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Gong
Family Jewels

Compil. UK 1998 on GAS Records label
Jazz and Rock (Fusion, Psychedelic Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock)

All tracks chosen from a secret dispensary by Classic Gong bandmembers 1995/6/7 and blended by an alien. CD 1: Track 1 from the CD Seven Year Itch by Pip Pyle, 1998 Blueprint Records BP2811CD Track 2 unreleased Pierre Moerlen's Gong live in Bremen, August 1988. Released some weeks later on 'Full Circle' Live 1988 Track 3 unreleased Track 4 from the CD Eat Me Baby I'm a Jelly Bean, 1997 released 1998 through GAS Track 5 unreleased, recorded live in Strasbourg in 1997 Track 6 unreleased Gong live at Zodiac Club, Oxford 17 October 1997 Track 7 unreleased Gong live at Nia Centre, Manchester 3 October 1997 Track 8 unreleased. Recorded at the Flagship Studio, Williamstown, Australia, November 1997. Track 9 from the album Second Wind Track 10 unreleased Gong live at the Leadmill, Sheffield, 5 October 1997 Track 11 unreleased Gong live at the Junction, Cambridge, 21 October 1997 Track 12 unreleased Gong live at Nia Centre, Manchester 3 October 1997 CD 2: Track 1 from the CD Hadouk on the Tangram Label CD 842620 Track 2 from the CD Even As We Gliss CD002, 1997 Track 3 from the CD Gongmaison, 1989 Demi Monde CD1022 Track 4 from the CD Even As We Gliss CD002, 1997 Track 5 from the CD Zeff Tangram CD 842640 Track 6 from the CD Stroking the Tail of the Bird, 1987, originally on AMP Records CD011, 1990 Track 7 unreleased. Recorded at Triple X Studio, London, August 1997. Track 8 from the CD Even As We Gliss CD002, 1997 Track 9 from the CD Fluvius by Didier Malherbe, Tangram CD852492 Track 10 from the CD Australia Aquaria, Demi Monde 1989

Musicians

	Gong , 1967-1976 FR album by
	Pip Pyle dr, perc, 1950-2006 GB performer on track
	Pierre Moerlen's Gong , *1976 performer on track
	Gilli Smyth voc, *1933 GB performer on track, words by, voice, space whisper
	Orlando Allen dr, voc, GB programmed by, arranged by
	Simon Wells , programmed by, arranged by
	Ross Pepper , voice, underwater chorals
	Daevid Allen g, voc, 1938-2015 AU performer on track, words by, music by, voice, improvised text spoken by, guitar, composed by, guitar, glissando, vocals, guitar, words by, music by
	Pierre Moerlen dr, 1952-2005 FR performer on track, drums
	Orchestre Régional De Jazz D'Alsace , performer
	Mike Howlett b, eb, *1950 AU bass, keyboards, bass, producer, engineer, composed by, programmed by, percussion programming
	Steffe Sharpstrings voc, g, keyboards, guitar, guitar, soloist
	Didier Malherbe fl, sax, *1943 FR saxophone, alto saxophone
	Billy Morley g, IE recorded by, live from the audience
	Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet , AU words by, music by, composed by
	John Howley p, voc, *1931 AU piano, composed by, vocals, singing
	Robert Calvert sax, ts, ss, GB tenor saxophone, composed by, producer
	Glo , performer on track
	Gongmaison , 1989-1992 GB performer on track
	Gilli Smyth , Daevid Allen , performer on track
	Benedict Hoffnung tim, perc, composed by, percussion, additional

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