BYG Label

" Featuring rare tracks by the likes of Vangelis, Gong, Brigitte Fontaine, Art Ensemble Of Chicago – many of which have never appeared on any format away from their original releases.
On paper a label like BYG shouldn't have worked. A collapsed business plan salvaged from the flames of a Molotov cocktail. A makeshift label built around second hand music, handshake deals, alter egos and backstabs after scratches; resulting in an unexpected explosion of positive and spiritual energy emerging from political turmoil in an unsympathetic era united and guided under a divine symbol - that was stolen as a marketing mascot from a plastic key fob.
‘The BYG Deal’ featuring early, rare, desperate and covert recordings by Vangelis, Gong, Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Brigitte Fontaine, Jean-Claude Vannier and members of Soft Machine, Procol Harum, Popera Cosmic, Visitors, MAGMA, Aphrodite’s Child and Los Bravos.
Between 1968 and 1974 the combination of B, Y and G might not have been the surefire code to financial fulfilment but the indelible contribution to experimental pop, free jazz, spiritual prog rock and total space music would continue to send positive vibrations through future generations of progressive pop. "

Tracklisting:

• Alice - Que Pouvons - Nous Faire Ensemble?
• François Wertheimer - L’Automne
• Brigitte Fontaine And Areski - Ca Va Faire Un Hit
• Gong - Hip Hypnotise You
• Alan Jack - N'y Change Rien
• Couer Magique - Madmoiselle Marie
• Valerie Lagrange - Si Ma Chanson Pouvait
• Alpha Beta - Astral Abuse
• Jacques Barsamian - Rockers En Liberté
• Ame Son - Je Veux Juste Dire
• Rock Out - Art Ensemble Of Chicago
• Gong - Rational Anthem
• Freedom - Dirty Water
• Vangelis - Stuffed Tomato
• Ame Son - Eclosion (Marie Aux Quatre Vents)
• Paul Semama - Mon Petit Garcon
• Inter-Groupie Psychotherapeutic Elastic Band - Floating
• Banana Moon - All I Want Is Out Of Here
• Alice - Viens
• Couer Magique - Pacha
• Joachim And Rolf Kuhn - Bloody Rockers
• Gong - Mother Long Shanks (Oh Mother I Am Your Fantasy)

For further details: see the site of Finders Keepers