''Live Floating Anarchy 1977'' is a 1978 live album by Planet Gong, a combination of
Gong
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Daevid Allen
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and
Gilli Smyth
Gillian Mary Smyth (1 June 1933 – 22 August 2016) was an English musician who performed with the bands Gong, Mother Gong, and Planet Gong and released several solo albums and albums in collaboration with other members of Gong. In Gong, s ...
and the band
Here & Now. It was recorded in
Toulouse
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on 6 November 1977, apart from the track "Opium for the People" which was a studio recording. It was originally released on the French LTM record label, run by Jean Karakos, who had previously run Tapioca and
BYG.
Track listing
Personnel
* Prof. Steffy Sharpstrings P.A. (Stephan Lewry) – guitar, lips, glissando guitar, vocal on track 2
* Keith da Missile Bass (Keith Bailey) – bass guitar and tree trunk
* Kif Kif Le Batteur (Keith Dobson) – drums and asides besides
* Gavin Da Blitz (Gavin Allardyce) – synthesizer and pinball flip
* Suze Da Blooz & Anni Wombat – choir of angels
* Gilli Smyth – space whisper & pome
* Dingbat Alien (Daevid Allen) – drongophone, nose, gliss guitar, guitar guitar, bi focal vocals & wordplay
;Technical
*
Grant Showbiz – engineer
References
External links
Band website*
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Gong (band) live albums
1978 live albums