engineered by "Simon Sandwitch 2 aided by Tom Zen" (presumably Simon Heyworth and Tom Newman).

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #35 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". wikipedia

Review

by David Ross Smith

Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky, notable for his work with the Yardbirds, Brian Auger, and Magma, this relatively early Gong project is a great representation of the Daevid Allen-era Gong. Though not as intricate as its follow-up companion piece, Angel's Egg, The Flying Teapot is more of a true prog/space rock outing, where hippie-trippy lyrics and space whispering abound, as evidenced in the opening track, "Radio Gnome Invisible." The following cut, "Flying Teapot," is the sprawling highlight of the album. At times reminiscent of some early Weather Report jams, though not as jazzy, the tune features prominent bass, standout percussion/drums, and space whispering courtesy of Smyth. Improvisational groaning and percussion bring this jam to a close. "Pothead Pixies" is a fun pop (pot?) tune which probably received very little, if any, airplay due to the lyrics, followed by Blake's brief synth interlude, "The Octave Doctors and the Crystal Machine." "Zero the Hero and the Witch's Spell," another lengthy composition, features Malherbe's sax playing, which, at this early point in the Gong evolution, is credited for most of the jazz sounds heard in the music (remember, Pierre Moerlen has yet to join the band). This cut becomes quite heavy near its end before making a clever transition into the final cut, "Witch's Song/I Am Your Pussy." Here you hear Smyth's strange, sexually explicit lyrics, which she embellishes with ethereal voicings and cackling. This, combined with a jazzy sax from Malherbe and some very groovy musical lines near the closing, make for another fun tune.

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