Gong est Mort, Vive Gong (translated as "Gong Is Dead, Long Live Gong") is a double live album by the progressive rock group Gong, recorded on 28 May 1977 at the Hippodrome, Paris, France, and originally released in 1977 as a double LP by Tapioca Records, France.

Overview

Gong appeared as the headlining act in a 24-hour marathon festival which also included sets by Tim Blake, Lady June, Strontium 90, Steve Hillage, "Shamal Gong", "Gong-Expresso" and Daevid Allen & Euterpe. The poster advertising the event can be seen in the photo collage included in the album Gong Live Etc, also released in 1977. The Gong lineup was a reunion of the Angel's Egg/You-era band, featuring the return of Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, who had left in 1975 and so were not part of the then-current Gong-Expresso (which would eventually change its name to Pierre Moerlen's Gong). Their set included most of the music from four albums - Camembert Electrique and the three albums of the Radio Gnome Invisible trilogy - therefore this album documents less than half of the performance and some songs are absent or incomplete. Many are slightly renamed from their original titles.

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Side three

Side four

Personnel

Credits