GONG LIVE, ETC

The first Gong live album out of many live albums consists of various live recordings from around Europe. This is a kind of the norm when it comes to live albums. Made In Japan consists of songs from three live recordings, remember.

When it comes to this live album from Gong though, this method becomes a problem. This album feels a bit split, spliced and jumbled together for the purpose of making one album. One track from the LP version has even been removed so this could be made into one CD instead.

The overall live performance is very good though. Gong is a very whimsical band with one foot in spaced out jazz rock and the other one in primitive children rhymes like pop rock. In short, the music here is whimsical and weird. In my view, the difference between the whimsical pop and the hard rocking jazz rock is a bit too big on this album. I get the feeling of listening to a split CD with Gong in one performance and Steve Hillage in his own performance. Hence my opening line in this review.

This album is in my view a good live album, but nothing more. The cover art work, iconic as it is now, is not the most inviting either. But nevertheless, this is an enjoyable live album.

3 stars

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