Mother Gong - 1976-1980
No catalogue #, September 1980 cassette
Cassette-only release

Setlist:

01. Side 1 (31:19 min.)
    a. Improvisation from Glastonbury 1979 (9:34) [1]
    b. 1999 (4:09) [2]
    c. Red Alert (3:25) [2]
    d. I Like Men (6:13) [2]
    e. I Am Your Robot (Woman) (4:04) [2]
    f. Machine Song (3:50) [3]

02. Side 2 (28:53 min.)
    a. Tarka - Excerpts from Movement 1 - Demo - 1976 - "Charleston for Otters" (5:21) [4]
    b. Flute Solo from "Fairytales" Album (not on album) (1:43) [4]
    c. Tarka - Excerpts From Movement 2 - Demo - 1976 - "Estuary and River" (3:49) [4]
    d. Bong! © Pathè. By Bloom!; Didier's Group. (3:20) [5]
    e. Danskorla © Pathè. By Bloom!; Didier's Group. (3:37) [5]
    f. Prostitute Poem - live at Hartford, Conn. USA - 1979 (3:50) [6]
    g. Nuclear Waste (2:37) [3]
    h. Fire Poem - Glastonbury 1979 (4:31) [6]

Total tim: 60:11 min.


Personnel [1]:

Gilli Smyth: vocals
Harry Williamson: guitar
Eduardo Niebla: lead guitar
Dider Malherbe: woodwind
Mo Vicarage: keyboards

Personnel [2] (recorded August, 1980 at Foel Studios, Powys as a rehersal for the Trondheim Norway Festival 11-17/8/80, which was recorded and will eventually be released):

Chris Cutler: drums
Dane Cranenburgh: bass
Gilli Smyth: vocal
Harry Williamson: guitar, vocal
Didier Malherbe: flutes, saxes
Jean-Phillipe Rykiel: keyboards
   
Personnel [3]:

Sting: lead vocals
Steve Hillage: guitar
Gilli Smyth, Harry Williamson: vocals, guitar
Mike Howlett: bass
Steve Broughton: drums
Nick Turner: vocals, sax

Personnel [4]:

Harry Williamson: guitars, keyboards, percussion
Anthony Phillips: guitar, synths, bass

Personnel [5]:

Bloom: from Paris - Didier Malherbe: sax, vocal, others

Personnel [6]:

Gilli Smyth: vocal
Mark Kramer: keyboards
Bill Laswell: bass
Bill Bacon: drums
Harry Williamson: guitar
Don Davis: sax, flute

Notes:

- Improv. from Glastonbury: "Flying" ("Wassilissa" Fairy Tales). On Glastonbury 79-81 ("Birds So High");
- Red Alert: with vocal overdubs; same backing track later appeared on Mystery & History Of Planet G**G;
- I Like Men: aka "OK Man This Is Your World" on Gilli's Mother. Mother Gong's version of Gong's "Dreaming It";
- I Am Your Robot (Woman): "Robot Woman", a version which is very similar to the one on "Robot Woman" LP;
- Machine Song: similar to Robot Woman LP version but not identical, both based on Radio Actor's Digital Love;
- Tarka - Excerpts from Mov. 1 - "Charleston for Otters": also on Tarka Music GAS tape and Gypsy Suite;
- Flute Solo: flute loop (4 times repeat). Released as part of "The Pied Piper" (Fairy Tales) with Gilli's narration;
- Tarka - Excerpts from Movement 2 - "Estuary & River": also on Tarka Music GAS tape and Gypsy Suite;
- Bong!: B side of Bloom's Danskorla / Bong! Pathè 1980 single;
- Danskorla: A side of Bloom's Danskorla / Bong! Pathè 1980 single;
- Prostitute Poem: "Street Version". Also on Gilli Smyth's Gilli Smyth Live in USA 79 GAS tape;
- Nuclear Waste: A side of Radio Actors' Nuclear Waste / Digital Love single (Charly 1979 version with Gilli). Both sides also appear on Nik Turner's Imperial Pompadors Official Bootleg tape;
- Fire: Gilli's "Sea" poem and "Fire" on "Beautiful Country" theme. Audience bit (not "Fire") on Glastonbury 79-81.

No mention of this cassette on GAS / Ottersongs sale lists. The tape was possibly offered to GAS members only.
This could explain the term "secret information", used in the released sheet (scan included).

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