You (Gong album)

You
Studio album by Gong
Released	October 1974
Recorded	Summer 1974 The Manor, London, England
Genre	Jazz fusion,[1] progressive rock[2]
Length	44:38
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Simon Heyworth
Gong chronology
Angel's Egg (1973) You (1974) Shamal (1976)

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Allmusic	[1]

You is an album by progressive rock band Gong, recorded and originally released in 1974. Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, while side 2 at the Manor. Produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and engineered by Simon Heyworth.

You is the third of the "Radio Gnome Trilogy" of albums, following Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg. The Trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The structure of the album is based on long drawn out instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere") interspersed with short narrative pieces.

Legacy

Rolling Stone named You one of its "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time".^[2]

Lead guitarist, Steve Hillage would remake "Master Builder" on his 1978 album "Green" as "The Glorious Om Riff".

Japanese psych-rock band Acid Mothers Temple also frequently covers "Master Builder", titled as "Om Riff", and have released 2 full albums dedicated to album-length renditions of the song; 2005's "IAO Chant From The Cosmic Inferno" and 2012's "IAO Chant From The Melting Paraiso Underground Freak Out".

Track listing

Side 1:

1. "Thoughts for Naught" – 1:32 (given as "Thought for Naught" on original LP sleeve)
2. "A P.H.P.'s Advice" – 1:47
3. "Magick Mother Invocation" – 2:06
4. "Master Builder" – 6:07
5. "A Sprinkling of Clouds" – 8:55

Side 2:

1. "Perfect Mystery" – 2:29 (given as "Perfect Mistery" on original LP sleeve)
2. "The Isle of Everywhere" – 10:20
3. "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever" – 11:22

• Side 1 tracks 1, 2, and 5, and side 2 tracks 1 and 2 written by Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe, and Pierre Moerlen.
• Side 1 tracks 3 and 4, and side 2 track 3 written by Allen, Mireille Bauer, Blake, Miquette Giraudy, Hillage, Howlett, Malherbe, Benoit Moerlen, P. Moerlen, and Gilli Smyth.

Personnel

• Daevid Allen ("Dingo Virgin") – vocal locust and Glissandoz guitar
• Mireille Bauer – percussion
• Tim Blake ("Hi T Moonweed") – Moog and EMS systhesisers and Mellowdrone
• Miquette Giraudy ("Bambaloni Yoni") – wee voices and Chourousings
• Steve Hillage – Lead Guitar
• Mike Howlett – Bass Guitar
• Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad de Grasse") – Wind instruments and Vocals
• Benoit Moerlen – percussion
• Pierre Moerlen – Drums, Percussion
• Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") – poems and space whisper

Also credited

• "Venux De Luxe" (Francis Linon) - Switch Doctor and stage sound
• Wizz De Kidd - lighting
• David ID - road management

References

1. Ross Smith, David (2011). "You (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 3) – Gong | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
2. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-prog-rock-albums-of-all-time-20150617/gong-you-1974-20150617