About Time (New York Gong album)
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About Time is a 1979 album by Daevid Allen
and Gong
-offshot New York Gong. The basic line-up of New York Gong would continue as Material
.
"Much Too Old" / "I Am A Freud" was issued as a 1979 7" single (Charly, CYS 1056), and "Jungle Windo(w)" / "Much Too Old" / "Materialism" as a 1980 10" EP.
Allen also released the 1982 album Divided Alien Playbax 80 which featured tracks recorded during these sessions. A further album, Daevid Allen and the Divided Alien Clockwork Band was released in 1997 (Blueprint, BP 269) of a live performance from the Squat Theatre, New York, August 1980 which featured tape loops from the Divided Alien Playbax 80 album. The Daevid Allen 1983 Alien in New York EP (Charly Records, CYZ 10) featured two tracks which were also based on tapes loops from these sessions.
Daevid Allen
Daevid Allen , sometimes credited as Divided Alien, an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist is co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine and Gong .-Biography:In 1960, inspired by the Beat Generation writers he had discovered...
and Gong
Gong (band)
Gong is a Franco-British progressive/psychedelic rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Their music has also been described as space rock. Other notable band members include Allan Holdsworth, Tim Blake, Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage, Francis Moze, Mike Howlett...
-offshot New York Gong. The basic line-up of New York Gong would continue as Material
Material (band)
For the rock band of the same name, see The MaterialMaterial is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.-1978-82: The band:...
.
"Much Too Old" / "I Am A Freud" was issued as a 1979 7" single (Charly, CYS 1056), and "Jungle Windo(w)" / "Much Too Old" / "Materialism" as a 1980 10" EP.
Allen also released the 1982 album Divided Alien Playbax 80 which featured tracks recorded during these sessions. A further album, Daevid Allen and the Divided Alien Clockwork Band was released in 1997 (Blueprint, BP 269) of a live performance from the Squat Theatre, New York, August 1980 which featured tape loops from the Divided Alien Playbax 80 album. The Daevid Allen 1983 Alien in New York EP (Charly Records, CYZ 10) featured two tracks which were also based on tapes loops from these sessions.
Side 1
- "Preface" (Daevid AllenDaevid AllenDaevid Allen , sometimes credited as Divided Alien, an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist is co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine and Gong .-Biography:In 1960, inspired by the Beat Generation writers he had discovered...
, Michael BeinhornMichael BeinhornMichael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
) – 1:28 - "Much Too Old" (Allen, Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
) – 2:43 - "Black September" (Allen, Cliff Cultreri) – 4:03
- "Materialism" (Laswell, Cultreri) – 3:12
- "Strong Woman" (Allen, Bill Bacon) – 4:30
- "I Am a Freud" (Allen) – 1:46
Side 2
- "O My Photograph" (Allen) – 9:10
- "Jungle Windo(w)" (Allen) – 6:19
- "Hours Gone" (Allen) – 4:05
Personnel
- Daevid AllenDaevid AllenDaevid Allen , sometimes credited as Divided Alien, an Australian poet, guitarist, singer, composer and performance artist is co-founder of psychedelic rock groups Soft Machine and Gong .-Biography:In 1960, inspired by the Beat Generation writers he had discovered...
– rhythm guitar, glissando guitar, vocals - Cliff Cultreri – guitar (2,3,4,6,7)
- Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
– bass - Fred MaherFred MaherFred Maher is an American drummer, programmer and record producer.He was a member of Massacre , Material, Scritti Politti, Lou Reed, and is best known as the producer of I'm Talking's album Bear Witness , Lou Reed's album New York , Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend , and Information Society's self...
– drums - Bill Bacon – drums
- Michael BeinhornMichael BeinhornMichael Beinhorn is an American musician and record producer.Beinhorn started his professional career as a musician, playing keyboards in Bill Laswell's Material during the 1980s...
– synthesiser ("Preface") - Gary WindoGary WindoGary Windo was a jazz tenor saxophonist.He came from a musical family in England and by age six took up drums and accordion, then guitar at 12, and finally saxophone at 17. He lived in the United States in the 1960s, but returned to England in 1969...
– tenor sax ("Jungle Windo(w)") - Don Davis – alto sax ("I Am a Freud")
- Mark KramerMark KramerMark Kramer , known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, record producer and founder of the New York City record label Shimmy-Disc...
– organ ("Hours Gone")