Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and The Gong - Peel Session 1971

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  • The complete session recorded by Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen and The Gong on 9 November 1971 for John Peel on the Sounds of the Seventies show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the 17th of that month.
    Tracklist:
    1. Magic Brother (0:07)
    2. Clarence In Wonderland (4:55)
    3. Tropical Fish / Selene (9:34)
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Komentáře • 140

  • @julianbeadle4307
    @julianbeadle4307 Před 10 dny

    Exquisite gorgeousness from planet gong ❤

  • @PM-bo6mp
    @PM-bo6mp Před 6 měsíci +8

    What a treat to hear this ... Daevid, Gilli, Kevin (All sadly missed) and friends playing their unique music. Loved them then and still love them now. Gong forever.

  • @gnudarve
    @gnudarve Před 9 měsíci +9

    What a lovely visit to the plush velour womb that is Planet Gong.

  • @user-tp6fo7im3d
    @user-tp6fo7im3d Před 2 měsíci +3

    One of the greatest dope bands ever.

  • @jeandominiquetomeno1740
    @jeandominiquetomeno1740 Před 3 měsíci +4

    J’ai vu Gong en concert à la grande époque du " Camembert électrique " dans les années 75/80 ....un grand souvenir des utopies de notre jeunesse un peu folle !!! David Allen est maintenant pour toujours sur la planète Gong ....with à cup of tea !!

  • @Khayyam-vg9fw
    @Khayyam-vg9fw Před 3 lety +12

    Gong had a reputation for being anarchic, but they were a very tight band.

  • @planetwaft349
    @planetwaft349 Před 2 měsíci +2

    RIP Daevid. Love you forever.

  • @claudebuysse7482
    @claudebuysse7482 Před 11 měsíci +13

    A fantastic group with no obligation to be popular. I saw ayers and Allen in Mtl end of the nineties and they still awesome . Even by young people who knew all the lyrics of the song. The banana show ! I'm glad to have seen them.

  • @garethproudley3451
    @garethproudley3451 Před rokem +8

    Spent some time with Daevid , Dada to all his family xxx your light still shines brightly in my life , say hi to Orlando

  • @mistery-ed7900
    @mistery-ed7900 Před 4 lety +65

    A band that lived in a world of their own.

    • @pressureworks
      @pressureworks Před 4 lety +10

      mistery-ed And what a wonderful world.

    • @sophiew1967
      @sophiew1967 Před 2 lety +12

      It's a world I too want to live in ,the Planet Gong seems a very happy green place 😊x

    • @sophiew1967
      @sophiew1967 Před 2 lety +6

      Lovely comment btw

    • @hopebgood
      @hopebgood Před rokem

      @@sophiew1967 My wonderful mate Rich bumped into Daevid Allen in Glastonbury. We'd both liked Gong for years. He went up to him and said "I know you probably get this a lot but I just want to say......" and before he'd even finished Daevid Allen just blanked him and walked away. Maybe Daevid Allen was just having a bad day. Maybe he's a wanker..... but tbh we just both laughed about this. Sometimes ALL people are dickheads.

    • @garethproudley3451
      @garethproudley3451 Před rokem +4

      @@sophiew1967.
      I would be happy if you jumped in with me , I’m a Teapot Taxi pilot xx Velllllllllllly niiice to meeeeeet you x

  • @reuzeelf
    @reuzeelf Před rokem +5

    great memories of a magick time of my life

  • @caryheuchert
    @caryheuchert Před 3 lety +34

    Kevin + Gong = Magic!

    • @thomascraymer8712
      @thomascraymer8712 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Gong alone is already magic, with Kevin it's double magic!

  • @kashi2012
    @kashi2012 Před 4 lety +34

    the greatest Magick Brother / Mystic Sister intro ever ... my heart leaps with its every move

    • @UdiKoomran
      @UdiKoomran Před rokem +1

      Cetainly more cheerful
      And uplifting then the studio version which I love very much for its sense of mystery enigma and darker vibe

  • @user-ir2sp5gj6q
    @user-ir2sp5gj6q Před 6 měsíci +4

    Intergalactic hippietimetravelling cicularmotion kindoff nothings ever going to be better than this babieieiii

  • @angeloraim
    @angeloraim Před 2 lety +13

    … 50 years, and always in my hearth …

  • @salspitz177
    @salspitz177 Před 3 lety +13

    Kevin Ayers + The Whole World was Magic!

  • @croiners4166
    @croiners4166 Před 4 lety +20

    I live in their world too!

  • @soenshenk7961
    @soenshenk7961 Před 7 měsíci +8

    My stepson is a brilliant guitarist, and has a 3 man-band of his own,
    Since he heard some of the gong recordings, live and records, he's completely into the psychedelic sound of gong now, he plays terrific jams now!
    (he normally plays Hendrix-stuff)
    Gong's world is still alive and kicking! Apparently an inspiration for the young musicians of today!

    • @sumtin05698
      @sumtin05698 Před 5 měsíci +3

      i’m only 18 and i’m here by search so yea i suppose Gong is an influence on younger musicians like myself but i’d say even more so is the whole era of exploration that is the 1960’s like the canterbury/cambridge scene and the fluxus movement in classical with John Cage and Stockhausen La Monte Younh post bop free jazz and the beginning of fusion it truly seems most artists that came form the 60’s were all pushing towards the unknown i know this is 70’s but i think of Daevid Allen i think of the 60’s like soft machine

    • @junny3000
      @junny3000 Před 5 měsíci +3

      King gizzard’s Paper Mache Dream Balloon

  • @lilimeiful
    @lilimeiful Před 4 lety +13

    les elfes de mon adolescence , forever

  • @brianjones1603
    @brianjones1603 Před 5 měsíci +2

    First saw them in the seventies at Reading festival,more recently with Steve Hillage at Newcastle uni.A better world I've never visited.

  • @chicklets4ever51
    @chicklets4ever51 Před 4 měsíci +2

    My goodness. The music of 1966 to 1973, rock and jazz both (and often combined), somehow opened a rift in the firmament and gave us an earful of the beyond.

    • @dantean
      @dantean Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yeah, though it's doing the first half of the decade a disservice to forget Motown, Dylan and the Folk Revival Movement, as well as the Beatles/British Invasion, which formed the backdrop to the period 1966-73. To me, the magical period is two decades long--1955-75--from (about) the start of rock and roll to just before disco. Am I right?

    • @chicklets4ever51
      @chicklets4ever51 Před 2 měsíci

      @@dantean Yes, that's about right, especially if you include the cinema.

  • @douglasanderson8636
    @douglasanderson8636 Před rokem +4

    Beyond wonderful...

  • @davidmorgen4558
    @davidmorgen4558 Před 2 lety +10

    Sad about the passing of ayers & Allen..

    • @raunetty
      @raunetty Před rokem +3

      aren't we all here to pass...

  • @matthewbarnes6352
    @matthewbarnes6352 Před 2 lety +5

    Tropical fish- amazing performance. Classic!!

  • @philippemetois6491
    @philippemetois6491 Před 4 lety +20

    Best cover of Clarence in wonderland

    • @cretekastos6903
      @cretekastos6903 Před 11 měsíci +1

      The Soft Machine versions are the best, it's just a shame that the available versions have pretty ropey sound quality.

  • @dragisaantic6568
    @dragisaantic6568 Před 2 měsíci

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @jeanlucandrieu6203
    @jeanlucandrieu6203 Před 2 lety +9

    la meilleur période de gong

  • @djbigleg3228
    @djbigleg3228 Před 2 lety +9

    yeah i really like this version of magic brother great stuff fine version ive seen gong live many times always great live & i saw here & now a few times as well,but a truly great band with many line ups rip daevid & gilly great post peace...

  • @irenalandowska9217
    @irenalandowska9217 Před rokem +4

    La meilleure période de Gong et ce jusqu'à l album YOU

  • @henkdrie
    @henkdrie Před 6 měsíci +2

    What a lovely find! These are very familiar songs, but the purity and clarity here is wonderful, interesting to hear Gilly with almost no echo, so sweet. I found the record on discogs 😊

  • @richardcrighton8079
    @richardcrighton8079 Před rokem +1

    one of my all time faves

  • @caryheuchert
    @caryheuchert Před rokem +4

    This is the definitive “Clarence in Wonderland” by Kevin Ayers with Gong.

    • @cretekastos6903
      @cretekastos6903 Před 11 měsíci +1

      What? A comedy Reggae version? I don't think so mate.

  • @krisscanlon4051
    @krisscanlon4051 Před 2 lety +3

    This is like the essence of all that is Peel live broadcast

  • @leebritnell2405
    @leebritnell2405 Před měsícem

    Fantastic!

  • @noahboy9476
    @noahboy9476 Před 2 lety +4

    Danke für diesen Besuch in meiner Jugendzeit! Das treibt mir wirklich Tränen des Glücks in die Augen!

  • @Jlipnicki
    @Jlipnicki Před 4 lety +19

    Super, and so well recorded.

  • @simonagree4070
    @simonagree4070 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Utterly fantastic -- not sure I can listen to anything else today. I used to have all the records, but you know how that goes.

  • @StarsWar-py4ry
    @StarsWar-py4ry Před rokem +2

    Bravissimo!

  • @John-hh4uz
    @John-hh4uz Před rokem +4

    Saw them at the Lanchester Poly Coventry back in the day. Remember Lol Coxhill rambled on to the stage at some point. Lovely wackey stoned times. God rest their souls. So much enjoyment and fun.Kevins voice was amazing but he had little interest in comercial success.

  • @marcbondenna6995
    @marcbondenna6995 Před 2 lety +5

    Avec l'inimitable Lol Coxhill !

  • @marklangton2179
    @marklangton2179 Před 4 lety +6

    Happier Daze!!

  • @Doviderus
    @Doviderus Před rokem +5

    Kevin described his short period with Daevid an Gong as stunning and strange. He simply flipped with his friend and master Daevid. "Clarence In The Wonderland" was later included in Kevin's second album but it sounds more 'rambler'.

  • @grahamgynn8606
    @grahamgynn8606 Před 4 lety +27

    oh brilliant thanks for posting - I recorded this from the radio back then onto a cassette that was nicked by two dutch travellers we said could crash at our student house for a night! More than great to hear again.

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 Před rokem +5

      Think of the joy you brought to those weary travelers ...lol

  • @fjodorgarrincha6584
    @fjodorgarrincha6584 Před rokem

    WOW ! WOAUOW ! Simply Beautiful !

  • @simonreynolds7140
    @simonreynolds7140 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Thank you for posting this.

  • @user-kk1of8lr2x
    @user-kk1of8lr2x Před 9 měsíci

    Amazing progressive rock band of the world.

  • @maximemalecki3153
    @maximemalecki3153 Před 9 měsíci

    Merci.

  • @Kastsiuchenka2Minsk
    @Kastsiuchenka2Minsk Před 2 měsíci

    никогда не слышал ранее, очень приятная компания

  • @carlosgarcao2847
    @carlosgarcao2847 Před 11 měsíci +2

    When music was art and not become rich and with "likes". I think there was a lot of ingenuity

  • @ellismaytham456
    @ellismaytham456 Před 3 lety +5

    Thanks for this

  • @shanemoser7258
    @shanemoser7258 Před rokem +1

    Took English class high School I failed but now I know why almost genius

  • @hamstertheatre
    @hamstertheatre Před rokem +4

    KILLER!!! Is it Pip on drums? Eveyrone SLAYS this! What an amazing band!

  • @timnicktion9744
    @timnicktion9744 Před 3 lety +6

    awesome to hear David on lead! pretty much never happened later on

    • @thomascraymer8712
      @thomascraymer8712 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Daevid is one of my biggest influences as a guitarist! Sure, Steve Hillage played clean and fluid, but Daevid's guitar work was mad, and I love it!

  • @UdiKoomran
    @UdiKoomran Před rokem +3

    Kevin Ayers joins Gong as semi-permanent member (all gigs until January 1972)
    9/11/71 London, BBC Studios (Top Gear)

  • @ferjuan3489
    @ferjuan3489 Před 9 měsíci

    my dear dada goddess

  • @wirralnomad
    @wirralnomad Před měsícem

    So sad Kevin had his accident when he did, I can imagine him staying with Gong for much much longer than he did, the music would certainly have been pure Gong still but I do think that we would never have had Hillage, Blake and Moerlen as I think PIP may have remain with Gong a little longer had Kevin been there.

  • @arcrs40
    @arcrs40 Před rokem

    likeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • @feltongailey8987
    @feltongailey8987 Před rokem +2

    This is a lovely trip....drug free....nearly.

  • @planetwaft349
    @planetwaft349 Před 2 měsíci +1

    You must agree Didier is the best sax player ever. !
    Let me know of anyone better.

  • @fjodorgarrincha6584
    @fjodorgarrincha6584 Před rokem +6

    I suppose it's KEVIN on the bass, the improvisations get much more exciting. Gong getting a bit Soft Machine.
    And I guess, a part of Gillie and Didier, the other guys are Christian Trietsch & Pip Pyle. Correct me, please, if I'm wrong. Amazing stuff this recording !

    • @dantean
      @dantean Před rokem +1

      I'm guessing this is either Tritsch or possibly Archie Leggett playing bass and not Kevin. I think it's a bit advanced for Kevin's playing. I could easily be wrong, though.

    • @simonbooth244
      @simonbooth244 Před rokem +1

      & I believe rhe young'un is Samuel Wyatt..

    • @leguennecjo9495
      @leguennecjo9495 Před 11 měsíci

      It's Christian tritsch..

  • @julianbeadle4307
    @julianbeadle4307 Před 10 dny

    Did that just go into 'set the controls for the heart of the sun'? Or am I tripping?

  • @hopebgood
    @hopebgood Před rokem +1

    18:30 Selene 😉

  • @FlyingTeacup
    @FlyingTeacup Před rokem +1

    Cheez Pleez

  • @toddsmemory1499
    @toddsmemory1499 Před 3 lety +4

    What was this line up ?
    No albums with this configuration?
    Thanks

    • @Vibracobra23_Original
      @Vibracobra23_Original Před 3 lety +16

      Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, Gilly Smith, Pip Pyle, Didier Melherbe and Christian Tritsch

    • @davehubbard4285
      @davehubbard4285 Před 2 lety

      i heard these tracks on a album called history and mystery of gong ,probably could source from the gong appreciation society

    • @beahafkenscheid8421
      @beahafkenscheid8421 Před rokem

      ​@@Vibracobra23_Original Steve Hillage?

    • @Vibracobra23_Original
      @Vibracobra23_Original Před rokem

      @@beahafkenscheid8421 No, not on this one, just those listed above.

  • @Al59redux
    @Al59redux Před 2 lety +3

    The bass in Clarence sounds like Ob-la-di Ob-la-da :)

  • @lesleyt4327
    @lesleyt4327 Před 2 lety +1

    I Love the photograph that accompanies this , does anyone know who the people are in the picture? , I think it is Kevin Ayers with the bowl on his head and Daevid Allen sat cross legged in the middle but who are the others?

    • @marsadale
      @marsadale Před rokem

      didier in the red pants

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 Před rokem +2

      Gilli in the front with head turned ...not sure if the kid is Tally or Orlando ...Bloomdido in the red pants to the right...Kevin behind Gilli ...not sure if thats Tim Blake standing ...Rest in peace guys ...miss ya

    • @lesleyt4327
      @lesleyt4327 Před rokem +4

      @@gilwood7530 aw thank you , many decades ago I used to study my older brothers copy of Camambert Electrique and the photo on the back of that album was the most interesting picture of alternative living my childish eyes had ever seen 😂 I was hooked.

    • @gilwood7530
      @gilwood7530 Před rokem +2

      @@lesleyt4327 I worked on the America reunion / solo tours in the 90s ...the most beautiful people you could ever meet ! Theres a reason Gilli is the mother of everything !!!

    • @taffmanetothyme7
      @taffmanetothyme7 Před rokem +4

      Pretty sure it's Pip Pyle (drummer) standing in the background on the right.

  • @fjodorgarrincha6584
    @fjodorgarrincha6584 Před 11 měsíci +1

    And by the way, what does he carry on his head the KEVIN ? Is it a cup of tea ? Or a bowl of soup ?

  • @pierrepicot3706
    @pierrepicot3706 Před 5 měsíci

    Bettween : Zappa ; Soft Machine ; Beefhart ; Doors ; Stepin'''wolf ; Wayne Horrwitz ; John Zorn...

  • @camiloflores8961
    @camiloflores8961 Před rokem +1

    Nick Drake on Gong? Hehe

  • @GohAhweh
    @GohAhweh Před 7 měsíci

    🩵

  • @bernab
    @bernab Před 4 lety +2

    Funny

  • @RaBob
    @RaBob Před rokem +3

    CHEESE PLEASE!!!!

  • @fjodorgarrincha6584
    @fjodorgarrincha6584 Před 11 měsíci

    Trietsch or Tritsch, but what does Kevin do then ?
    Just sing on one song ?

    • @HeidiLandRover
      @HeidiLandRover Před 5 měsíci +1

      This was on the cassette "Alien Goes Over The Top". The credits there said Kevin was on guitar.
      If the photo here is contemporary then it's Submarine Captain, Kevin, Gilli, Daevid, Pip Pyle (I think) and Bloomdido.

  • @pierrepicot3706
    @pierrepicot3706 Před 5 měsíci

    Enough good guitar player & a lot metrics :: good expérimentale stuff

  • @daisywrabbit
    @daisywrabbit Před 9 měsíci +1

    🍄🌼🍌

  • @user-ir2sp5gj6q
    @user-ir2sp5gj6q Před 6 měsíci

    Who's the kid?

    • @user-tp6fo7im3d
      @user-tp6fo7im3d Před 2 měsíci +1

      Probably Gilli's son, or Daevid's. He does some brief vocals on "Magick Brother".

  • @andrewhowson33
    @andrewhowson33 Před rokem +1

    Remaster it.

  • @peterfreeman6677
    @peterfreeman6677 Před 4 lety +2

    Disappointing. I'm a fan of Kevin Ayers, but this is rambling and self-indulgent. I don't know how he got roped into it.

    • @Cloudsagain1
      @Cloudsagain1 Před 4 lety +18

      Gong, and Kevin aswell, may be sometimes rambling and self-indulgent, but I don't feel it here. Kevin got "roped" into it because he was a close friend of Daevid, and his partner with Robert Wyatt in the first Soft Machine !

    • @dbyrd
      @dbyrd Před 4 lety +9

      Yeaaah.. I don't know about that.
      Have you tried the [3-(2-Dimethylaminoethyl)-1H-indol-4-yl] dihydrogen phosphate tea yet?

    • @philippemetois6491
      @philippemetois6491 Před 4 lety +4

      I believe it is the best version of Clarence in wonderland

    • @peterfreeman6677
      @peterfreeman6677 Před 4 lety +4

      @@dbyrd No, but I bet Harrods have got it.

    • @emilyoshiro
      @emilyoshiro Před 3 lety +5

      You really had to be there, Kevin was a member of Gong, and, they had great THC chemistry together, for one lp, enjoy Bananamoon