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A pair of albums from Pierre Moerlen's Gong, from 1979 and 1980. Time is the Key is a UK issue, and has the original card inner, and Live is a German release with the printed insert. Both are in excellent condition. 
1. Time is the Key is the fourth album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It was released in late 1979 by Arista Records.
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.
It features the English jazz keyboard player Peter Lemer on most tracks, their only album to do so, and Allmusic notes that there is also a progressive rock influence on the album, especially on the first two track.
Track listing [All tracks are written by Pierre Moerlen, except where noted]
1."Ard Na Greine" (Irish for "Height of the Sun")6:10 2."Earthrise"2:25 3."Supermarket"3:35 4."Faerie Steps"5:33 5."An American in England" (Hansford Rowe)2:57
1."The Organ Grinder"3:56 2."Sugar Street"2:22 3."The Bender"3:16 4/5."Arabesque Intro & Arabesque"5:18 6."Esnuria Two"5:34 7."Time is the Key"2:29
2. Pierre Moerlen's Gong Live, 1980. Recorded live at Stadium Paris, 16 Feb 1979 and The Venue London, 11 March 1979. 
Tracklisting A1Downwind Guitar – Mike Oldfield Saxophone – Didier Malherbe 6:26 A2Mandrake7:15 A3Golden Dilemma Written-By – Hansford Rowe 7:43
B1Soli Written-By – Hansford Rowe 4:37 B2Drum Solo4:23 B3Esnuria4:48 B4Crosscurrents4:40