You (Gong album)

Infobox Album | Name = You
Type = Album
Artist = Gong


Released = 1974
Recorded = 1974
Genre = Psychedelic rock, progressive rock, space rock
Length = 44:35
Label = Virgin Records
Producer = Simon Heyworth
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:jifpxqu5ld0e link] | Last album = "Greasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall"
(1973)
This album = "You"
(1974)
Next album = "Shamal"
(1975)

"You" is an album by psychedelic rock band Gong, recorded and originally released in 1974.Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, the original side 1 (the first five tracks listed below) was mixed at Pye, Marble Arch, side 2 at the Manor. Produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and engineered by Simon Heyworth.

"You" is the third of the "Radio Gnome Trilogy" of albums, following Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg. The Trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Gong
#Thoughts for Naught (given as 'Thought for Naught' on original LP sleeve)
#A P.H.P.'s Advice
#Magick Mother Invocation
#Master Builder
#A Sprinkling of Clouds
#Perfect Mystery (given as 'Perfect Mistery' on original LP sleeve)
#The Isle of Everywhere
#You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever

Personnel

*Mike Howlett - bass guitar
*Pierre Moerlen - percussion
*Mirielle Bauer - percussion
*Benoit Moerlen - percussion
*Steve Hillage - lead guitar
*Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Glad de Brasse") - wind instruments and vocals
*Tim Blake ("Hi T Moonweed") - Moog and EMS systhesisers and Mellowdrone
*Daevid Allen ("Dingo Virgin") - vocal locust and Glissandoz guitar
*Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") - poems and space whisper
*Miquette Giraudy ("Bambaloni Yoni") - wee voices and Chourousings

Also credited: "Venux De Luxe" (Francis Linon) Switch Doctor and stage sound, Wizz De Kidd (lighting) and David ID (road management).