Live Floating Anarchy 1977

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Live Floating Anarchy 1977
FloatingAnarchy1977.jpg
Live album by
Planet Gong
Released1978
Recorded6 November 1977
Length42:39
LabelLTM/Charly Records
Gong chronology
Gong Live Etc
(1977) 		Live Floating Anarchy 1977
(1978) 		About Time
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars [1]

Live Floating Anarchy 1977 is a 1978 live album by Planet Gong, a combination of Gong's Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth and the band Here & Now. It was recorded in Toulouse on 6 November 1977, apart from the track "Opium for the People" which was a studio recording. It was originally released on the French LTM record label, run by Jean Karakos, who had previously run Tapioca and BYG.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Daevid Allen.

Side 1
No.TitleLength
1."Psychological Overture"2:36
2."Floating Anarchy"5:15
3."Stoned Innocent Frankenstein"3:18
4."New Age Transformation Try: No More Sages"12:10
Side 2
No.TitleLength
1."Opium for the People"4:25
2."Allez Ali Baba Black Sheep Have you Any Bullshit: Mama Maya Mantram"15:01

Personnel[]

  • Prof. Steffy Sharpstrings P.A. (Stephan Lewry) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
  • Keith da Missile Bass (Keith Bailey) – bass guitar and tree trunk
  • Kif Kif Le Batteur (Keith Dobson) – drummery and asides besides
  • Gavin Da Blitz (Gavin Allardyce) – synthesizer and pinball flip
  • Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
  • Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
  • Dingbat Alien (Daevid Allen) – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordplay
Technical

References[]

  1. ^ Live Floating Anarchy 1977 at AllMusic

External links[]

  • Band website
  • "GONG Live Floating Anarchy 1977 music reviews and MP3". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
  • "Floating Anarchy Live 77 by Gong @ ARTISTdirect.com - Shop, Listen, Download". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
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