a r t i s t : steve hillage
t i t l e : green
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Virgin / CDRV2098
g e n r e : Progressive Rock
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2007
t r a c k s : 14
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 93,1 MB
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Green was the 1978 followup to Motivation Radio. This time
around, Hillage and Giraudy returned to England (Motivation
Radio was recorded in Los Angeles and L was recorded in New
York). The original LP was pressed on green vinyl, came with
an insert with lyrics to all the songs, a poster with a
picture of Hillage himself with that strange symbol on his
face, and mountains in the background, and the cover to the
album was embossed. 1978 was obviously difficult times for
many British bands not willing to hop on the punk bandwagon,
but in '78 Hillage managed to stay true to the space rock that
he obviously done so well since his days with Gong. What's
even more surprising is a good deal of this album has a very
strong hippie theme to it (the lyrics dealt with being in
spiritual connection with the trees and with nature). "Sea
Nature" sounds the most like something off Motivation Radio,
reminding me of "Light in the Sky". "Ether Ships" finds
Hillage experimenting with delayed guitar. This was the method
you heard on Pink Floyd's The Wall (especially "Another Brick
in the Wall Part 1") and many of Ozric Tentacles' works (like
"Dissolution" off Pungent Effulgent). "Musick of the Trees" is
prime example of hippie-oriented lyrics, the subject literally
being he's talking to the trees. I especially love those
electronic effects near the end. "Unidentified (Flying Being)"
is one of those songs dealing with New Age mysticism, of him
not wanting his auras messed about. "Leylines Over Glassdom"
is another experiment in tape delay, but what's really
interesting is none other than Nick Mason of Pink Floyd plays
drums here! He also produced the album. It's also interesting
to note he produced Gong's Shamal (in which Hillage was
credited as a "guest" as he pretty much left the band by that
album). "The Glorious Om Riff" is actually just an
instrumental version of the theme to "Master Builder" from
Gong's You. Ozric Tentacles also happened to play that song
live in their early days and it also appeared on their early
cassette, Live Ethereal Cereal (1986), which proves how much
an impact Green had on the Ozrics. Green might not be the best
space rock album out there, but definitely you'll want this if
you like Gong, solo Hillage, or Ozric Tentacles, for that
matter
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01-Sea Nature [06:42]
02-Ether Ships [05:07]
03-Musik Of The Trees [04:54]
04-Palm Trees (Love Guitar) [05:21]
05-Unidentified (Flying Being) [04:31]
06-U.F.O Over Paris [03:10]
07-Leylines To Glassdom [04:07]
08-Crystal City [03:36]
09-Activation Meditation [01:03]
10-The Glorious Om Riff [07:53]
11-unidentified-(live at glastonbury 1979) [04:54]
12-not fade away-(live at the rainbow theatre 1977) [07:28]
13-octave doctors-(live at glastonbury 1979) [03:40]
14-meditation of the snake-(alternative mix) [03:17]
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65:43 min