Notwithstanding its title, not all the tracks on the album are from the Dingwalls Dance Hall concert. Due to delays in starting the event and a 2am curfew, Henry Cow's set (billed last) was curtailed to 10 minutes, and their contribution here was recorded a week later at Virgin's Manor Studio. An outtake from this session, "Bellycan" was released on the first (re-mixed) CD-release of their album, Legend. The first Gong track was recorded at an open-air festival at Tabarka, Tunisia in June 1973, and the second was recorded live at Sheffield City HallinSheffield, England in October 1973.
Greasy Truckers was "a loose organisation of individuals whose ideals were based on those of the Diggers in San Francisco, recycling money into worthwhile causes."[1] This album was the second in a series of two albums recorded at concerts in London organised by Greasy Truckers, the first being Greasy Truckers Party (1972), released via United Artists. All proceeds from the concert and LP sales went to Greasy Truckers.
Tim Blake ("Hi T Moonweed") – Cynthia size A, crystal machine
Didier Malherbe ("Bloomdido Bad De Grass") – saxophone, gnomophone
Pierre Moerlen ("Pierre De Strasbourg") – drums, overdrive
The album was mixed and produced at Island Records' Basing Street Studios by Richard G Elen, later a magazine editor, noted alternative technology guru and green activist among other occupations alongside that of sound engineer/producer. His name appeared wrongly as "Elan" on the cover.
^ abGreasy Truckers Live at Dingwalls Dance Hall (LP liner notes). Various. Caroline Records. 1974.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
