25TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

Gong

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Canterbury Scene

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3.13 | 25 ratings | 2 reviews | 16% 5 stars

Good, but non-essential

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Live, released in 1995

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 (67:47)
1. Thom Intro (1:20)
2. Floating into a Birthday Gig (5:44)
3. You Can't Kill Me (6:20)
4. Radio Gnome 25 (7:06)
5. I Am Your Pussy (4:52)
6. Pot Head Pixies (2:52)
7. Never Glid Before (5:43)
8. Sad Street (6:24)
9. Eat That Phonebook (3:27)
10. Gnomic Address (1:35)
11. Flute Salad (2:34)
12. Oily Way (3:30)
13. Outer Temple/Inner Temple (5:34)
14. She is the Great Goddess (3:12)
15. IAOM Riff (7:48)

CD 2 (41:58)
1. Clouds Again (9:59)
2. Tri-Cycle Gliss (10:44)
3. Get a Dinner (2:02)
4. Zero Where are You? (1:29)
5. Be Who You Are My Friends (2:32)
6. It's the World of Illusion (2:58)
7. Why Don't You Try (2:18)
8. I Am You (6:34)
9. Introducing the Musicians (3:00)

Total Time: 109:45

Line-up / Musicians

- Daevid Allen / vocals, guitar, gliss guitar
- Tim Blake / synthesizer, vocals
- Mike Howlett / bass guitar
- Didier Malherbe / saxophones, flute, vocals
- Pip Pyle / drums
- Steffi Sharpstrings / guitar, gliss guitar, vocals
- Gili Smyth / space whisper, vocals

Releases information

2 CD Voiceprint/GAS 101CD

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GONG 25th Birthday Party ratings distribution

3.13
(25 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(16%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(48%)
Good, but non-essential (20%)
Collectors/fans only (16%)
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)

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Review by soundsweird
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I'd love to give this double-cd live album four stars, but it has a fairly major problem: the sound is very reverberant. It reminds me of many bootleg live recordings I've heard that have good fidelity, but just too much reverb due to the fact that they were not taken directly from the soundboard. Perhaps the intention was to give the recording a more "you are there" feel, but other live Gong recordings I've heard do not share this quality. Performances are good, the song selection is good (if typical), but it's not easy for me to get past that "wet" sound...

Latest members reviews

2 stars I had high hopes for this recording after all, its got Tim and steffi. Why doesnt it work after all it should be a classic. A big big problem is the sound this is incredible wearing to listen to. I have heard many way better boot legs and also way better sets than this. I believe a good time w ... (read more)

Report this review (#92832) | Posted by burgersoft777 | Sunday, October 1, 2006 | Review Permanlink

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