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caldervalium
caldervalium
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Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 23, 2017, 21:32
http://www.guitars101.com/forums/f145/1972-01-07-gong-th%E9atre-du-trocad%E9ro-li%E8ge-belgium-sbe-376489.html

This is ASTONISHING. Utterly crystal-machine-clear desk recording of post-Camembert Gong. It's that good.
charlbury
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 24, 2017, 12:13
Looks great. What's the best converter for the FLAC files?
caldervalium
caldervalium
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 24, 2017, 12:23
Depends what you wanna do with them... Trader's Little Helper can convert to .wav for burning or .mp3 for listening.
charlbury
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 24, 2017, 14:42
Cheers!
caldervalium
caldervalium
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 24, 2017, 15:35
Holy cow, just noticed that it's from the brief period when Kevin Ayers was with the band. I was wondering who was playing second guitar, no sign of any backing vocals though. On second listening this is even better than I thought - got the Camembert abrasiveness plus some truly sublime gliss-and-spacewhisper tranceouts. Believe me, this is utterly essential for any Gong fan. Bliss.
caldervalium
caldervalium
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 25, 2017, 11:51
Runs a little slow by the way - hopefully this will get a remastering and an official release.
charlbury
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 25, 2017, 12:43
It is really, really good. There was a 1975 set with Daevid from Bremen that showcases Hillage-era material and has similar sound quality.
caldervalium
caldervalium
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Re: Previously unheard January 1972 Gong Gig
Aug 25, 2017, 15:34
charlbury wrote:
It is really, really good. There was a 1975 set with Daevid from Bremen that showcases Hillage-era material and has similar sound quality.


A pedant writes... the Bremen set is actually from '74 and features Bill Bruford on drums. There are also excellent recordings of Oslo and Rotterdam from the same tour/line-up that a quick Google should turn up - a bit bizarre that an otherwise unrecorded Gong config should yield the best bootlegs.
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