Gong - You Virgin V2019 UK reissue A5/B5 red/green labels 1982
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Gong "You" Virgin V 2019 UK reissue Vinyl, LP, reissued, with red and green labels, in 1982.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in great condition. It played through beautifully on my stereo - no stick or skip. It is housed in its original sleeve, which has a small nick to one one corner, and some light ring-wear, but, otherwise, it is in good condition. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix/Run Out Side 1 : V 2019 A5E Matrix/Run Out Side 2 : V 2019 B5E
You is Gong's fifth studio album, first released by Virgin Records in October 1974. It is the last album by Daevid Allen's iteration of the group until 1992's Shapeshifter. Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire, England, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London, while side 2 was mixed at The Manor. It was produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and also engineered by Heyworth.
You is the third of the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy of albums, following Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The structure of the album mixes short narrative pieces with long, jazzy instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere"), building to a climax/conclusion with "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever".
In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Rovi Staff assessed the album as "a more sophisticated musical vision that owed as much to jazz-rock fusion as to fellow space rockers... 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".
Rolling Stone named You one of its "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time".
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