25th Birthday Party

25th Birthday Party
Live album by Gong
Released	Nov 10, 1995
Recorded	October 1994
Genre	Psychedelic rock, alternative rock[1]
Length	109:40 Disc 1: 67:45, Disc 2: 41:55[2]
Label	Voiceprint
Producer	Jonny Greene, Rob Ayling
Gong live chronology
Live On T.V. (1990) 25th Birthday Party (1995) Live Floating Anarchy 1991 (1995)

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Allmusic	[1]

25th Birthday Party is a recording of the Gong 25th Birthday concerts in October 1994.

1. "Thom Intro" (Thom) – 1:18
2. "Floating into a Birthday Gig" (Allen, Blake, Howlett, Lewry, Pyle, Smyth) – 5:39
3. "You Can't Kill Me" (Allen) – 6:20
4. "Radio Gnome 25" (Allen, Lewry) – 7:11
5. "I Am Your Pussy" (Allen, Smyth) – 4:56
6. "Pot Head Pixies" (Allen) – 2:54
7. "Never Glid Before" (Hillage) – 5:47
8. "Sad Street" (Hillage, Smyth) – 6:28
9. "Eat That Phonebook" (Malherbe) – 3:27
10. "Gnomic Address" (Blake) – 1:36
11. "Flute Salad" (Malherbe) – 2:32
12. "Oily Way" (Allen, Malherbe) – 3:26
13. "Outer Temple/Inner Temple" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Malherbe) – 5:25
14. "She Is the Great Goddess" (Blake, Smyth) – 3:05
15. "Iaom Riff" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 7:34

1. "Clouds Again" (Blake) – 9:57
2. "Tri-Cycle Gliss" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 10:51
3. "Get a Dinner" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:03
4. "Zero Where Are You?" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 1:29
5. "Be Who You Are My Friends" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:33
6. "It's the World of Illusion" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 3:00
7. "Why Don't You Try" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 2:19
8. "I Am You" (Allen, Blake, Hillage, Howlett, Smyth) – 6:37
9. "Introducing the Musicians" (Allen, Blake, Howlett, Lewry, Pyle, Smyth) – 3:03

Musicians

• Daevid Allen – guitar, vocals
• Tim Blake – synthesizer, vocals
• Mike Howlett – bass, bass guitar
• Didier Malherbe – flute, saxophone, vocals
• Pip Pyle – Drums
• Stephen Lewry – guitar, vocals
• Gilli Smyth – space whisper, vocals, whisper
• Shyamal Maitra – vocals

Production

• Daevid Allen – editing, mixing
• Bob Delvishio – photography
• Nigel Gilroy – mixing
• Peter Hartl – design
• Mike Howlett – editing, mixing
• Pierre Moerlen – composer
• Mike O'Brien – photography
• Steffy Sharpstring – editing, mixing
• Grant Showbiz – Mixing
• Chris Thorpe – editing, engineer, mixing
• Don Walker – digital editing

• "Gong - The Birthday Party at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.