Leave It Open (album)

Leave It Open
Studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Released 1981 (1981)
Recorded Stars & Stripes, London
Genre Jazz rock, progressive rock
Length 38:15
Label Arista
Producer Pierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Time is the Key
(1979)Time is the Key1979		 Leave It Open
(1981)		 Breakthrough
(1986)Breakthrough1986

Leave It Open is an album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong, released in 1981.[1]

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of mallet percussion, 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.[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Leave It Open"17:25
2."How Much Better It Has Become"3:29
Side two
No.TitleLength
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"4:13
4."Adrien"3:46

Personnel

with

Production credits

  • Nick Bradford – assistant
  • Gordon Johnson – assistant
  • Ian Jones – assistant
  • Graham Lawson – executive producer
  • Keith Moore – assistant
  • Sheila Rock – photography

References

  1. ↑ "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Leave It Open". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-07-04.
  2. ↑ "Pierre Moerlen's Gong: Leave It Open". www.progarchives.com. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
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