Gong - 1973/1974

The Mushroom Tapes

1-Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (14:00)
2-Fohat Digs Holes In Space (16:59)
3-Eat That Phonebook sax intro (6:41)
4-Other Side Of The Sky (8:19)
5-Why Are We Sleeping? (18:21)
6-Flying Teapot (0:07)
7-I Never Glid Before (8:17)
8-Flute Salad / Love Is How Y Make It (6:18)

Notes:

2) On the fast tempo coda - 13:18 - "Eat That Phonebook" is sung repeatedly
3) Sax intro at 6:05
5) Why Are We Sleeping? at 4:29
6) Teapot tape played at ridiculous speed - a perfect mystery
7) Glid at 5:45
8) Slightly different than on "Angel's Egg"

From Calyx website:
Following Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth's decision to take a break, newcomer Steve Hillage is
asked to lead an alternate line-up of the band, christened ParaGong, including veteran Didier
Malherbe, and other recent recruit Tim Blake; for a while, ex-Moving Gelatine Plates bassist
Didier Thibault (who had been recommended by Gomelsky to replace Moze in Magma a few months
before) joins the band; setlist includes Kevin Ayers' "Why Are We Sleeping" and an early version
of "I Never Glid Before".

Much hiss (no dolby) but the music is worth it. No dates and venues.

Info: tape > wav > flac > you. No noise reduction.
[Gong Mushroom] Shared as torrent on Dime by Maclen.
True lossless source.
# Officially released on The 1991 GAS Tape cassette (both sbd but different mix). Date on GAS tape is 1974.
## Officially released on Angels Egg (same performance but very different mix).
Disc 1 tracks 1 to 3: line up 1 (Tait & Bond), from Brest 1974-02-06 (see show).
Disc 1 tracks 4: line up 2 (w/Pierre Moerlen). This tape has longer intro, The 1991 Gas Tape has longer coda.
Disc 2 tracks 1 & 3: line up 3 (Paragong). February to April 1973 from french live show(s).
Disc 2 track 2: mystery fragment; a bit of "Flying Teapot" (tape ridicolously speeded up).
Disc 2 track 4: Angels Egg sessions, August 1973 Pavillon du Hay, France.