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ESOTERIC RECORDINGS ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF A NEWLY REMASTERED AND EXPANDED EDITION OF THIS ACCLAIMED ALBUM BY PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG. BY THE LATE 1970S PERCUSSIONIST PIERRE MOERLEN HAD TAKEN OVER THE LEADERSHIP OF GONG AND HAD STEERED THE BAND AWAY FROM PSYCHEDELIC SPACE ROCK AND TOOK THE BAND INTO A JAZZ ROCK DIRECTION, ONE IN WHICH THE BAND EXCELLED. AFTER RECORDING SEVERAL ALBUMS WITH VIRGIN, MOERLEN SIGNED WITH ARISTA RECORDS IN 1978. FOLLOWING THE ALBUMS "DOWNWIND" AND "TIME IS THE KEY" (ALSO AVAILABLE ON ESOTERIC), MOERLEN'S BAND RECORDED THIS CLASSIC LIVE ALBUM. WITH HANSFORD ROWE ON BASS AND BON LOZAGA ON GUITAR. THE LIVE RECORDINGS ALSO SAW SAXOPHONIST AND FLAUTIST DIDIER MALHERBE CONTRIBUTE ALONG WITH SPECIAL GUEST MIKE OLDFIELD. THIS ESOTERIC RECORDINGS EDITION HAS BEEN REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL ANALOGUE MASTER TAPES AND FULLY RESTORES THE ORIGINAL ALBUM ARTWORK.
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Type: CD
Recorded: 1980
Release Date: 2011-02-28
Label: Esoteric
Country: Euro
Item No: ECLEC2251
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Track List
01 Downwind
02 Mandrake
03 Golden dilemma
04 Soli
05 Drum solo
06 Esnuria
07 Crosscurrents