Gong - 'OK Friends' (GAS)
Mike Reed | USA | 10/20/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Pulled from live recordings off of Gong's 2001 tour of the UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Itlay and France. Viva la Gong! Nicely assembled and edited by none other than the Gongship space whisper mistress, Gilli Smyth and I must say she did a fine job. Better than the 'Live 2 Infinity' disc. Tracks I thought made this CD a true keeper were "Wise Man", "Doudouk Bloomdido", the mystical "Do You Believe In Magick?", "Can't Kill Me Sax", the classic Gong piece "Invisible Temple" and the awesome closer "Selene". Much of the old gang is here, like Daevid Allen, Mike Howlett, Gilli Smyth {of course}, Didier Malherbe on doudouk, Graham Clark - violin, Theo Travis - flute & sax and Chris Taylor on drums. Most of the line-up when I saw them a year earlier. Took me a while to land down a copy at an affordable price. A worthy cosmic rock release, as well as a definite should-have."