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). No noise, 95% normalized Adobe (22/11/2008)