Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'/Mothergong/Xitintoday

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If you want to check out my online reviews and  CDS sales of Gilli Smyth and related, go to:
www.progressive-rockcds.com/en-gb/dept_70.html
and you should find what you want that's still available.
Andy G (from the work computer as my home one crashed two weeks ago and is still being rebuilt!!!!)

>  from:    Mick Crook <m.j.crook at TALK21.COM>
>  date:    Fri, 30 Jan 2004 22:35:05
>  to:      BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
>  subject: Re: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'/Mothergong/Xitintoday
>
> Is 'Mother' available on CD?
>
> Thanks
> Mick
>
>
> > On further listens today, 'Fairy Tales' may actually be better than 'Eye',
> >but I think 'Mother' by Gilli is still superior to both the other two.
> >
> >If you take 'Mother', 'Good Morning' By Daevid Allen, and 'Now is the
> >Happiest Time of your life' also by Daevid, and some of the material from
> >the Allen/Smyth/Williamson album 'Stroking the Tail of the Bird' you pretty
> >much have the core of great recordings Daevid and Gilli did (post trilogy
> >Gong) in Deya during the mid to late 70's.
> >
> >The covers not ugly enough for Nik ;-)
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List
> >[mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]On Behalf Of dave hall
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 4:00 PM
> >To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> >Subject: Re: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'/Mothergong/Xitintoday
> >
> >
> >I beg to differ! Fairy Tales is much better - I remember when it came out
> >there was a bit of talk about whether or not the cover was based on Nik.
> >DAVE
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rich <cosmicdolphin at COMCAST.NET>
> >To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> >Date: 28 January 2004 01:52
> >Subject: OFF: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'/Mothergong/Xitintoday
> >
> >
> >EBS sneaked out 'Xitintoday' on CD in 1997 with very little promotion. It
> >does have an interesting selection of people performing on it.
> >
> >One CD featuring Nik that sometimes people forget about is 'Fairy Tales' by
> >Mother Gong, he's credited as playing Muzma   Oboe.
> >
> >Fairy Tales is pretty much what it says it is, 3 Fairy Tales set to Music
> >by
> >Harry Williamson and Gilli Smyth.
> >
> >(Note: If you have money, and have a choice of Mother Gong CDs, buy 'Eye'
> >instead it's a better album, or even better Gilli Smyths solo LP, 'Mother'
> >recorded in Deya with Daevid. ;-)
> >
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List
> >[mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET]On Behalf Of dave hall
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:15 PM
> >To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> >Subject: Re: OFF: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'
> >
> >
> >Alan Powell and Andy Anderson are on there too!
> >
> >Dave
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jon Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
> >To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> >Date: 26 January 2004 23:41
> >Subject: Re: OFF: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, dave hall wrote:
> >
> > 1978. Around about the time that Hillage and Blake were on the
> >Xitintoday.
> > Dave
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Jarrett <jjarrett at CHIARK.GREENEND.ORG.UK>
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
> > Date: 15 November 2003 17:19
> > Subject: Re: OFF: Steve Hillage 'Light in the Sky'
> >
> >
> > >On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Rich Warren wrote:
> > >
> > > Having been a Gong Fan for many moons, I picked the new Virgin/EMI
> >Steve
> > Hillage
> > > Compilation 'Light in the Sky'
> > >
> > > What a cracking album, very glad I picked it up indeed, has a superb
> >b
> > side
> > > collaboration with Tim Blake called 'Shimmer', and 'Ether Ships' is
> >just
> > a
> > > phenomenal track. 'Activation Meditation/The Glorious Om Riff' is
> >truly
> > awesome.
> > >
> > >        I don't suppose any suitably pot-headed people would know when
> > >that's from exactly so I can stick it in the colaborations file, would
> > >they?
> >
> >        I hadn't noticed Blake on _Xitintoday_'s credits. Shows how much I
> >know... Thanks for that. Maybe some day this version of the file will make
> >it to the web, you never know. Yours,
> >                                      Jon
> >
> >ObCD: Harvey Bainbridge - _Interstellar Chaos_
> >--
> >                Jonathan Jarrett, Birkbeck College, London
> >    jjarrett at chiark.greenend.org.uk/ejarr01 at students.bbk.ac.uk
> >  "As much as the vision of the blind man improves with the rising sun,
> >       So too does the intelligence of the fool after good advice."
> >       (Bishop Theodulf of Orleans, late-eight/early-ninth century)
> >
> >
>
> May there always be starlight on the path...Burnham Jr.
>
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