25th Birthday Party

1995 live album by Gong

25th Birthday Party

Live album by

Gong

Released| Nov 10, 1995
Recorded| October 1994
Genre| Psychedelic rock, alternative rock[1]
Length| 109:40
Disc 1: 67:45, Disc 2: 41:55[2]
Label| Voiceprint
Producer| Jonny Greene, Rob Ayling
Gong live chronology
| Live On T.V.
(1990)  | 25th Birthday Party
(1995)  | Live Floating Anarchy 1991
(1995)

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Allmusic| [1]

25th Birthday Party is a recording of the Gong 25th Birthday concerts in October 1994.

## Track listing[edit]

### Disc one[edit]

1. "Thom Intro" (Thom) – 1:18
2. "Floating into a Birthday Gig" (Allen, Blake, Howlett, Lewry, Pyle, Smyth) – 5:39
3. "You Can't Kill Me" (Allen) – 6:20
4. "Radio Gnome 25" (Allen, Lewry) – 7:11
5. "I Am Your Pussy" (Allen, Smyth) – 4:56
6. "Pot Head Pixies" (Allen) – 2:54
7. "Never Glid Before" (Hillage) – 5:47
8. "Sad Street" (Hillage, Smyth) – 6:28
9. "Eat That Phonebook" (Malherbe) – 3:27
10. "Gnomic Address" (Blake) – 1:36
11. "Flute Salad" (Malherbe) – 2:32
12. "Oily Way" (Allen, Malherbe) – 3:26
13. "Outer Temple/Inner Temple" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Malherbe) – 5:25
14. "She Is the Great Goddess" (Blake, Smyth) – 3:05
15. "Iaom Riff" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 7:34

### Disc two[edit]

1. "Clouds Again" (Blake) – 9:57
2. "Tri-Cycle Gliss" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 10:51
3. "Get a Dinner" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:03
4. "Zero Where Are You?" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 1:29
5. "Be Who You Are My Friends" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:33
6. "It's the World of Illusion" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 3:00
7. "Why Don't You Try" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:19
8. "I Am You" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 6:37
9. "Introducing the Musicians" (Allen, Blake, Howlett, Lewry, Pyle, Smyth) – 3:03

## Personnel[edit]

Musicians

* Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
* Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
* Mike Howlett – bass, bass guitar
* Didier Malherbe – flute, saxophone, vocals
* Pip Pyle – Drums
* Stephen Lewry – guitar, vocals
* Gilli Smyth – space whisper, vocals, whisper
* Shyamal Maitra – vocals

Production

* Daevid Allen – editing, mixing
* Bob Delvishio – photography
* Nigel Gilroy – mixing
* Peter Hartl – design
* Mike Howlett – editing, mixing
* Pierre Moerlen – composer
* Mike O'Brien – photography
* Steffy Sharpstring – editing, mixing
* Grant Showbiz – Mixing
* Chris Thorpe – editing, engineer, mixing
* Don Walker – digital editing

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Powers, Jim. "25th Birthday Party - Gong | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
2. ^ "Planet Gong : Archives : Discographies". planetgong.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

## External links[edit]

* "Gong - The Birthday Party at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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Gong

* Fabio Golfetti
* Dave Sturt
* Kavus Torabi
* Ian East
* Cheb Nettles

* Daevid Allen
* Gilli Smyth
* Didier Malherbe
* Pip Pyle
* Laurie Allan
* Charles Hayward
* Tim Blake
* Francis Moze
* Steve Hillage
* Mike Howlett
* Pierre Moerlen
* Miquette Giraudy
* Chris Cutler
* Bill Bruford
* Brian Davison
* Dave Stewart
* Mireille Bauer
* Stephen Lewry
* Keith Bailey
* Paul Noble
* Graham Clark
* Theo Travis
* Mark Hewins
* Cotton Casino
* Kawabata Makoto
* Tsuyama Atsushi
* Tatsuya Yoshida

Daevid Allen's Gong|

* Magick Brother
* Camembert Electrique
* Continental Circus (Soundtrack)
* Flying Teapot
* Angel's Egg
* You
* Shapeshifter
* Zero to Infinity
* Acid Motherhood
* 2032
* I See You
* Rejoice! I'm Dead!
* The Universe Also Collapses
* Unending Ascending

"Shamal" Gong|

* Shamal

Pierre Moerlen's Gong|

* Gazeuse!
* Expresso II
* Downwind
* Time is the Key
* Leave It Open
* Pentanine

Planet Gong|

* Live Floating Anarchy 1977

Mother Gong|

* Fairy Tales
* The Owl and the Tree

Live albums|

* Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall
* Glastonbury Fayre
* Gong est Mort, Vive Gong
* Gong Live Etc
* 25th Birthday Party
* Live in Sherwood Forest '75
* Live 2 Infinitea
* Acid Mothers Gong Live Tokyo
* Gong Global Family - Live in Brazil 2007
* Pulsing Signals

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* List of band members

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