You (Gong album)

You
Studio album by Daevid Allen's Gong
Released	4 October 1974
Recorded	Summer 1974 The Manor, Oxfordshire, England
Genre	Progressive rock[1] jazz rock[2] psychedelic rock space rock[2]
Length	44:38
Label	Virgin Records
Producer	Simon Heyworth and Gong
Daevid Allen's Gong chronology
Angel's Egg (1973) You (1974) Shapeshifter (1992)
"Shamal-Gong" chronology
You (1974) Shamal (1976)

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You is the fifth studio album by the progressive rock band Gong, released by Virgin Records in October 1974. It is the last album by Daevid Allen's iteration of the group until 1992's Shapeshifter. Recorded at Virgin's Manor Studios in Oxfordshire, England, side 1 was mixed at Pye Studios, Marble Arch, London, while side 2 was mixed at The Manor. It was produced by Simon Heyworth and Gong "under the universal influence of C.O.I.T., the Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Thibet", and also engineered by Heyworth.

You is the third of the "Radio Gnome Invisible" trilogy of albums, following Flying Teapot and Angel's Egg. The trilogy forms a central part of the Gong mythology. The structure of the album mixes short narrative pieces with long, jazzy instrumentals (such as "Master Builder", "A Sprinkling of Clouds" and "Isle of Everywhere"), building to a climax/conclusion with "You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever".