You [Deluxe Edition]

by Gong

Overview

You is the final installment in Gong's legendary Radio Gnome Trilogy, and it marks an important turning point for the band. By 1974, the psychedelic hippie/folk-rock element of the sound that was leader Daevid Allen's most important contribution was beginning to disappear. In its place was a more sophisticated musical vision that owed as much to jazz-rock fusion as to fellow space rockers like Pink Floyd and Hawkwind. Ironically, this is Gong's most "spacy" album, full of extended, ethereal passages that would inspire future generations of space rockers. The sound was equally defined however, by the jazzy flights of saxophonist Didier Malherbe and the sinuous rhythms of bassist Mike Howlett and drummer Pierre Moerlen (the band would eventually become the fusion-oriented Pierre Moerlen's Gong). Allen's songs still provide a crucial link to the rest of the trilogy, though the conceptual/mythological aspect is less crucial to You. ~ Rovi Staff

Product Details

Release Date:	10/04/2019
Label:	Virgin Emi
UPC:	0602577141522
Rank:	75476

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gong   Primary Artist
Bloomdido Glad De Brass   Wind,Vocals
Hi T Moonweed   Synthesizer,Moog Synthesizer
Shakti Yoni   Spoken Word,Vocals,Space Whisper
Bambaloni Yoni   Vocals,Vocals,Voices,Choir/Chorus
Gilli Smyth   Special Effects,Vocals,Voices
Mireille Bauer   Percussion
Tim Blake   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Daevid Allen   Guitar,Vocals
Pierre Moerlen   Drums,Percussion
Tasmin Smyth   Voices
E.M.S.   Mellowdrone,Synthesizer
Bloomdido Bad de Grass   Vocals,Mellowdrone,Wind Instruments
Steve Hillage   Guitar
Dingo Virgin   Guitar,Vocals
Benoit Moerlen   Percussion
Didier Malherbe   Flute,Vocals,Saxophone,Synthesizer,Wind Instruments
Mike Howlett   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Tim Blake   Artwork,Composer
Daevid Allen   Artwork,Composer
Gong   Composer,Producer
Francis Linon   Engineer
Pierre Moerlen   Composer
Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet   Composer
Steve Hillage   Composer
Simon Heyworth   Engineer,Producer
Shakti Yoni   Poetry
Christian Tritsch   Composer
Eubie Blake   Composer
Didier Malherbe   Composer
Mike Howlett   Composer
Brigitte   Cover Art
Gilli Smyth   Poetry,Composer