Daevid Allen - Fourteen Albums (Gong) -14 albums - solo and with friends/family (1970s 80s & 90s)

“See that old guy there!” says one pointing at me. “He played with Soft Machine and Gong and played with Jimmi Hendrix. And you know what? He's got a 20 year old girlfriend!” They grinned broadly and high fived. “Yeah man he's my mentor.” from Daevid's web site.

I'll spare you the potted biography, if you're really interested you can look him up on the web (or buy the books: Gong Dreaming 1 & 2).
Following on from my previous posting of the Bananamoon Obscura series (well, some of 'em, anyway) I realised that most of the more-mainstream stuff by Bert Camembert isn't here on Avaxhome either. So…



Ronseal.
Chill-out music. How it sould be done.

tracklist

01 C Drone
02 D Drone
03 E Drone
04 F Drone
05 G Drone
06 A Drone
07 B Drone
08 Heartspace Meditation



OK: I lied… this isn't an album, it's a single. But it's getting late, OK? And the title wouldn't be so catchy if I called it 14 things, some of which are albums and some singles. I'm rambling now aren't I?
Anyroadup…
A single from 1983 featuring a reggae take on Time of the Bananamoon, plus 3 tracks more in line with what we'd expect from Daevid in the early eighties. The line-up was The Bergerettes, Sonia Pottinger, Mark Williamson, Ralph Carney and Mark Kramer.

tracklist

01 Bananareggae
02 Are You Ready?
03 Oo La La
04 Side Windo



The Divided Alien's first album. As you can see from the cover, he managed to gather quite an impressive posse of late 60s musos for what sounds like a real party. They're all obviously having a proper giggle while recording this. Perhaps a tad heavier than most of Daevid's later work in places, but most of the trademarks are already in there. Groovy baby!

tracklist

01 It's The Time Of Your Life
02 Memories
03 All I Want Is Out Of Here
04 Fred The Fish And The Chip On His Shoulder
05 White Neck Blooze
06 Codein Coda
07 Stoned Innocent Frankenstein…
08 …And His Adventures In The Land Of Flip
09 I Am A Bowl



"Not what you think!" Indeed.
Out-takes and studio run-throughs of stuff from the early Gong days. Strictly for collectors, but there's some great stuff in there. Released by the Gong Appreciation Society. Some of these tracks didn't appear until much later.

the wonderful tracklist

01 Cafe Montelieu Demos
02 Garcon ou Fille (alternative version)
03 Dynamite-Goldilocks
04 Rock & Roll Angel + Nightmare of Mr. Respectable
05 Garcon ou Fille (submix)
06 Hyp Hypnotise You (submix)
07 Haunted Chateau Rehearsals
08 Big City Energy
09 Gongwash Indelible



It's 1982, Dingo Virgin is an angry hippy. He spat this into the microphone. Brilliant! The title track dates back to the late 60s - see "Gong Dreaming vol 1" for the lowdown.

tracklist

01 Death Of Rock
02 Poet For Sale
03 Tally's Birthday Song
04 You Never Existed At All
05 Afraid



A GAS release from the mid 90s (oo-er missus!). If you caught the man on one of his solo gigs around this time you'll recognise quite a few of these numbers. Pared down to voice and guitar. Graham Clark offers solid and inventive support throughout with exquisite violin playing and some spot-on electric guitar leads. New York Gong drummer Bill Bacon pops up on one track and erstwhile Invisible Opera member Tim Hall takes a guest vocal spot. Daevid, who also produced the album, is on top form, wearing is heart on his sleeve while leading us all on a memorable journey suffused with drama, humour, and above all hope. from Planetgong.co.uk.

tracklist

01 Dear Friends
02 High Points Of Our Lives
03 Brothers
04 Big Daddy
05 Wotsa Use
06 Garden Song
07 Came To Find You
08 The Rapist
09 Sittin' in a Teashop
10 Fire Becomes Her
11 No One's Slave



Ah yes… this is it folks. Another one from 1982 which, according to Whomp at Discogs, is "one of the best examples of looped (tape) "samples" (yeah, I know Eno was doing this in 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' with David Byrne) but the way he used 1 and 2 bar loops as a basis to play over was still revolutionary at the time. An overlooked founding father of modern dance music."
Blimey!

tr-tr-tracklist…

01 When
02 Well
03 Bell
04 Boon
05 Dab
06 Gay
07 Rude
08 Disguise
09 Pearls
10 Bodigas
11 Froghello
12 Fastfather
13 Smile



Released in the early 90s by some weird French label if I remember right. This is kinda the evil twin of Camembert Eclectique. Rather than out-takes though, we have demos from The Bananamoon Band - a short-lived project of Daevid's that existed between Soft Machine and Gong. Interesting to see "My Mother's Gone To India" has been around for SO long. Demo qualiy (late 60s demo quality!) so for the bravest only. Nice to hear an early rendition of "Why Are We Sleeping?" though.

tracklist

01 Intro
02 Pretty Miss Titty
03 Rich Girl
04 Un Oeuf For You
05 My Mother's Gone To India / Hare Krishna / Time Of The Green Banana / Remember The Name
06 La Belle Cérébrale
07 Garçon Ou Fille?
08 Hyp Hypnotise You
09 Goldilocks
10 Why Do You Come Knocking At My Door?
11 Rock'N'Roll Angel
12 Why Are We Sleeping?
13 French Garden
14 French Garden [yes: it's on here twice in a row!]
15 Pretty Miss Titty
16 Pretty Miss Titty [again]
17 Gong Song
18 Je Ne Fume Pas Des Bananes
19 Je Ne Fume Pas Des Bananes



Daevid Allen - Vocals, Guitars
Josh Pollock -Guitar
Michael Clare - Bass
Pat Thomas - Drums
Jay Radford - Guitar

"Mantric/grungy psychedelic guitar-based US band.
Daevid's first U.S.A.-based band since New York Gong. He has gathered around himself a group of musicians eager to push the boundaries and jam albums into being in a quite stunning manner. The result is that Money Doesn't Make It is a jewel in the New York Gong styled crown, the truculent teenager of the Gong family, all wild psychedelic guitar, attitude and jive talk; a great CD." from Planetgong.co.uk

here comes the tracklist

01 Money Doesn't Make It
02 Prince of Sidewalk Scooter
03 False Teacher
04 Involve Me
05 Mullimbimby Mother
06 Submarine of Salt
07 Prof. Improbable's Preamble
08 Cunning Style Construct
09 Talkwind Upswerve
10 Wedding Music
11 Burn Your Money
12 Can't Buy Me Sex



1979's release was a radical departure from previous efforts. Here is Dingo Virgin's sideways step away from the hippy vibe of "Good Morning" and "Now Is The Happiest…" and a lurch towards his experimentation period with the cut-up style of "Death Of Rock" etc. It kinda falls somewhere between the 2 extremes, but it has it's moments.

Daevid Allen {Guitar, Vocals}
George Bishop {Saxophone, Clarinet}
Chris Cutler {Percussion}
Pepsi Milan {Acoustic Guitar}
Angel Aduana {Banjo}
Ronald Walten {Pipes on Plastic Disc}
Brain Damage, Ronald and Rodney Dust {Drums}

Wot are the songs then?

01 Professor Sharpstring Says
02 The Freedom of the City in a Suitable Box
03 They Say They Say
04 Something Tells Me
05 It's a Fine Air For Fliss
06 But It's Not Really Real
07 Because Bar Room Philosphers
08 333
09 No Other Than The Mother Is My Song
10 Theme From Hashish to Ashes
11 The Turkeybirds Breakfart
12 Rajneesh With Thanks
13 Non God Will Not Go On or The Wrong Way to be Right
14 O Man You



Ha ha! "If you wanna be a nuclear power, why don't you drop it on ze Eiffel Tower?"
Released in 1995, although I suspect the tracks were recorded some time earlier. Track 3 is the Inner City Unit number from their glorious album "Passout" - albeit a much more laid back version (it's not exactly difficult to be more laid back than those nutters, is it now?). Sting from The Police provides high-pitched vocals, aided and abbetted by Nik Turner himself on backing vox and sax. Mentioned in despatches: Russel Hibbs, Harry Williamson, Steve Hillage, Mike Howlett.

tracklist

01 Away Away (South Pacific Version)
02 Away Away (Twelve Selves Version)
03 Nuclear Mega Waste
04 Chernobyl Rain



Well, according to Discogs.com this one is avant garde! I say matron!
Compared to "Money Doesn't Make It" I suppose it is a touch more OUT THERE, so we'll let them off that one, eh?
What's it all about then?
The UNIversitea of Errors is a disSeducational toole of the freebrained & f'earless tisaconglamorate of unWISE IMPROVISors in A search For the PERFECT ERRor thru Inherent Gross TOMFOOLery ABstruse gOOFs thundering blUNDERs & unpreDICKtable diVERSIONIONS thus DO NOT BE MISLED be misled
this is serious dad nosuchthing as a wrongnote.etc john colTRANE (saviorOF[y]OURbehaviours) now go away fall over, be serious. burn this cd.cum FILE not UNDER doof cuntree MUsick orfalatio REWARD YOURSelf WITH A PURRRFECT ERROR & earn A SIGNED certificate not NOW later much later
Yeah: you get the idea, right?

manifesto

01 Iced Tea Overture
02 If You Are Changing
03 Ocean In The Distance
04 Ocean Mother
05 Olde Guitar Body O' Mine
06 Innesfree
07 One Mother Of Pearl
08 Pinky's Party Song
09 Good Evening Ned Kelly



let's finish off with a jolly ole concert shall we?
Live in Italy, 1988. Happy listening folks.

tracklist

01 Intro
02 Opening Invocation
03 Negotiate / We Circle Around
04 Wandana
05 Thom The Poet / Bellyfull Of Telephone
06 I Am A Freud
07 Magick Brother
08 No Other Than Mother Is My Song
09 Children Of The New World
10 Have You Seen My Friend?
11 Away, Away
12 Flying Teacup
13 You Are I & I Am You
14 Angel's Egg Coda
15 Heart Song
16 Let Me Be One / Bom Bom Bolo / White Doves

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Well, you're obviously all far too polite to point-out my mistake. Like I said: it was late when I typed my original post and I didn't realise I'd missed out one of the albums (!) So here it is folks…


Daevid is joined by Mark Robson and Graham Clark for a cool concert of all yer faves. Recorded in Manchester at the beginning of the nineties, it has some great renditions of "Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?" "Have You Seen My Friend?" and "Trial By Headline".
Check it out.

tracklist

01 Zero Theme
02 Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do?
03 I Am My Own Roadie
04 Herbacious Border
05 Have You Seen My Friend?
06 Wayland Smithy
07 Trial By Headline
08 Isle Of Glass
09 Children Of The New World
10 Wise Man In Your Heart
11 Magick Brother