Gong 1978-10-08
Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY

Set 1
Mother Gong:

The Rapist #
Brothasista Invocation #
I Am Your Fantasy / The Sea
Dynamite / I Am Your Animal
OK Man, This Is Your World
Fire

Set 2
New York Gong:

enter David Allen New York Gong - People Poem * #
Oobby Scooby Dooms Day ** #
Radio Gnome Invisible
Flying Teapot ***
Brian Damage $
Brian Damage - Witch's Song / I Am Your Pussy
The Other Side Of The Sky
Prostitute Poem +
Flute Salad > Oily Way > Outer Temple > Inner Temple =
Master Builder #
Perfect Mystery
"Cops at the door" ?
The Isle Of Everywhere! #

Set 3


Comment
Mother Gong: Gilli Smyth, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, George Bishop, Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn

+ N.Y.G.: Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Chris Cutler, George Bishop, Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn, Fred Maher, Dennis Weise, Michael Lawrence

# Released (some partly) on Daevid's N.Y. Ding Dong, Live In USA 79 and Gilli's Live In USA 79 Gas tapes.

* Hillage mentioned. "What you just heard (...) Gilli's Mother Gong (...) more like NY Gong". "Blue Moon" quote.
** [Cut at 1:21]. "Ah Sweet Mystery Of Life" coda.
*** With Gilli, with "dark & stormy night" piece which didn't make it to final "RGI 1" mix . Tracked separately.
$ Chris Cutler's drum solo. [Cut at 2:39?].
- "Witch's Song": with Gilli.
+ Gilli recites it mostly in english. [Cut at 5:01 as Daevid speaks].
= Inner Temple: [cut at 10:48].
? "Ladies and gentlemen, as you probably know the concert's gone on way past the time...". [Cut at 1:04].
! Plugs pulled by police, jam continues for a couple of minutes with acoustic percussion.

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Thu Nov 21 2013 08:05:40 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Thu Jun 06 2013 12:55:12 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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