Flying Teapot (album)

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A jazz-rock / psychedelic / space rock album by Gong, originally released in 1973. Co-titled "Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1", it is the first of the Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums.

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

[edit] Track Listing

  1. Radio Gnome Invisible (Allen) 5:30
  2. Flying Teapot (Allen / Moze) 12:30
  3. The Pot Head Pixies (Allen) 3:00
  4. The Octave Doctors & The Crystal Machine (Blake) 2:00
  5. Zero The Hero & The Witch's Spell (Allen / Tritsch) 9:45
  6. Witch's Song / I Am Your Pussy (Smyth / Allen) 5:10

[edit] Personnel

The original personnel listing is as follows:

  • PON VOICEBOX Dingo Virgin & Hi T Moonweed the favourite
  • ORGONE BOX & SPACE WHISPER the Good Witch Yoni
  • VCS 3BOX CYNTHIA SIZE A & CRYSTAL MACHINE by hi T Moonweed (the favourite)
  • SPLIT SAX ie tenna & soprasax & so flooth by The Good Count Bloomdido Bad De Grass
  • GITBOX Stevie Hillside (spermguitar & slow whale) The Submarine Captain (sideral slideguitar & Dogfoot) Dingo Virgin & others (aluminium croonguitar & stumblestrum)
  • VCS3 FERTILISED ELECT PIANO & LEFT BANK UPTIGHTRIGHT PNO & SHAKESPERIAN MEAT BASS: Francis Bacon
  • DRUMBOX KICKS AND KNOCKS Lawrence the alien
  • CONGOX by Rachid Whoarewe the Treeclimber
  • ROAD CREW & TRUX Venux De Luxe SWITCH DOCTOR Wiz De Kid LIGHTS & Duke

Which boils down to:

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