John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Hooker & The Hogs (May and June of 1965) 2003

                             

 

JOHN LEE HOOKER

                       

American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Born: August 22, 1912 in Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, USA.
Died: June 21, 2001 in Los Altos, California, USA. 

THE GROUNDHOGS

                             

Groundhogs were an English blues and progressive rock band founded in late 1963. They toured

extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s, and continued sporadically into the 21st century. Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals) was the sole constant member of the group, which had gone through many personnel changes, but usually recorded and performed as a power trio. The band was active from 1963 until retiring in 2014. Since then, their first drummer has launched the Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs spinoff.

                             

 JOHN LEE HOOKER WITH THE GROUNDHOGS

                              

McPhee and the Groundhogs' most important musical legacy, this 1965 set of Hooker and the Hogs has an

unusual history. Tony McPhee and the Groundhogs first played with John Lee Hooker in June of 1964, when John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers were unable to fulfill a commitment to back Hooker on the final week of his British tour. 
                  

The Groundhogs were deputized on the spot and played their first show with him at the Twisted Wheel in

Manchester. At the end of the week, Hooker told McPhee how much he liked working with his band and agreed to use the Groundhogs as his backing band on his next visit to England. Hooker was back in May and June of 1965, and not only used them as his band but recorded this album with the Groundhogs. 
                           

The band was Tony McPhee on guitar, Peter Cruickshank on bass, Dave Boorman on drums, and Tom

Parker on keyboards -- some of the stuff here may have surfaced elsewhere, on the Interchord label (as Don't Want Nobody) with brass dubbed on, but this release consists of the undubbed recordings. The sound is raw, tight, and raunchy, some of the best band-backed recordings of Hooker's career. 
                      

He's notoriously difficult to play support for because of the spontaneity of his work, but these guys keep

up and then some, adding engaging flourishes and grace notes. Hooker is in excellent voice, and his material is as strong as any album in his output, rough, dark, and moody. 
                             

The ominous, surging "Little Dreamer" is worth the price of admission all by itself. [Some reissues add

four Hooker solo bonus tracks, which are even louder and more savage than the Groundhogs' stuff, though a little noisy (like that ever mattered with The Hook).] 
(By Bruce Eder)
                                                     

                                         

John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Hooker & The Hogs
Label:Sanctuary – 06076 81253-2, Castle Music – 06076 81253-2
Series: Sanctuary Blues Masters
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Mono 2003
Country: US
Released: May and June of 1965
Genre: Rock, Blues
Style: Modern Electric Blues
                                     

TRACKS

                              

01. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Mai Lee    3:28
02. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – I'm Losing You    3:51
03. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Little Girl Go Back To School    3:50
04. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Little Dreamer    4:17
05. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Don't Be Messin' With My Bread    3:19
06. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Bad Luck And Trouble    4:00
07. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Waterfront    4:11
08. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – No One Pleases Me But You    2:23
09. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – It's Raining Here    3:21
10. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – It's A Crazy Mixed Up World    4:14
11. John Lee Hooker With The Groundhogs – Seven Days And Seven Nights    3:38

JOHN LEE HOOKER BONUS TRACKS        
    
12. John Lee Hooker & Guests – Wandering Blues    2:56
13. John Lee Hooker & Guests – Goin' Mad Blues    3:45
14. John Lee Hooker & Guests – Black Man Blues    3:29
15. John Lee Hooker & Guests – Helpless Blues    3:41

LINE - UP

Vocals, Guitar – John Lee Hooker
Written-By – John Lee Hooker
Bass – Pete Cruikshank (tracks: 1 to 11)
Drums – Dave Boorman (tracks: 1 to 11)
Guitar – Tony McPhee (tracks: 1 to 11)Liner Notes – Tony McPhee
Organ, Piano – Tom Parker (tracks: 1 to 11)

NOTES

Tracks 1 to 11 are mono.

Flac Size: 192 MB

John Lee Hooker: The Best Of (1991) On Urban Aspirines HERE

Gong: Discography 1970 - 1979 (11 Albums)

         

 

Gong are a rock band associated with the Canterbury scene. They incorporate elements of psychedelic rock, jazz and space rock into their musical style. Anarchic, experimental, and

whimsical ensemble originally led by guitarist Daevid Allen, a founding member of the Soft Machine. The group was formed in Paris in 1967 by Australian musician Daevid Allen and English vocalist Gilli Smyth. Band members have included Didier Malherbe, Pip Pyle, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett, Tim Blake, Pierre Moerlen, Bill Laswell and Theo Travis. Others who have played on stage with Gong include Don Cherry, Chris Cutler, Bill Bruford, Brian Davison, Dave Stewart and Tatsuya Yoshida. 
                               

Gong's 1970 debut album, Magick Brother, featured a psychedelic rock sound. By the following year, the

second album, Camembert Electrique, featured the more progressive rock/space rock sound with which they would be most associated. Between 1973 and 1974, Gong released their best-known work, the allegorical Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy, consisting of Flying Teapot (1973), Angel's Egg (1973) and You (1974), which details the adventures of Zero the Hero, the Good Witch Yoni and the Pot Head Pixies from the Planet Gong. 
                                              

After You, Allen, Hillage, and Smyth left the group due to creative differences as well as fatigue. Guitarist Allen Holdsworth joined and the band drifted into virtuosic if unimaginative jazz fusion.

Hillage and Allen each released several solo albums and Smyth formed Mothergong. A number of Gong-related bands have existed over the years, including Mothergong, Gongzilla, Pierre Moerlin's Gong, NY Gong, Planet Gong, and Gongmaison. During the new millennium, Gong material continued to be released, including Live 2 Infinitea issued in the fall of 2000, as well as numerous reissues.I Am Your Egg appeared in 2006 from United States of Distribution. 
                           

Meanwhile, various lineups of the band featuring Allen and Smyth continued to perform and record intermittently, up to final album I See You, released in 2014, before Allen succumbed to cancer in

Australia on March 13, 2015 at the age of 77. Smyth died in 2016 of pulmonary pneumonia. Gong remains a quintet comprising Fabio Golfetti, lead guitar; Dave Sturt, bass; Ian East, reed and woodwinds; Kavus Torabi, guitar, vocals; and Cheb Nettles drums. In 2019 they released Universe Also Collapses for K-Scope. Rolling Stone described Gong's music as combining "psychedelic English whimsy, German kosmische space jams and Gallic libertine fusion."

                        

ALBUMS ON THIS POST 

                     

01.GONG - MAGICK BROTHER 1970
02.(DAEVID ALLEN) GONG - BANANA MOON 1971
03.GONG - CAMEMBERT ELECTRIQUE 1971
04.GONG - FLYING TEAPORT 1973
05.GONG - ANGEL'S EGG 1973
06.GONG - YOU 1974
07.GONG - SHAMAL 1976
08.GONG - GAZEUSE 1976
9.EXPRESSO II 1978
10.PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG- DOWNWIND 1979
11.PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - TIME IS THE KEY 1979
                    

01. GONG - MAGICK BROTHER 1970
                           

Gong – 1978 - Magick Brother
Label: Victor – VICP-61170
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Nov 22, 2000
Country: Japan
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock

TRACKS
                                    

EARLY MORNING SIDE        

                         

   
01. Mystic Sister   1:27
Voice – Tasmin Smyth    
02. Magick Brother  4:31 
Contrabass – Dieter Gewiffler    
03. Rational Anthemn    4:07
04. Glad To Sad To Say   3:41
Contrabass – Barre Phillips
05. Chainstore Chant    0:41
06. Pretty Miss Titty    4:02
07. Hope You Feel OK    4:24

SIDE OF THE NIGHT            

                         

08. Ego   3:57
Contrabass – Earl Freeman
Piano – Burton Green    
09. Gongsong   4:09
Contrabass – Dieter Gewiffler
Piano – Earl Freeman
10. Princess Dreaming  2:55 
Contrabass – Barre Phillips
Voice – Tasmin Smyth
11. 5 & 20 Schoolgirls    4:26
12. Cos You Got Green Hair    5:00

LINE - UP

                          

Daevid Allen – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
Gilli Smyth – space whisper
Didier Malherbe – flute, soprano saxophone
Rachid Houari – drums, percussion

ADDITIONAL PERSONEL

Barre Phillips – contrabass on 4 & 10
Earl Freeman – contrabass on 8, piano on 9
Burton Greene – piano on 8
Dieter Gewissler – bowed contrabass on 2 & 9
Tasmin Smyth (Gilli's daughter) – voices on 1 & 10

Flac Size: 280 MB

02. (DAEVID ALLEN) GONG - BANANA MOON 1971
                             

 

Daevid Allen – 1971 - Banana Moon
Label: Decal – CD LIK 63
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 1990
Country: Europe
Released: 1971    
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Jazz-Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                         

01. Time Of Your Life   3:27
Bass, Rhythm Guitar – Christian Tritsch
Drums – Pip Pyle
02. Memories   3:37
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Robert Wyatt
Written-By – Hopper, Wyatt    
03. All I Want Is Out Of Here    4:51
04. Fred The Fish    2:31
05. White Neck Blooze    5:50
06. Stoned Innocent Frankenstein    3:22
07. & His Adventures In The Land Of Flip    12:03
08. I Am A Bowl   2:47
Trombone – Nick Evans

LINE - UP

                                         

Daevid Allen – guitar and vocals
Archie Legget – bass
Robert Wyatt – drums, backing vocals; vocals and guitar ("Memories")

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Christian Tritsch – guitar and bass ("It's the Time of Your Life")
Pip Pyle – drums ("It's the Time of Your Life")
Gary Wright – piano ("Memories", "White Neck Blooze")
Gerry Fields – violin ("Fred the Fish", "Adventures in The Land of Flip")
Barry St. John, Maggie Bell – backing vocals ("White Neck Blooze")
Gilli Smyth – space whisper ("Adventures in The Land of Flip")
Nick Evans – trombone ("I Am a Bowl")
    

Flac Size: 249 MB

03. GONG - CAMEMBERT ELECTRIQUE 1971
                   

Gong – 1971 - Camembert Electrique
Label: Charly Records – CD CHARLY 11, Charly Records
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 1986
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock
Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                 

01. Radio Gnome    0:25
02. You Can't Kill Me    6:18
03. I've Bin Stone Before    4:55
04. Mister Long Shanks: O Mother, I Am Your Fantasy    3:35
05. Dynamite: I Am Your Animal    4:30
06. Wet Cheese Delirium    0:28
07. Squeezing Sponges Over Policemen's Heads    0:10
08. Fohat Digs Holes In Space    6:18
09. Tried So Hard    4:35
10. Tropical Fish: Selene    7:32
11. Gnome The Second    0:26

LINE - UP

                   

Daevid Allen ("Bert Camembert") – guitar (all but 9), vocals, bass (9)
Gilli Smyth ("Shakti Yoni") – space whisper
Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grasse") – saxophones, flute
Christian Tritsch ("Submarine Captain") – bass (all but 9), guitar (9)
Pip Pyle – drums

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Eddy Louiss – Hammond organ and piano on 3
Konstantin Simonovitch – phased piano on 5

Flac Size: 253 MB

04. GONG - FLYING TEAPORT 1973
                               

Gong – 1973 - Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)
Label: Decal – CD LIK 67
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 1990
Country: Europe
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. Radio Gnome Invisible   5:32
Written-By – Daevid Allen
02. Flying Teapot   11:54
Written-By – Daevid Allen
03. The Pot Head Pixies   3:05
Written-By – Daevid Allen
04. The Octave Doctors And The Crystal Machine  1:52 
Written-By – Tim Blake
05. Zero The Hero And The Witch's Spell   9:35
Written-By – Christian Tritsch, Daevid Allen
06. Witch's Song, I Am Your Pussy   5:08
Written-By – Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth
    

LINE - UP

                           

Daevid Allen – vocals, guitar
Gilli Smyth – space whisper
Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
Didier Malherbe – saxes, flute
Steve Hillage – guitar
Christian Tritsch – guitar
Francis Moze – bass guitar, piano
Laurie Allan – drums
Rachid Houari – congas

Flac Size: 205 MB

05. GONG - ANGEL'S EGG 1973
                       

Gong – 1973 - Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part II)
Label: Virgin – CDV 2007, Virgin – 260 762-217
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo 1990
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock
Style: Space Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                      

01. Other Side Of The Sky   7:40
Written By – Blake/Allen    
02. Sold To The Highest Buddha   4:25
Written By – Howlett/Allen
03. Castle In The Clouds   1:09
Written-By – Hillage
04. Prostitute Poem   4:52
Written-By – Smyth, Hillage
05. Givin My Luv To You   0:43
Written-By – Allen
06. Selene   3:38
Written-By – Allen
07a. Flute Salad   2:09
Written-By – Malherbe
07b. Oily Way   3:37
Written-By – Allen, Malherbe
08. Outer Temple   1:09
Written By – Blake/Hillage
09. Inner Temple   2:34
Written-By – Allen, Malherbe    
10. Percolations   0:46 
Written-By – Moerlen
11. Love Is How You Make It   3:27
Written By – Moerlen/Allen
12. I Never Glid Before   5:36
Written-By – Hillage
13. Eat That Phone Book Coda   3:12
Written-By – Malherbe
14. Ooby-Scooby Doomsday Or The D-Day DJ's Got The D.D.T. Blues   5:09
Written-By – Allen
    

LINE - UP

                                       

Bloomdido Bad De Grasse (Didier Malherbe) – ten/sop sax, floot, bi-focal vocal
Shakti Yoni (Gilli Smyth) – space whisper, loin cackle
T. Being esq. (Mike Howlett, spelled Howlitt on composer credits) – basso profundo
Sub. Capt. Hillage (Steve Hillage) – lewd guitar
Hi T. Moonweed (the favourite) (Tim Blake) – Cynthia "size a", lady voce
Pierre de Strasbourg (Pierre Moerlen, spelled Moerlin on composer credits) – bread & batteur drums, vibes, marimba
Mirielle de Strasbourg (Mireille Bauer) – glockenspiel
Dingo Virgin (Daevid Allen) – local vocals, aluminium croon, glissando guitar

Flac Size: 286 MB

06. GONG - YOU 1974

                                              

You can find the link HERE (On an older post)

07. GONG - SHAMAL 1976
                         

Gong – 1976 - Shamal
Label: Virgin – 7714153, UMC – 7714153
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Deluxe Edition, Remastered 2019 
Country: Europe
Released: 1976
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

               

CD1.  SHAMAL            

                               

01. Wingful Of Eyes    6:19
02. Chandra    7:26
03. Bambooji    5:16
04. Cat In Clark's Shoes    7:45
05. Mandrake    5:05
06. Shamal    9:05

BONUS TRACKS        

    
07. Bambooji Out (Takes Edit)    4:55
08. Chandra (Alternate Mix)    8:01
09. Wingful Of Eyes (Out-Take Edit)    5:03

Flac Size: 362 MB

CD2.  SELECTIONS FROM MARQUEE LIVE        

                       

01. Bambooji (Live)    3:33
02. The Isle Of Everywhere (Live)    15:21
03. Wingful Of Eyes (Live)    6:54
04. Master Builder (Live)    6:27
05. Drum Solo (Live)    4:54
06. Flying Teapot (Live)    3:33
07. I Never Glid Before (Live)    12:17

Flac Size: 339 MB

LINE - UP

                          

Mike Howlett – bass guitar, vocals
Didier Malherbe – tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, bansuri, gongs
Mireille Bauer – marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, gongs
Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, tubular bells
Patrice Lemoine – organ, piano, synthesizer

FORMER GONG

Steve Hillage – acoustic guitar, electric guitar ("Bambooji" and "Wingful of Eyes")
Miquette Giraudy – vocals ("Bambooji")

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Jorge Pinchevsky – violin ("Chandra", "Bambooji", "Cat In Clark's Shoes", "Shamal"), voice ("Cat In Clark's Shoes")
Sandy Colley – vocals ("Shamal")

08. GONG - GAZEUSE 1976
                               

Gong – 1976 - Gazeuse!
Label: Virgin – CDV 2074, Virgin – 260 761-217
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo 1989
Country: Europe
Released: 1976
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                          

01. Expresso   5:58
Congas – Mino Cinelou
Vibraphone, Marimba – Mireille Bauer
02. Night Illusion   3:42
Gong [African Bell-gong] – Mino Cinelou
Vibraphone – Mireille Bauer
03. Percolations: Part 1 & 2  10:02 
Gong [Part 1] – Francis Moze
Maracas [Part 1] – Mino Cinelou
Marimba [Part 1], Tom Tom [Part 2] – Mireille Bauer
Steel Guitar [Part 1] – Allan Holdsworth
Vibraphone [Part 1], Glockenspiel [Part 1], Marimba [Part 2], Timpani [Part 2] – Pierre Moerlen
04. Shadows Of   7:48
Congas, Temple Block, Gong [African Bell-gong] – Mino Cinelou
Vibraphone – Mireille Bauer
05. Esnuria   8:02
Flute – Didier Malherbe
Marimba, Glockenspiel – Mireille Bauer
06. Mireille   4:11
Piano, Electric Piano – Francis Moze
    

LINE - UP

                       

Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, marimba, timpani, glockenspiel
Didier Malherbe – tenor sax (1,5), flute (4)
Allan Holdsworth – guitars, violin, pedal steel
Mireille Bauer – vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, toms
Benoît Moerlen – vibraphone
Francis Moze – fretless bass, gong, piano
Mino Cinelu – percussion

Flac Size: 226 MB

9. EXPRESSO II 1978
                              

Gong – 1978 - Expresso II
Label: Virgin – CDV 2099, Virgin – 260 765-217
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Takt Pressing
Country: Europe
Released: 1978
Genre: Jazz, Rock
Style: Fusion, Psychedelic Rock, Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock

TRACKS

                       

01. Heavy Tune   6:22
Glockenspiel – Pierre Moerlen
Lead Guitar – Mick Taylor
Rhythm Guitar – Allan Holdsworth
02. Golden Dilemma   4:51
Guitar – Bon Lozaga
Rhythm Guitar – Hansford Rowe
Xylophone – Pierre Moerlen
03. Sleepy   7:17
Marimba, Percussion – Benoit Moerlen
Rhythm Guitar – Bon Lozaga
Soloist [Bass With Dr. Q] – Hansford Rowe
04. Soli   7:37
Soloist [Vibraphone] – Benoit Moerlen
05. Boring   6:23
Timpani, Tubular Bells – Pierre Moerlen
06. Three Blind Mice   4:47
Tubular Bells, Glockenspiel, Claves, Xylophone – Benoit Moerlen
    

LINE - UP

                      

Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, tympani, tubular bells
Benoît Moerlen – vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, percussion, claves, tubular bells
Mireille Bauer – marimba, vibraphone
Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar 

ADDITIONAL MUSICIAMS

Mick Taylor – lead guitar (1)
Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar (3, 4, 6), rhythm guitar (1)
Bon Lozaga – lead guitar (2), rhythm guitar (3)
Darryl Way – violin (3, 5)
François Causse – congas

Flac Size: 233 MB

10. PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - DOWNWIND 1979
                           

  

Pierre Moerlen's Gong – 1979 - Downwind
Label: Great Expectations – PIPCD 025
Format: CD, Album, Reissue   Jul 1991
Country: UK
Released: 1979
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock

TRACKS

                                 

01. Aeroplane    2:39
02. Crosscurrents    6:11
03. Downwind   12:30
Co-producer – Mike Oldfield
Flute – Terry Oldfield
Guitar, Bass, Drums – Mike Oldfield
Saxophone – Didier Malherbe
Synthesizer – Steve Winwood    
04. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba    3:24
05. What You Know   3:40
Guitar [Lead] – Mick Taylor    
06. Emotions    4:44
07. Xtasea    6:39

LINE - UP

                          

Pierre Moerlen – drums (1–5, 7), vibraphone (3, 6), marimba (3), concert toms (3–4), timpani (3, 7), organ (1, 7), synthesizer (2–7), electric piano (1–2), assorted percussion (3, 7), lead vocals (1), glockenspiel (3), cowbell (4), timbales (4), vocals (4–5)
Benoît Moerlen – vibraphone (1–2, 5, 7)
Hansford Rowe – bass (1–2, 4–5, 7), Wal Bass (2–3), vocals (4)
François Causse – marimba (2, 4), congas (2, 4–5)
Ross Record – guitar (1–2, 4, 7), vocals (1, 4), rhythm guitar (5)
Didier Malherbe – saxophone (3)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Didier Lockwood – violin (2, 6–7)
Mike Oldfield – guitar (3), solina strings, bass (3), Irish drum (3)
Steve Winwood – synthesizer (3)
Terry Oldfield – flute (3)
Mick Taylor – guitar (5)

Flac Size: 231 MB

11. PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - TIME IS THE KEY 1979
                          

Pierre Moerlen's Gong – 1979 - Time Is The Key
Label: Arista – 251 183
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 1992
Country: Europe
Released: 1979    
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock

TRACKS

                             

01. Ard Na Greine    6:11
02. Earthrise    2:25
03. Supermarket    3:37
04. Faerie Steps    5:34
05. An American In England    2:57
06. The Organ Grinder    3:57
07. Sugar Street    2:22
08. The Bender    3:20
09. Arabesque Intro & Arabesque    5:19
10. Esnuria Two    5:35
11. Time Is The Key    2:22

LINE - UP

                                       

                                                                              
Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, electravibe, marimba, glockenspiel, tympani, darbuka, synthesizers (7, 8)
Hansford Rowe – bass (3−11), acoustic guitar (5), bass synthesizer (11)
Bon Lozaga – guitar (3−11)
Allan Holdsworth – lead guitar (9−11)

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Darryl Way – violin (1)
Joe Kirby – double bass (1, 2)
Peter Lemer – keyboards (3−11), Polymoog (6−10)
Nico Ramsden – lead and rhythm guitar (8)

Flac Size: 272 MB