Flying Teapot (album)

"Flying Teapot" is an album by Gong, originally released in 1973. Co-titled "Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1", it is the first of the Radio Gnome Trilogy of albums, and was followed by Angel's Egg and You. The Trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology.

Recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, it was produced by Giorgio Gomelsky and engineered by "Simon Sandwitch 2 aided by Tom Zen" (presumably Simon Heyworth and Tom Newman).

Track listing

#"Radio Gnome Invisible" (Allen) 5:30
#"Flying Teapot" (Allen / Moze) 12:30
#"The Pot Head Pixies" (Allen) 3:00
#"The Octave Doctors & The Crystal Machine" (Blake) 2:00
#"Zero The Hero & The Witch's Spell" (Allen / Tritsch) 9:45
#"Witch's Song / I Am Your Pussy" (Smyth / Allen) 5:10

Personnel

The original personnel listing is as follows:
*PON VOICEBOX Dingo Virgin & Hi T Moonweed the favourite
*ORGONE BOX & SPACE WHISPER the Good Witch Yoni
*VCS 3BOX CYNTHIA SIZE A & CRYSTAL MACHINE by hi T Moonweed (the favourite)
*SPLIT SAX ie tenna & soprasax & so flooth by The Good Count Bloomdido Bad De Grass
*GITBOX Stevie Hillside (spermguitar & slow whale) The Submarine Captain (sideral slideguitar & Dogfoot) Dingo Virgin & others (aluminium croonguitar & stumblestrum)
*VCS3 FERTILISED ELECT PIANO & LEFT BANK UPTIGHTRIGHT PNO & SHAKESPERIAN MEAT BASS: Francis Bacon
*DRUMBOX KICKS AND KNOCKS Lawrence the alien
*CONGOX by Rachid Whoarewe the Treeclimber
*ROAD CREW & TRUX Venux De Luxe SWITCH DOCTOR Wiz De Kid LIGHTS & DukeWhich boils down to:
*Daevid Allen - vocals, guitar
*Steve Hillage - guitar
*Gilli Smyth - vocals
*Didier Malherbe - saxes, flute
*Tim Blake - keyboards, vocals
*Christian Tritsch - guitar
*Francis Moze - keyboards, bass
*Laurie Allan - drums
*Rachid Houari - percussion