Angel's Egg
In October, Allen, Smyth and the rest of Gong moved into an abandoned 12-room hunting lodge called Pavilion du Hay, near Voisines and Sens, 120 km south-east Paris. They would be based there until early 1974. In late 1972 they were joined by electronic musician Tim Blake. Later Steve Hillage and Pierre Moerlen also joined to record the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy" which consisted of "Flying Teapot", "Angel's Egg" and "You". The band signed with Virgin Records in 1973 after BYG Records went bankrupt during recording of "Flying Teapot" at Richard Branson's Manor Studio. Gong was Branson's second Virgin release after Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells". According to Allen, in his book "Gong Dreaming 2", the idea of the flying teapot was influenced by Russell's teapot.