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Gong Live in Sherwood Forest '75 
Major League Productions MLP09CD || 9.5.2005 || £10.64 $ € ¥ + p+p +tax Click for big pic Live 'Shamal' Gong with Steve Hillage Recorded at Nottingham University on November 25th 1975 for a long defunct radio station (we don't think it was ever broadcast) and quite a rarity, the Shamal era Gong band before Steve and Miquette's departure. In fact not counting the '77 reunion this was their penultimate Gong gig (the last was in London in December'75). This good quality recording is also notable for being one the late Jorge Pinchevsky's earliest gigs with Gong - it might even be his first, no-one can actually remember. Jorge was violinist in Clearlight, the support band on a 13 date UK tour and he occasionally sat in with Gong - he didn't officially join the band until the Shamal recording sessions, in Jan '76. The mastering was aided by the studio ears and Gong expertise of Mike Howlett, although we have the recording engineer on the night to thank for a good releasable live mix - very occasionally a little furry round the edges, but he must have done some sterling work way back then to get it to the quality it is. There's a 12 page booklet with some images from the GAS archives, some from DT in Swindon - yes Dave you are getting a free CD, some from a photo library of Gong in Hyde Park in '74, and some from long-time Gongsters Alan & Pauline Clarke of the actual gig. Mike also contributed a couple of pages of liner notes, with a couple more by yours truly. All in all a thunderously good CD for all us Gonsters of a very interesting transitional period in the band's history. The rhythm section is on top form, Steve's great, one of the best live versions of Aftagid I've heard, and the Isle of Everywhere builds to be spacey, groovy little beggar as well. In fact the whole band is very tight throughout, and you'd never guess the Shamal material was basically still in development. An invigorating and vital CD of great Gong music to savour - I think you're going to love it. Note: It's a sad irony that Pierre died almost on the day that copies of this CD arrived from the record company at the GAS office, along with an advance to distribute among the band. My communications with him over the past few months have generally been about this release, which he was very happy about - not only musically (and he does play some great stuff on the CD), but also the fact that for a change, a reasonable royalty rate and advance had been negotiated and organized. I'm happy that I could help make at least this contact with the big-bad music business positive a thing. Track Listing: Total Runtime 78.35
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