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It’s december again. Time flies when you love listening to music…. December has provided some beautiful music through the years. Here’s an example. Musicians from various countries get together to perform Airto’s Missa Spiritual.
Here’s is an excerpt of that Missa. No Flora Purim this time but other musicians are none the less then Gil Evans on synthesizer, from Belgium: Philip Catherine on guitar, all the way from India: Tiruk Gurtu on percussion, and Fredy Santiago & Airto from Brasil.
The live concert took place in the old grand Saint Martin church in Cologna. German WDR orchestra and Vocal Ensemble. The german broadcast company did a fine job of recording this Misa. Here’s an excerpt of that concert…
Here’s some other great music of Airto from an earlier post >>>>
The flying pot head pixies got my attention again. While going through the albums on the attic I found this little gem. Never gave it much attention thinking that it was a Gong Compilation album…
But it is actually a 1970 german re-release of the original 1969 album of Daevid Allen and Gilly Smyth with, among others, Didier Malherbe.
It has become quite an collectable item nowadays and i think also because of the nice album cover and artwork of Daevid Allen (see photo’s below).
The top right corner of the frontcover has a cut-out star with the letters “Supergroups” above.
frontcover
Daevid Allen’s Gong – Magick Brother Label: Metronome – MLP 15.372, BYG Records – MLP 15.372 Series: Super Groups Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold Country: Germany – Released: 1970
Recorded September and October, 1969, Studio ETA & Studio Europa Sonor, Paris and first published in 1969 on BYG Records. All tunes by Gilli Smyth.
Early Morning Side
Mystic Sister (Voice – Tasmin Smyth) 5:54 Change The World (Bass – D. Gewiffler) 4:09 Glad To Sad To Say 3:45 Chainstone Chant : Pretty Miss Titty (Bass – Bare Phillips) 4:49 Fredfish : Hope You Feel OK 4:32
inner cover (a)
Late Night Side
Ego 3:58 (Bass – E. Freeman, Piano – B. Green) Gongsong 4:10 (Bass – D. Gewiffler, Piano – E. Freeman) Princess Dreaming 2:57 (Bass – B. Phillips, Voice – Tasmin Smyth) 5 & 20 Schoolgirls 4:30 Cos You Got Green Hair 5:06
inner cover (b)
Credits:
Art & Liner Notes – Daevid Allen Drums, Tabla – Rachid Houri Flute, Saxophone – Didier Malherbe Voice, Guitar, Bass Guitar – Daevid Allen Voices, Space Whisper – Gilly Smyth
In the mailbox today: 2 Grateful Dead items. A jigsaw puzzle of the AoxomoxoA cover and the 7″ single ‘One More Saturdaynight/Bertha’. Bought on the dutch eBay called Marktplaats.
The seller also included a photo of two heroes of mine: Paul Kantner and David Freiberg (live, 2012, NL). Thanks Hans.
Jefferson Starship Live at De Lakei, Helmond (NL) on 2012-10-26
1.Somebody To Love 2.Sunrise–>Have You Seen The Saucers? 3.Let’s Get Together 4.Wooden Ships 5.Fresh Air 6.Miracles 7.Crown Of Creation 8.Count On Me 9.Lawman 10.Ballad Of You & Me & Pooneil 11.White Rabbit 12.Volunteers
Louis Armstrong plays to his wife, Lucille, in front of the Great Sphinx and pyramids in Giza, Egypt, 1961. The Armstrongs were on a U.S. State Department-sponsored Goodwill Tour of Africa and the Middle East. Photo: Associated Press
Wondering what song he’s playing for his wife? I bet it’s his version of the beautiful Pharoah Sanders song “The Creator has a Masterplan”
