| Leave It Open | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1981 | |||
| Recorded | Stars & Stripes, London | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 38:15 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Pierre Moerlen | |||
| Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology | ||||
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Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981.[1]
Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history.
The album features the American jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano, the band's only album to do so, and was their last release for a major label.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Leave It Open" | 17:25 |
| 2. | "How Much Better It Has Become" | 3:29 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Woke Up This Morning Felt Like Playing Guitar" | 3:36 |
| 2. | "It's About Time" (Hansford Rowe) | 6:11 |
| 3. | "Stok Stok Stok Sto-Gak" (Hansford Rowe) | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Adrien" | 3:46 |
Personnel[edit]
- Pierre Moerlen's Gong
- Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, keyboards, synthesizer bass, rhythm guitar
- Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar
- Bon Lozaga – guitar
- François Causse – percussion, drums
- Guest musicians
- Charlie Mariano – saxophone (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Demelza – congas (1)
- Brian Holloway – rhythm guitar (2)
Production credits[edit]
- Nick Bradford – assistant
- Gordon Johnson – assistant
- Ian Jones – assistant
- Graham Lawson – executive producer
- Keith Moore – assistant
- Sheila Rock – photography
References[edit]
- ^ "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Leave It Open". www.discogs.com. 1981. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p. 243
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-it-open-mw0000447018
