Album
Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)
1973 · Rock
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1) is a Rock album by Gong, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 57 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
Gong's 1973 <i>Flying Teapot</i> is a landmark album of the era's European prog/space-rock scene, marking the band's shift from open-ended post-psychedelic journeys to more elaborately structured compositions. This was the opening salvo in their famed <i>Radio Gnome Invisible</i> trilogy; as such, it makes the most of mastermind Daevid Allen's wit and whimsy. With a quirky, lighthearted, Bertrand Russell–inspired narrative revolving around benevolent beings from outer space, Gong come off like a space-rock Monty Python. But for all the humor in Allen's loopy lyrics, the music that moves the story along is no joke. The band were just hitting their stride here, starting to blend elements of jazz fusion into their cosmic art-rock. Jazzy touches like the funky, syncopated groove on the title tune and Didier Malherbe's bebop-influenced sax riffing on "Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell" complement Tim Blake's swirling synthesizer textures and Gilli Smith's otherworldly "space whisper" wordless vocal technique, making for a trippy but trenchant sound.
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Tracklist
- 1Radio Gnome Invisible5:33
- 2Flying Teapot11:49
- 3The Pot Head Pixies3:03
- 4The Octave Doctors and the Crystal Machine1:44
- 5Zero the Hero and the Witches Spell9:38
- 6Witches Song - I Am Your P***y5:05
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Psych Rock
- layered
- hypnotic
- spacey
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Bloomdido Bad de GrassFLUTE, SAXOPHONE FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE
- Daevid AllenGUITAR, VOCALS
- Didier MalherbeSAXOPHONE , FLUTE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Dingo VirginDESIGN , GUITAR , VOCALS GUITAR , VOCALS GUITAR
- Francis BaconBASS , PIANO , ELECTRIC PIANO BASS , ELECTRIC PIANO , UPRIGHT PIANO BASS, PIANO
- Francis MozeBASS
- Gilli SmythVOCALS
- Hi. T. MoonweedSYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS
- Laurie AllanDRUMS DRUMS , PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Rachid HouariCONGAS PERCUSSION
- Shakti YoniVOCALS , ORGAN VOCALS VOCALS, ORGAN
- Steve HillageGUITAR LEAD GUITAR
- The Submarine CaptainGUITAR SLIDE GUITAR
- Tim BlakeSYNTHESIZER SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 57 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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