pixie poetry with the radical free spirit psychedelic swing, Allen pretty much shook the GONG tree only to watch old members fall as

FLYING TEAPOT was the first incarnation of the much larger "classic" GONG era which would only grow larger for the following

great...everything's solid, really. Who needs drugs when you've got bands like Gong and albums like I definitely recommend reading up on the basic storyline before actually listening to this music since many of the themes will make a bit more sense after that. This is also the first Gong album to feature Steve Hillage on guitar. Together with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and the rest of the band Hillage will play an important part of Gong's sound over the years especially recently, in 2009, when the band released a new recording featuring many of the familiar names off this release. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this whimsical teapot captures the essence of the iconic red steam engine that carries young witches and wizards to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It's not just a teapot; it's a magical journey steeped in charm and wonder!

Planet Gong via a pirate radio station called Radio Gnome Invisible. Being and Fish head off to the hymnalayas of Tibet (sic) where

star, since he is also given the chance to solo freely on "Zero the Hero", superbly accompanied on (among other things) rhythm behind some, etc. He looked rather amused as he said "Teapot is just an excuse for Allen to get really really high, get up prog. It's a fine line. There are times when it can work quite well and times when it can get pretty irritating. I guess I At one time one's mindset and situation could make this album essential, a few years later this kind of album could be just music. This ''Radio Gnome Invisible'' stuff is just plain out of left-field, and Daevid Allen seems

the GONG universe not only conceptually but in the lineup expanding from a mere five band members to a whopping nine which Radio Gnome Invisible Vol. 1 - Flying Teapot marks the first album incorporating the Gong mythology into its lyrical and musical content. This story arc consists of recurring characters, themes, and ideas that will be expanded even further on the later albums of Daevid Allen and Gong. which together display the most sophisticated songwriting chops of the new band that show the evolution from the actors playing LP BYG Records ‎- 529 027 (1973, France) Different cover art globally adopted except on Virgin labelstars really!!!With this opening chapter of the Radio Gnome Invisible Trilogy , we find that the Flying Teapot is actually a spaceship emiting Radio Gnome waves to expand the minds and awareness of the Planet GonG whose inhabitants are Pot Head Pixies. Quite a programme as you can see. The Crystal Machine" which contrasts by going purely space synth. The true treat of the album comes at the end with the one / two

toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!". The sax that follows is fractured, zany and off kilter, displays some of his most adept vocal skills as he basically raps while the bass slowly descends into a funky groove that emerges In addition to the core of Allen (who had given himself the nom-de-Gong of Dingo Virgin), his partner, the “space-whispering” Gilli Smyth (The Good Witch Yoni) and saxophonist/flutist Didier Malherbe (Bloomdido Bad De Grasse), the band now included two highly consequential new arrivals among its number: synthesizer player Tim Blake, who had previously worked for a spell as Gong’s sound mixer, and guitarist Steve Hillage. Both would make key contributions to the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy – and both would, like Allen himself, secede from the Gong mothership in 1975. star songs: Radio Gnome Invisible (5:33) Flying Teapot (11:47) The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine (1:51) Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell (9:38) gets to play only sex kitten roles on not just one, but TWO different parts of the Radio Gnome Trilogy. I never fell for all the whisperingappetite for the much grander and more sophisticated following albums that push the story and sound of GONG to higher Allen aka Divided Alien would best be remembered for the three albums that make up the RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE trilogy which instrumentals have hints of avant-garde, and the vocals have their fair share of moans, groans, and only to leave that very band before the debut recording emerged AND a lengthy career to follow as a solo artist and beyond, Daevid much fun that I have fantasies of taking over the airwaves and Ipods and playing that song at high volume to the unsuspecting