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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Various Refers
GONG
Paris, France/GB
*  4/1971

Line-Up:

Gilly Smyth - voc
Daevid Allen - voc,g
Steffi Sharpstrings - g
Mike Howlett - bg
Pierre Moerlen - ds
Didier Malherbe - sax,fl

Former Members:

Gilly Smyth (voc, 4/71-2/73, 6/73-4/75); Miquette Giraudy (voc, 4/75-cca 7/75)

Kevin Ayers (voc,g); Daevid Allen (voc,g, 4/71-2/73, 6/73-4/75); Steve Hillage (g, 12/72-12/75); Allan Holdsworth (g, 7/76-4/77); Brian Holloway (g, cca 1981)

Christian Tritsch (bg, 4/71-12/72, g, 12/72-2/73); Francis Moze (bg, 12/72-2/73, 6/76-4/77); Bill McCormick (bg, 1973); Mike Howlett (bg, 3/73-8/76); Hansford Rowe (bg, 5/77-cca 3/78)

Laurie Allen (ds, 4/71-cca 2/73, 10-11/74); Pip Pyle (ds, 4/71-12/72, 1974); Mac Poole (ds); Charles Hayward (ds); Rob Tait (ds); Di Bond (ds); Pierre Moerlen (ds, 3/73-1974, 7/75-8/77); Bill Bruford (ds, 11/74); Chris Cutler (ds, 1974); Brian Davison (ds, 1-7/75); Mino Cinelu (perc, 7/76-4/77)

Tim Blake (synths, 12/72-3/75); Patrice Lemoine (kb, 7/75-8/76)

Jorge Pinchevsky (viol, 1-7/76)

Didier Malherbe (sax,fl,perc,voc, 4/71-4/77)

Rachid Houari (conga, 12/72-2/73); Mireille Bauer (xylophone,perc, 7/75-cca 3/78); Benoit Moerlen (xylophone, 7/76-cca 3/78)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Continental Circus1/1971 Philips
2.Camembert Electrique
(in France)
produced by: Gong		10/1971 Byg12
3.Glastonbury Fayre
(1 side)		? Revelation
4.Radio Gnome Invisible, Part One: The Flying Teapot25.05.1973Virgin
5.Angel's Egg12/1973 Virgin
6.Greasy Truckers Live At Dingwalls Dance Hall
(1 side)		? Greasy Truckers
7.You (Radio Gnome Invisible, Vol. 3)
produced by: Gong		25.10.1974Virgin14
8.Shamal
produced by: Nick Mason		13.02.1976Virgin23
9.Gazeuse!18.02.1977Virgin
10.Gong Live Etc
(2LP)
produced by: MIke Howlett/Phil Newell/John Waters		26.08.1977Virgin29
11.Floating Anarchy1977
12.Gong Est Mort, Vive Gong
(2LP)		1977 Tapioca
13.Expresso II10.02.1978Virgin
14.Downwind
produced by: Pierre Moerlen/Nick Bradford		02.03.1979Arista
15.Time Is The Key10/1979 Arista
16.Pierre Moerlen's Gong7/1980 Arista
17.Leave It Open1981 Arista
18.Radio Gong1984 2LP
19.Breakthrough
credited to: Pierre Moerlen's Gong
(in the Netherlands)		1986 Arc
20.Second Wind
(2LP)		1988 Line
21.The Mystery And The History Of The Planet Gong4/1989 Demi Monde
22.Live Au Bataclan '731990 Mantra
23.Live At Sheffield '741990 Mantra
24.Live On TV1990 Demon
25.Shapeshifter10/1992 Celluloid
26.25th Birthday Party - October 8-9, 1994, The Forum
(2CD)		9/1995 GAS
27.How To Nuke The Eiffel Tower
credited to: Gong Global Family
(mini CD)		9/1995 Gas
28.The Best Of Gong11/1995 Nectar
29.The Radio Gnome Trilogy
(3CD box set)		12/1995 Spalax
30.Pre-Modernist Wireless On Radio15.01.1996Strange Fruit
31.Gong You're Mixed04.08.1997Gliss LP "You"
32.Full Circle Live 1988
credited to: Pierre Moerlen's Gong		23.06.1998Gonzo
33.Live 199012.10.1998
34.The Other Side Of The Sky (The Collection)21.06.1999
35.Zero To Infinity21.02.2000Snapper Music/SPV
36.Live 2 Infinitea10/2000 Panther
37.Absolutely the Best of Gong11.12.2001Varese
38.Acid Motherhood30.03.2004Mister E
39.History and Mystery14.09.2004United States Dist
40.Magick Invocations19.04.2005Atom
41.Magick Brother
credited to: Daevid Allen's Gong		04.04.2006Snapper
42.I Am Your Egg16.05.2006United States Dist
43.Opium for the People23.05.2006Atom
44.Live in Tokyo10.10.2006United States Dist
45.Arista Years12.08.2008Acadia
46.Histories and Mysteries of Planet Gong14.07.2009Eastworld
47.203218.09.2009G-Wave
48.Gongmaison26.01.2010Candlelight
49.Live08.03.2011Esoteric
50.Gong Est Mort: Record Store Day 2013
(2LP)		29.05.2013Celluloid
51.I See You10.11.2014Madfish
52.Access All Areas05.06.2015Edsel
53.Rejoice! I'm Dead!16.09.2016Madfish

Steve Hillage:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Fish Rising
produced by: Steve Hillage		11.04.1975Virgin33
2.L
produced by: Todd Rundgren		24.09.1976Virgin10
3.Motivation Radio
produced by: Malcolm Cecil		30.09.1977Virgin28
4.Green
produced by: Nick Mason		4/1978 Virgin30
5.Live Herald
(2LP)		26.01.1979Virgin54
6.Rainbow Dome Music4/1979 Virgin48
7.Open12.10.1979Virgin71
8.For To Next And Not Or25.02.1983Virgin48
9.Aura1983 Aura
10.BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert8/1992 Windsong
11.Live at Deeply Vale Festival 7814.09.2004Ozit Morpheus
12.Deeply Vale
(2LP)		19.09.2009Ozit
13.Germany 7719.10.2010Floating World
14.Live in England 197902.04.2013Gonzo
15.Phoenix Rising
& Rovo & System 7		08.10.2013Cleopatra
16.Rainbow 197722.07.2014Gonzo
17.Madison Square Garden 197718.09.2015Cleopatra
18.Searching for the Spark11.11.2016Madfish

Daevid Allen:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Magick Brother, Mystic Sister
(in France)		2/1970 Byg
2.Banana Moon
(in France)
featuring: Maggie Bell (voc), Robert Wyatt (ds,g,voc), Archie Legget (bg), Gary Wright (p), Gerry Fields (viol), Pip Pyle (ds)		1971 Byg
3.Good Morning
& Euterpe
produced by: Daevid Allen		14.05.1976Virgin
4.Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life10/1977 Charly
5.N'Existe Pas!5/1979 Charly
6.Divided Alien Playbox '801980 Charly
7.The Death Of Rock And Other Entrances11/1982 Shanghai
8.Ex-Stop / Don't
& David Tolley
(mini LP)		09.12.1984Shanghai
9.The Owl And The Tree
& Harry Williamson & Gilly Smyth		10/1989 Demi Monde
10.Stroking The Tail Of The Bird
& Harry Williamson & Gilly Smyth		1990 AMP
11.The Australian Years1990 Voiceprint
12.Australia Aquaria / She2/1990 Demi Monde
13.Seven Drones2/1991 Voiceprint
14.Live At The Witchwood 1991
& Magick Brothers		1992 Voiceprint
15.Twelve Selves1993 Voiceprint
16.Je Ne Fum'Pas Des Bananes
& Bananamoon Band		1993 Legend Music
17.Who's Afraid?
& Mark Kramer		1993 Shimmy Disc
18.Voiceprint Radio Sessions
(mini CD)		2/1994 Voiceprint
19.Dreaming A Dream06.05.1996Resurgence
20.Hit Men
& Mark Kramer		1996 Shimmy Disc
21.22 Meanings
& Harry Williamson		03.05.1999
22.Money Doesn't Make It08.06.1999
23.Nectans Glan
& Russel Hibbs		20.03.2000Voiceprint/EFA
24.Ugly Music for Monica
& University Of Errors		29.07.2003Weed
25.Gentle Genie07.09.2004Mister E
26.Wild Child
& Mother Gong		16.11.2004United States Dist
27.Live in 1988: The Return25.10.2005United States Dist
28.Glastonbury 79-81
& Mother Gong, live		31.01.2006United States Dist
29.Short Tales and Tall
& Gilli Smyth		25.04.2006United Stated Dist
30.Self Initiation (Bananamoon Obscura, Vol. 3)16.05.2006United States Dist
31.Bards of Byron Bay (Bananamoon Obscura, Vol. 4}
& Russell Hibbs		16.05.2006United States Dist
32.Live in Chicago (Bananamoon Obscura, Vol. 5)
& University Of Errors		16.05.2006United States Dist
33.Knitting Factory NYC
& Nicoletta Stephanz		16.05.2006United States Dist
34.Live at the Mistake
(2CD)		06.06.2006United States Dist
35.Studio Rehearsal Tapes 8906.06.2006United States Dist
36.Brainville Live in the UK
& Hugh Hopper & Pip Pyle		19.09.2006United States Dist
37.Studio Rehearsal Tapes 77
& Euterpe		19.09.2006United States Dist
38.Live at Glastonbury
& Magick Brothers		21.11.2006United States Dist
39.Sound School, Vol. 1
& Das Duz Dae Duz Das		21.11.2006United States Dist
40.Brossa d'Ahir
& Pep Laguarda		09.01.2007Discmedi Blau
41.Art Radio: Radio Brainwave 198420.02.2007Bananamoon Obscura
42.Solo at the Axiom Cheltenham 9820.02.2007Bananamoon Obscura
43.Gong on Acid 1972
& Gina Lakosta		13.03.2007Bananamoon Obscura
44.Brainville at the Knitting Factory18.03.2008Voiceprint
45.Live in the USA 1991
& Mother Gong		12.08.2008Voiceprint
46.Australia Aquaria / She26.01.2010Candlelight
47.Live in San Francisco
& Magick Brothers		05.02.2013Gonzo Multimedia
48.Elevenses
credited to: Daevid Allen Weird Quartet		12.02.2016Cleopatra

Tim Blake:

1. Blake's New Jerusalem
2. Crystal Machine
3. Magick
4. Tide of the Century

Didier Malherbe:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Bloom
(in France)		1979 Sonopresse
2.Faton Bloom
(in France)		1987 Cryonic
3.Fetish1990 Mantra
4.Zeff9/1992 Tangram
5.Live In Paris
& Pierre Bensusan		11.09.2012Deadgad
6.Motian in Motion
& Jean-Marc Padovani & Paul Brousseau		29.01.2016Naive

Pip Pyle:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Pig Part Project
& John Greaves		20.05.2003United States Dist
2.Belle Illusion
credited to: Pip Pyle's Bash		04.05.2004Cuneiform
3.Instants
credited to: Pip Pyle's Equipe Out		11.01.2005Hux
4.Up!
credited to: Pip Pyle's Equipe Out		25.10.2005United States Dist
5.Brainville Live in the UK
& Hugh Hopper & Daevid Allen		19.09.2006United States Dist

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.A Sprinkling Of Clouds01.09.1997Gliss
2.Flying Teapot / HP14.12.2009Virgin

Steve Hillage:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.It's All Too Much / Shimmer22.10.1976Virgin
2.Hurdy Gurdy Man / Om Nama Shivaya25.02.1977Virgin
3.Not Fade Away (Glid Forever) / Saucer Surfing25.11.1977Virgin
4.Getting Better / Palm Trees (Love Guitar)28.04.1978Virgin
5.Six Pack EP
(The Salmon Song / It's All Too Much / The Golden Vibe / Not Fade Away / Elektric Gypsies / Radio)		1979 Virgin
6.Don't Dither, Do It / Getting In Tune16.11.1979Virgin
7.Kamikaze Eyes / Before The World Was Made04.02.1983Virgin
8.Alone / Frame By Frame
12" + Timelines		4/1983 Virgin

Daevid Allen:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Est-ce-que je suis / Hip Hipnotize You
(ve Francii)		1970 Byg
2.Alien In New York
(Bananareggae / Are You Ready / Oo Lala / Side Windo)		5/1983 Charly

Didier Malherbe:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Dansekorla / Bong
(ve Francii)		1980 Sonopresse

Various:

3/73-5/73 Paragong
cca 1979-1988 Pierre Moerlen's Gong

Daevid Allen:

appeared on the LP:

Dasheil Hedayat: Obsolete (1971, Shandar)
Gilly Smyth: Mother (6/78, Charly)
Michael Zentner: Present Time (1983, Ozone)

produced by LP:
Gilly Smyth: Mother (6/78, Charly)

Pierre Moerlen:

appeared on the LP:

Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (11.4.75, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Ommadawn (28.10.75, Virgin)
Daevid Allen: Good Morning (14.5.76, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Incantations (11/78, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Exposed Live (8/79, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Platinum (12/79, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Five Miles Out (3/82, Virgin)
Mike Oldfield: Crisis (5/83, Virgin)

1/1977 stage performance David Bedford: The Odyssey (perc)

Didier Malherbe:

appeared on the LP:

Daevid Allen: Magic Brother, Magic Sister (2/70, Byg)
Dasheil Hedayat: Obsolete (1971, Shandar)
Kevin Ayers: Whatevershebringswesing (7.1.72, Harvest)
Comus: To Keep From Crying (1.11.1974, Virgin)
Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (11.4.75, Virgin)
Gilly Smyth: Mother (6/78, Charly)

Christian Tritsch:

appeared on the LP:

Dasheil Hedayat: Obsolete (1971, Shandar)
Daevid Allen: Banana Moon (1971, Byg)

Pip Pyle:

appeared on the LP:

Dasheil Hedayat: Obsolete (1971, Shandar)
Daevid Allen: Banana Moon (1971, Byg)
Gilly Smyth: Mother (6/78, Charly)

Steve Hillage:

appeared on the LP:

Kevin Ayers: Bananamour (27.4.73, Harvest)
Egg: The Civil Surface (15.11.74, Caroline)

produced by LP:
Robyn Hitchcock: Groovy Decay (26.3.82, Albion)
The Charlatans: Up To Our Hips (21.3.94, Beggars Banquet)
Blink (1994)
Rachid Taha: Ole Ole (2/96, Barclay)

produced by SP:
Ken Lockie: Today (8.5.81, Virgin)
It Bites: Midnight (4/88, Virgin)
Airstream: I'll Dream Of You (7.9.92, OLI)

remix SP Sky Cries Mary: Every Iceberg Is Afire (19.9.94)

Tim Blake:

appeared on the LP:

Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (11.4.75, Virgin)

Mike Howlett:

appeared on the LP:

Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (11.4.75, Virgin)
Daevid Allen: Good Morning (14.5.76, Virgin)

produced by SP:
Martha And The Muffins: Insect Love (2.11.79, Dindisc)
Comsat Angels: Will You Stay Tonight (5.8.83, Jive)
Comsat Angels: Independence Day (6.1.84, Jive)

produced by LP:
Martha And The Muffins: Trance And Dance (26.9.80, Dindisc)
A Flock Of Seagulls: Listen (22.4.83, Jive)

Miquette Giraudi:

appeared on the LP:

Steve Hillage: Fish Rising (11.4.75, Virgin)
Steve Hillage: Motivation Radio (30.9.77, Virgin)
Steve Hillage: Live Herald (26.1.79, Virgin)

Hansford Rowe:

appeared on the LP:

Mike Oldfield: Platinum (1978, Virgin)
Michael Zentner: Present Time (1983, Ozone)

Rachid Houari:

appeared on the LP:

Daevid Allen: Magic Brother, Magic Sister (2/70, Byg)

Benoit Moerlen:

appeared on the LP:

Mike Oldfield: Exposed Live (8/79, Virgin)

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2000509.03.200033Texty
2000509.03.200035Forum kritikumalbum review
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19743821.09.197463Caught In The Actgig review
19744219.10.197418
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1975608.02.19755News
19751619.04.19755
19751619.04.197562Caught In The Actgig review
19751726.04.197553interview
19751910.05.197524Caught In The Actgig review
19753820.09.197551Any Questions
19755227.12.19754
1976103.01.19765Caught In The Actgig review
1976210.01.19765
1976928.02.19765
1976928.02.197624Albumsalbum review
1976928.02.197638interview
19761403.04.197626Caught In The Actgig review
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19762305.06.197625
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19773817.09.19773
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1973009.06.197335Albumsalbum review
1974009.02.197448Albumsalbum review
1974023.02.197456
1974011.05.197439Front Row Reviewsgig review
1974013.07.19748
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Rock & Pop
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19941730.08.19947Galerie
19979 56Zapomenutí nezapomenprofile, discography
19987 84Livegig review
20003 14Pelmel
20005 102Recenze - Novinkyalbum review
200012 103Recenze - Novinkyalbum review