Fish Rising

Fish Rising
Studio album by Steve Hillage
Released	April 11, 1975
Recorded	Manor Studio, September 1974; Manor Mobile, January 1975
Genre	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, space rock
Length	original: 44:59; re-master: 64:45
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Steve Hillage and Simon Heyworth
Steve Hillage chronology
Fish Rising (1975) L (1976)

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Allmusic	[1][2]
Discogs	[3]
Uncut	[4]

Fish Rising is the debut solo album by English guitarist Steve Hillage, recorded and released in 1975.

The album was recorded just prior to Hillage's departure from the band Gong, and many of the players on this album are from that band: Bassist Mike Howlett, drummer Pierre Moerlen, keyboardist Tim Blake and saxophonist Didier Malherbe.

In 2007, Virgin issued a re-mastered version with two bonus tracks. "Pentagrammaspin" had originally appeared on the Virgin V sampler album in 1975, and the "power trio" backing version of "Aftaglid" consisted of Hillage, Howlett and Moerlen.^[5]

Track listing

All music by Steve Hillage, lyrics by Hillage and Miquette Giraudy.

Side 1

1. "Solar Musick Suite" – 16:55
   1. "Sun Song (I Love its Holy Mystery)" – 6:15
   2. "Canterbury Sunrise" – 3:25
   3. "Hiram Afterglid Meets the Dervish" – 4:05
   4. "Sun Song (reprise)" – 3:10
2. "Fish" – 1:23
3. "Meditation of the Snake" – 3:10

Side 2

4. "The Salmon Song" – 8:45
   1. "Salmon Pool" – 1:17
   2. "Solomon's Atlantis Salmon" – 2:08
   3. "Swimming with the Salmon" – 1:37
   4. "King of the Fishes" – 3:43
5. "Aftaglid" – 14:46
   1. "Sun Moon Surfing" – 1:36
   2. "The Great Wave and the Boat of Hermes" – 1:51
   3. "The Silver Ladder" – 0:40
   4. "Astral Meadows" – 2:01
   5. "The Lafta Yoga Song" – 2:42
   6. "Glidding" – 2:23
   7. "The Golden Vibe"/"Outglid" – 3:33

Virgin 2007 re-master bonus tracks

6. "Pentagrammaspin" (2006 remix) – 7:46
7. "Aftaglid" (Original "Power Trio" backing track) – 13:00

Personnel

• Steve Hillage (listed as Steve Hillfish) – lead vocals, electric guitar
• Miquette Giraudy (listed as Bombaloni Yoni) – background vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
• Mike Howlett – bass
• Pierre Moerlen – drums, marimba, darbuka
• Tim Blake (listed as Moonweed) – synthesizers, tamboura
• Didier Malherbe (listed as Bloomdido Glid de Breeze) – sax, flute
• Lindsay Cooper – bassoon
• Dave Stewart – organ, piano

External links

• Official Planet Gong website: lyrics, tabulated music

References

1. ↑ "allmusic ((( Fish Rising > Overview )))". 
2. ↑ "allmusic ((( Fish Rising [Remastered] > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01. 
3. ↑ "Steve Hillage - Fish Rising at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2009-10-01. 
4. ↑ Reynolds, Simon. "Steve Hillage - Reissues - Review - Uncut.co.uk". uncut.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 
5. ↑ Official Planet Gong website