Gong

Gong is a Franco-British rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. Gong was formed in 1967, after Allen—then a member of Soft Machine—was denied re-entry to the United Kingdom because of a visa complication. Allen remained in France where he and a London-born Sorbonne professor, Gilli Smyth, established the first incarnation of the band. The Gong mythology contains many similarities to concepts from Buddhist belief, e.g. the search for self, the denial of absolute reality and the search for the path to enlightenment. The story should not be trivialised as mere hippy dreaming – except that in true Gong style neither should it be venerated as any sort of lore. (Read more at Wikipedia )

Links to Peel
Although Peel's distaste for so-called "prog rock" was well known, he was known to like bands with an experimental approach. In the first half of the 1970s, bands like Gong and other European groups such as Wigwam, Burnin Red Ivanhoe, Magma and Krautrock pioneers like Can, Faust,and [http://peel.wikia.com/wiki/Neu! Neu!] were regularly featured in the playlists of his shows.

Sessions

 * Three sessions. Officially released on "Pre-Modernist Wireless: The Peel Sessions " (Strange Fruit, 1995)

1. Recorded: 1971-09-11. First broadcast: 17 November 1971.
 * Magick Brother / Clarence in Wonderland / Tropical Fish/Selene

2. Recorded: 1973-05-29. First Broadcast: 12 June 1973.
 * You Can't Kill Me / Radio Gnome Direct Broadcast/Crystal Machine / Zero The Hero and the Orgasm Witch

3. Recorded: 1974-01-15. First Broadcast: 29 January 1974.
 * Captain Capricorns Dream Saloon/Radio Gnome Invisible / Oily Way

Other Shows Played
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 * 13 June 1972: Tried So Hard (LP – Camembert Electrique) BYG
 * 11 July 1972: Radio Gnome (LP – Camembert Electrique) Byg Actuel
 * 11 July 1972: You Can't Kill Me (LP – Camembert Electrique) Byg Actuel
 * 29 May 1973: Radio Gnome Invisible (LP – Flying Teapot (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 1)) Virgin
 * 17 August 1976: 5 & 20 Schoolgirls (album - Magick Brother) BYG 529.305
 * 17 August 1976: Sold To The Highest Buddha (album - Angel's Egg (Radio Gnome Invisible Part 2)) Virgin V2007
 * 17 August 1976: Children Of The New World (LP - Good Morning) Virgin (Daevid Allen & Euterpe)
 * 30 August 1977: 'Flying Teapot (2xLP-Live Etc.)' (Virgin)