Mother Gong – Fairy Tales(1979 UK Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Story)Full Album

Mother Gong biography Active between 1979 and 1994 - Reunited in 2005/2006 Mother Gong is a spin-off of GONG (no surprise regarding the name), founded by Gilli Smyth and Hari Williamson. They produced a couple of excellent albums, most notably the outstanding "Fairy Tales", the "Robot Woman" trilogy (at least the first 2 parts) and "Wild Child". Guy Evans of VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR was drummer for them on the first 2 parts of the "Robot Woman" trilogy. They continued making music in the spirit of the original GONG. Studio Album, released in 1979 Songs / Tracks Listing - Wassilissa (22:28) : 1. Three Riders (2:55) 2. The Baba-Yaga's Cottage (4:06) 3. The Forbidden Room (2:38) 4. Time Machine (1:35) 5. Flying (4:26) 6. Wassilissa Returns Home (3:05) 7. Through the Machine Again (1:03) 8. The Baba Yaga (2:40) - The Three Tongues (12:41) : 9. The Shoemaker's Son (2:13) 10. Land of Dogs (2:20) 11. The Frog (0:50) 12. An Irish Inn in Rome (1:32) 13. The Arena (0:56) 14. Turtles (1:31) 15. Birds (1:05) 16. The Feast (2:14) - The Pied Piper (14:38) : 17. Hamelin (1:03) 18. Rats Amok (0:59) 19. An Angry Crowd (2:20) 20. Rat Rock (2:16) 21. A Thousand Guilders? (1:58) 22. Children! (2:33) 23. Magic Land (3:29) Total Time: 50:17 Line-up / Musicians - Gilli Smyth / vocals - Harry Williamson / guitar - Mo Vicarage / keyboards - Didier Malherbe / woodwind, reeds - Trevor Darks / bass - Ermano Ghisio Erba / percussion, drums With: - Eduardo Niebla / guitar - Ronnie Walthen / Uilleann pipes - Marianne Oberasher / harp - Nicholas Turner / muzma, oboe - Corrina ? / voices