Angel's Egg (album)

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A jazz-rock / psychedelic / space rock album by Gong, recorded and originally released in 1973.

Recorded using the Manor Mobile at Pavillon du Hay, France, and mixed at The Manor, Oxfordshire. Produced by Gong under the directon of Giorgio Gomelski.

"Angel's Egg" is the second of the "Radio Gnome Trilogy" of albums, following "Flying Teapot" and preceding "You".

[edit] Track Listing

1. Other Side Of The Sky (Blake, Allen) 8:00
2. Sold To The Highest Buddha (Howlitt, Allen) 3:00 (note the misspelling of "Howlett")
3. Castle In The Clouds (Hillage) 1:15
4. Prostitute Poem (Smyth, Hillage) 5:30
5. Giving My Luv To You (Allen) 0:50
6. Selene (Allen) 3:10
7. Flute Salad (Malherbe) 2:40 / Oily Way (Allen, Malherbe) 3:35
8. Outer Temple (Blake, Hillage) 2:00
9. Inner Temple (Allen, Malherbe) 2:15
10. Percolations(Moerlin) 0:40 (note the persistent misspelling of "Moerlen")
11. Love Is How Y Make It (Moerlin, Allen) 3:00
12. I Niver Glid Before (Hillage) 5:45
13. Eat That Phone Book Coda (Malherbe) 3:00

[edit] Personnel

• Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") - ten/sop sax floot & bi-local vocal
• Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") - space whisper & loin cackle
• Mike Howlett ("T.Being esq") - basso profundo
• Tim Blake ("Hi T. Moonweed (the favourite)") - Cynthia "size a" & lady voce
• Pierre Moerlen("Pierre de Strasbourg") - bread & batteur drums vibes marimba
• Mirielle Bauer ("Mirielle ds Strasbourg") - glockenspiel
• Daevid Allen ("Dingo Virgin") - local vocals, aluminium croon & glissando guitar