The Best of Gong

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Annotation

Supplied in clear jewel case with 8 page booklet

Matrix: PROSOFT LOGISTICS NTMCD 517 BEST OF GONE (actual typo)
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DiscID: Y7r61sORS183BdKcbfVwTUCLU4c-

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Wet Cheese Delirium recording of: Wet Cheese Delirium writer: Daevid Allen	Gong		0:29
2	Mister Long Shanks: O Mother I Am Your Fantasy engineer: Gilles Sallé (French recording engineer) producer: Pierre Lattès mixer: Venux Deluxe recording of: I Am Your Fantasy writer: Gilli Smyth and Christian Tritsch	Gong		5:57
3	Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen’s Heads engineer: Gilles Sallé (French recording engineer) producer: Pierre Lattès mixer: Venux Deluxe recording of: Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen’s Heads writer: Daevid Allen	Gong		0:13
4	Tropical Fish: Selene engineer: Gilles Sallé (French recording engineer) producer: Pierre Lattès mixer: Venux Deluxe recording of: Tropical Fish: Selene writer: Daevid Allen	Gong		7:36
5	The Octave Doctors and the Crystal Machine engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Giorgio Gomelsky drums (drum set): Laurie Allan electric bass guitar: Francis Moze recording of: The Octave Doctors and the Crystal Machine writer: Tim Blake publisher: Charly Holdings Inc. (in 1973)	Gong		1:50
6	Zero the Hero and the Witch’s Spell engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Giorgio Gomelsky drums (drum set): Laurie Allan electric bass guitar: Francis Moze recording of: Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell writer: Daevid Allen, Tim Blake and Christian Tritsch	Gong		9:37
7	Flying Teapot engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Giorgio Gomelsky drums (drum set): Laurie Allan electric bass guitar: Francis Moze recording of: Flying Teapot writer: Daevid Allen and Francis Moze	Gong		11:47
8	The Pot Head Pixies engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Giorgio Gomelsky drums (drum set): Laurie Allan electric bass guitar: Francis Moze recording of: Pot Head Pixies lyricist and composer: Daevid Allen	Gong		2:58
9	Castle in the Clouds recorded in: France (in 1973-08) engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Gong (progressive/psychedelic rock band) drums (drum set): Pierre Moerlen guitar: Daevid Allen and Steve Hillage synthesizer: Tim Blake recorded at: The Manor Mobile in United Kingdom (in 1973-08) mixed at: The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom recording of: Castle in the Clouds writer: Steve Hillage	Gong		1:13
10	Outer Temple recorded in: France (in 1973-08) engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Gong (progressive/psychedelic rock band) drums (drum set): Pierre Moerlen guitar: Daevid Allen and Steve Hillage synthesizer: Tim Blake recorded at: The Manor Mobile in United Kingdom (in 1973-08) mixed at: The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom recording of: Outer Temple writer: Tim Blake and Steve Hillage	Gong		1:09
11	Inner Temple recording of: Inner Temple writer: Daevid Allen and Didier Malherbe	Gong		3:21
12	Eat That Phone Book Coda recorded in: France (in 1973-08) engineer: Simon Heyworth producer: Gong (progressive/psychedelic rock band) drums (drum set): Pierre Moerlen guitar: Daevid Allen and Steve Hillage synthesizer: Tim Blake recorded at: The Manor Mobile in United Kingdom (in 1973-08) mixed at: The Manor in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom recording of: Eat That Phonebook lyricist and composer: Didier Malherbe	Gong		3:06
13	Magick Mother Invocation engineer and producer: Simon Heyworth recording of: Magick Mother Invocation writer: Gong (progressive/psychedelic rock band)	Gong		2:08
14	A Sprinkling of Clouds engineer and producer: Simon Heyworth recording of: A Sprinkling of Clouds lyricist: Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe and Gilli Smyth composer: Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe, Pierre Moerlen and Gilli Smyth part of: Elysian Feels	Gong		8:57
15	Master Builder engineer and producer: Simon Heyworth recording of: Master Builder writer: Daevid Allen, Tim Blake, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Didier Malherbe, Pierre Moerlen and Gilli Smyth	Gong		6:15
16	Much Too Old producer: Daevid Allen bass: Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer) (in 1979) drums (drum set): Bill Bacon (in 1979) and Fred Maher (in 1979) guitar: Daevid Allen (in 1979) and Cliff Cultreri (guitarist) (in 1979) vocals: Daevid Allen (in 1979) recorded at: Bananamoon Observatory Studio (in 1979) recording of: Much Too Old (in 1979) writer: Daevid Allen and Bill Laswell (US bass guitarist and record producer)	New York Gong		2:43
17	Opium for the People live recording of: Opium for the People (in 1977) writer: Gilli Smyth recording of: Opium for the People writer: Gilli Smyth	Planet Gong		4:23
18	Tried Too Hard engineer: Gilles Sallé (French recording engineer) producer: Pierre Lattès mixer: Venux Deluxe recording of: Tried So Hard writer: Daevid Allen and Christian Tritsch	Gong		4:39

Credits

Release

manufactured in:	United Kingdom

manufactured by and glass mastered by:	Prosoft Logistics
distributed by:	Pinnacle (distributor & label)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Nectar (in 1995)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/474246 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B000024JHY [info]

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/585212 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/gong/the-best-of-gong/ [info] https://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/album/gong/the-best-of-gong(compilation) [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/209037/ [info] https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=49614 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 5023660005821
Format:: CD
Length:: 1:18:21

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Packaging:: Jewel Case
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Nectar Masters
NTMCD517

Release events

United Kingdom
1995

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