Leave It Open (album)

Leave It Open is the fifth studio album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in 1981.

The album is notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, and features the American jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano, the band's only album to do so, and was their last release for a major label.

Track listing

Personnel

• Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, keyboards, synthesizer bass, rhythm guitar
• Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar
• Bon Lozaga – guitar
• François Causse – percussion, drums

• Charlie Mariano – saxophone <small>(1, 2, 3, 4)</small>
• Demelza – congas <small>(1)</small>
• Brian Holloway – rhythm guitar <small>(2)</small>

Production credits

• Nick Bradford – assistant
• Gordon Johnson – assistant
• Ian Jones – assistant
• Graham Lawson – executive producer
• Keith Moore – assistant
• Sheila Rock – photography

References

• Macan, E. L., Macan, E. (1997). Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture. Germany: Oxford University Press. p.&nbsp;243
• https://www.allmusic.com/album/leave-it-open-mw0000447018