Gong La Vieille Grille Club Paris 1968

Probably the very first Gong recording ever made. A part from an Interview I did with Daevid in 2005 Udi: “I read somewhere that the first gig was attended by Yoko Ono & Ornette Coleman and that a TV crew filmed the show. Is there any footage of that? Daevid: I would love to find it. its worth remembering that Yoko & Ornette were doing performance art upstairs on the main stage & we were down in the newly christened & very avant garde psychedelic cellar. We didn’t play together. Gilli was subsequently offered a role in the sound track as orgasmic special fx but the film was pretty standard & boring. Aymeric Leroy - Calyx website - “Early 1968 Gong residency at La Vieille Grille restaurant French TV programme Le Petit Dimanche Illustré Personnel: daevid allen: guitar and vocals Gilli Smyth: vocals Ziska Baum vocals Loren Standlee: flute