Leave It Open (album)

Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981.[1]

Leave It Open
Studio album by
Released1981 (1981)
RecordedStars & Stripes, London
GenreJazz rock, progressive rock
Length38:15
LabelArista
ProducerPierre Moerlen
Pierre Moerlen's Gong chronology
Time Is the Key
(1979)
Leave It Open
(1981)
Breakthrough
(1986)

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, 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.

Track listing

All tracks are 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" (Hansford Rowe)4:13
4."Adrien"3:46

Personnel

Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Guest musicians

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. 1981. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
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