Leave It Open (album)

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

Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of vibraphone, it has little to do with the psychedelic space rock of Daevid Allen's Gong, even though the two bands share a common history.

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

Personnel

 * Pierre Moerlen's Gong
 * Pierre Moerlen – drums, vibraphone, gong, keyboards, synthesizer bass, rhythm guitar
 * Hansford Rowe – bass, rhythm guitar
 * Bon Lozaga – guitar
 * François Causse – percussion, drums
 * Guest musicians
 * Charlie Mariano – saxophone (1, 2, 3, 4)
 * Demelza – congas (1)
 * Brian Holloway – rhythm guitar (2)

Production credits

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