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Gong - Expresso II album

  • Performer: Gong
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Title: Expresso II
  • Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock
  • Country: France
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Album Name Expresso II. Type Album. Labels Virgin Records Arista EMI Records. Music StyleJazz Rock. Members owning this album5.

Technically and conceptually speaking, it's the second accompaniment to previous album Gazeuse!, that particular in America entitled Expresso instead

Is Expresso II the best album by Gong? BestEverAlbums. com brings together thousands of 'greatest ever album' charts and calculates an overall ranking. This album At A Glance. Expresso II by Gong (1978) Overall rank: 44,857th.

Pierre Moerlen's Gong - 1978 - Expresso II Darryl Way - violin. Повторите попытку позже. Опубликовано: 10 июн. 2019 г. Pierre Moerlen's Gong - 1978 - Expresso II. Darryl Way - violin.

Listen free to Gong – Expresso II (Heavy Tune, Golden Dilemma and more). Following the departure of Didier Malherbe after Gazeuse!, only Pierre Moerlen remained from the classic Radio Gnome trilogy line-up. Virgin continued to market the band as Gong, but once released from Virgin, the band were formally re-labelled as Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Allan Holdsworth, Mick Taylor and Darryl Way are among the guest musicians that supplement the core of the band.

Album · 1977 · 6 Songs. Drummer/composer Pierre Moerlen eventually assumed leadership of the group, steering Gong to the kind of full-on fusion sound featured on Expresso II. (FYI, there's no Expresso . While Hansford Rowe's biting guitar lines and percolating bass play a key role (especially in the wake of longtime saxophonist Didier Malherbe's departure), the album's most distinctive aspect is the percussive overlay at the core of several cuts. Including Moerlen, there are no less than four percussionists featured here.

Although the album was issued by Virgin Records under the "Gong" name for contractual reasons, and the name "Pierre Moerlen's Gong" would not be adopted for a few more months, the lineup.

They released two albums under the Gong moniker, Gazeuse! (called Expresso in North America) in 1976 and then Expresso II in 1978. Following the completion of the Virgin contract, Moerlen changed the name of the group to Pierre Moerlen's Gong. In early 1979, the group released Downwind, which was a more rock/pop flavoured album that featured occasional lead vocals by Moerlen himself and a cameo by Steve Winwood. The live album "Pierre Moerlen's Gong Live" was released in 1980, followed by another studio album, Leave It Open, in 1981. By this point, Pierre Moerlen's incarnation of Gong scaled back its activity greatly, not releasing another record until 1986's Breakthrough, featuring members of the Swedish band Tribute. Second Wind followed in 1988. The group quietly disbanded soon after.

Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Heavy Tune
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweDrums, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone – Pierre MoerlenLead Guitar – Mick TaylorMarimba – Mireille BauerRhythm Guitar – Allan HoldsworthVibraphone – Benoit MoerlenWritten-By – Pierre Moerlen
6:22
2 Golden Dilemma
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweCongas – Francois Causse*Drums, Xylophone – Pierre MoerlenGuitar – Bon LozagaMarimba – Mireille BauerVibraphone – Benoit MoerlenWritten-By – Hansford Rowe
4:51
3 Sleepy
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweBass Guitar, Soloist [Dr. Q] – Hansford RoweCongas – Francois Causse*Drums – Pierre MoerlenGuitar – Allan HoldsworthVibraphone – Mireille BauerVibraphone, Marimba, Percussion – Benoit MoerlenViolin – Darryl WayWritten-By – Mireille Bauer
7:17
4 Soli
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweCongas – Francois Causse*Drums – Pierre MoerlenGuitar – Allan HoldsworthSoloist [Vibraphone] – Benoit MoerlenVibraphone – Mireille BauerWritten-By – Hansford Rowe
7:37
5 Boring
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweCongas – Francois Causse*Drums, Timpani, Tubular Bells – Pierre MoerlenMarimba – Mireille BauerVibraphone – Benoit MoerlenViolin – Darryl WayWritten-By – Mireille Bauer
6:23
6 Three Blind Mice
Bass Guitar – Hansford RoweCongas – Francois Causse*Drums – Pierre MoerlenVibraphone, Marimba – Mireille BauerVibraphone, Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel, Claves, Xylophone – Benoit MoerlenWritten-By – Benoit Moerlen
4:47

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Copyright (c) – Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Recorded At – Pye Studios
  • Recorded At – Matrix Studios
  • Mixed At – Britannia Row Studios
  • Mastered At – Trident Studios

Credits

  • Design [Sleeve], Art Direction – Splash Studio
  • Engineer – John Wood, Nick Bradford
  • Executive-Producer – Graham Lawson
  • Photography By – Sheila Rock
  • Producer – Gong, John Wood

Notes

Recorded at Pye, and Matrix studios
Mixed at Britannia Row Studio; Mastered at Trident Studio

On the back cover:
℗ 1989 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1978 Virgin Records Ltd

Inside booklet:
℗, © 1989 Virgin Records Ltd

Made in the EU. (on disc)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Printed): 5 012981 029920
  • Barcode (Scanned): 5012981029920
  • Matrix / Runout: 787237 2 . 1 EMI SWINDON 1-1-1 NL
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L042
  • Mould SID Code: ifpi 15BO
  • Distribution Code: PM 500

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
2473 742 Gong Expresso II ‎(LP, Album) Virgin 2473 742 France 1978
AB 4204 Pierre Moerlen's Gong Expresso II ‎(LP, Album) Arista AB 4204 Canada 1978
VIL 12099 Gong Expresso II ‎(LP, Album) Virgin VIL 12099 Italy 1978
CDV 2099, 260 765-217 Gong Expresso II ‎(CD, Album, RE) Virgin, Virgin CDV 2099, 260 765-217 Europe Unknown
VIP-6913 Gong Expresso II ‎(LP, Album) Virgin VIP-6913 Japan 1978

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