Flying Teapot (album)
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| Studio album by Gong | ||||
| Released | 25 May 1973 | |||
| Recorded |
January 1973 The Manor Studios, Oxford, UK | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock,[1] space rock[1] | |||
| Length | 37:02 | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky | |||
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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".[2]
The Flying Teapot Trilogy (Flying Teapot, Angel's Egg and You) was influenced by Russell's teapot an idea that is referred to by Allen in his books 'Gong Dreaming'.
Track listing
- "Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) – 5:32
- "Flying Teapot" (Allen, Moze) – 11:53
- "The Pot Head Pixies" (Allen) – 3:00
- "The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine" (Blake) – 1:51
- "Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell" (Allen, Blake, Tritsch) – 9:36
- "Witch's Song/I Am Your Pussy" (Smyth / Allen) – 5:08
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 – Hi T Moonweed the favourite
- Split sax ie tenna & soprasax & so flooth – The Good Count Bloomdido Bad De Grasse
- 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 – Rachid Whoarewe the Treeclimber
- Road crew & trux – Venux De Luxe
- Switch doctor – Wiz De Kid LIGHTS & Duke
These pseudonyms, in turn represented:
- Daevid Allen – vocals, guitar
- Gilli Smyth – vocals
- Tim Blake – keyboards, vocals
- Didier Malherbe – saxes, flute
- Steve Hillage – guitar
- Christian Tritsch – guitar
- Francis Moze – keyboards, bass guitar
- Laurie Allan – drums
- Rachid Houari – percussion
References
- 1 2 3 Allmusic review
- ↑ Q Classic: Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, 2005.
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