Get Ready to ROCK! » Gong https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: GONG – Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2025 21:20:15 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=105443 GONG - Esquires, Bedford, 8 November 2025There are gigs you enjoy—and then there are gigs that leave you floating somewhere between dimensions. Gong’s performance at Bedford Esquires last night was firmly in the latter category. The support act Snorkel took the stage first, the evening promised … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/11/gig-review-gong-esquires-bedford-8-november-2025/feed/ 0 Feature: Albums that time forgot…PIERRE MOERLEN’S GONG – Time Is The Key (1979) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/#comments Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:32:29 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=103285 PIERRE MOERLEN'S GONG - Time Is The Key (1979)Arista SPARTY 1105 (1979) When most people think of Gong they think of “Flying Teapot”, a quirky, idiosyncratic approach by long-time leader Daevid Allen and maybe Steve Hillage’s passage to wider attention. What sometimes gets overlooked are the later years … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/07/feature-albums-that-time-forgot-pierre-moerlens-gong-time-is-the-key-1979/feed/ 0 Album review: SPIRITS BURNING & MICHAEL MOORCOCK – An Alien Heat https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-spirits-burning-an-alien-heat/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-spirits-burning-an-alien-heat/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2018 18:23:22 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=56002 Spirits Burning - An Alien HeatGonzo/Multimedia [Release date 19.10.18] ‘An Alien Heat’ pairs Don Falcone’s innovative San Francisco band Spirits Burning with 70′s Hawkwind alumnus and sci-fi fantasy writer Michael Moorcock. Best known for his work on Hawkwind’s 1975 album ‘Warrior on the Edge of … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/10/album-review-spirits-burning-an-alien-heat/feed/ 0 Album review: TAYLOR’S UNIVERSE – Almost Perfected https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-taylors-universe-almost-perfected/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-taylors-universe-almost-perfected/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2018 06:52:16 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=54273 TAYLORMarvel Of Beauty Records [Release date 17.11.17] If it’s hard to retain a serious notion of progressive rock in a genre that arguably ran its short lived course in the early 70’s, then Robin C. Taylor takes the instrumental jazz-rock … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/08/album-review-taylors-universe-almost-perfected/feed/ 0 DVD review: DEEPLY VALE FESTIVAL– 40th Anniversary Weekend https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/dvd-review-deeply-vale-festival-40th-anniversary-weekend/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/06/dvd-review-deeply-vale-festival-40th-anniversary-weekend/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2017 19:36:48 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=46042 DEEPLY VALE FESTIVAL– 40th Anniversary WeekendOzit/Dandelion [Release date: 23.06.17] Steve Hillage the big headliner at the groundbreaking 1978 Deeply Vale Festival  describes the event as: “a legendary seminal event at an important moment in the development of British music culture in terms of free festivals.” … Continue reading →

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