Mother Gong Robot Woman 2
1982 Vinyl
Prog Rock
Pop Rock
Art Rock

Main image
Shanghai
tracks a1 to a4, b1, b2, b4 bass Dane Kronenberg
tracks a6 to b1, b3, b5 bass Harry Williamson
tracks a6 bells, wind chimes Harry Williamson
tracks a1, a2, b2, b4 chorus Harry Williamson
tracks b6 cymbal [chinese] Guy Evans
design [cover], artwork by [cartoon] Pete Woolley
tracks a1 to a3, a5 to a7, b3 to b5 drums Guy Evans
tracks b2, b6 drums [paperdrums] Guy Evans
tracks a6 drums [paperdrums], conch Dave Sawyer
tracks a7 drums [tube] Guy Evans
tracks a2, a6, b1, b4 flute Didier Malherbe
tracks a2, a3, a7 to b2, b4 guitar Harry Williamson
tracks b3 percussion [coconut] Dave Sawyer
tracks a6, b2 percussion [flexitone] Guy Evans
tracks b1 percussion, effects [siren] Guy Evans
tracks b6 performer [mouthpiece] Didier Malherbe
tracks a1, b5 piano Harry Williamson
tracks a1 to a3, b1, b2 saxophone Didier Malherbe
tracks a6 scraper Guy Evans
tracks a1 to a3, a6, b1, b2, b5, b6 synthesizer Harry Williamson
tracks a1, b1 timpani Guy Evans
tracks a1 to a3, a5 to b3, b6 vocals Gilli Smyth
tracks a1 to a3, b3 vocals Harry Williamson
tracks a1, a2, a7 vocals [space whisper] Gilli Smyth
written-by Gilli Smyth
written-by Harry Williamson
Phonographic Copyright (p) Music Galore Ltd.
Copyright (c) Music Galore Ltd.
Pressed By Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Pressed By Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Published By Beijing
Mastered At Utopia Studios
Recorded At Otter Studios
Recorded at our home in North Devon, England.
The backing for The Moving Walkway was recorded in a green pyramid in a field in Wales, Summer '78 on Nik Turner's 4-track. [Note : likely to be a recording of the rehearsal for Nik Turner's Live At Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978]

℗ & © 1982 Music Galore Ltd.

Poster (2' x 3' black & white, double-sided & designed for coloring) included with story line comics, lyrics, credits, and liner notes.

Early pressings have a 'Mother Gong' sticker (2 x 2 square, green with black text) affixed to the upper right front cover which identify the artist.

In the track-by-track credits, some song titles are different to the tracklist on back cover and labels :
- track A4 : Walkway instead of The Moving Walkway
- track A5 : Marathon instead of The Upwardly Mobile Song
- track A6 : Elephants And Tigers instead of Tigers Or Elephants
- track B5 : My Life instead of Looking For

Years ago Brian Leafe, Mr. Shanghai Records, told Planet Gong that all his Gong related releases, (Death of Rock, Ex Don't Stop and Robot Woman 2 and 3) were one off pressings of 3000 copies and no more were ever manufactured. Such information I wouldn't trust from most record label CEOs, but Brian was a decent chap (too decent to remain in the music biz in fact), and so I'd take those figures as definitive.

Month of release information from Record Collector Magazine March 1994 p.116

Matrix / Runout: HAI-100-A LYN-12415-IUT (Side A)
Matrix / Runout: HAI-100-B LYN-12416-IUT [lyre symbol] JEFF (Side B)
Matrix / Runout: HAI-100-A LYN-12415-IUT ƱJEFF (Side A Etched Ver2)
Matrix / Runout: HAI-100-A LYN-12415-IUT ƱJEFF (Side B Etched Ver2)



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