DAEVID ALLEN
''THE BEST OF THE MAN FROM GONG DAEVID ALLEN''
2006
75:01
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1 You Don't Remember 03:42
2 Chainstore Chant And Pretty Miss Titty 04:45
3 Stoned Innocent Frankenstein 03:27
4 Fred The Fish 02:28
5 White Neck Bloose/ Codein Coda 05:43
6 Tried So Hard 04:38
7 Floatin’ Anarchy 05:10
8 Opium For The People 04:23
9 Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do? 06:49
10 Only Make Love If You Want To 05:31
11 Poet For Sale 03:24
12 It's A Fine Air For Fliss 03:36
13 No Other When My Mother Is The Song 03:37
14 Musch Too Old 02:43
15 Strong Woman 04:29
16 Pearls 02:39
17 Bananareggae 04:20
18 Are You Ready 03:29
1 Soft Machine
2, 6 Gong
3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 Daevid Allen
7, 8 Planet Gong
14, 15 New York Gong
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1973 to begin a solo career (though his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group). Allen explored his quirky, folky take on rock throughout the '70s and '80s on albums like 1976's Good Morning and 1983's Alien in New York. His solo work also included collaborations with underground rock impresario Kramer like 1993's Who's Afraid? and 1996's Hit Men, which was released on Kramer's Shimmy Disc label. Allen returned in 1999 with Money Doesn't Make It, followed a year later by Stroking the Tail of the Bird. Nectans Glen also followed in 2000. In 2003 Allen formed a new version of Gong with members of the Japanese collective known as Acid Mothers Temple, as well as playing and releasing material with his California-based band University of Errors. He continued to release numerous live sets and one-off collaborations in limited editions on various independent labels under his own and various group names. A best-of, Man From Gong, which only scratched the surface of his lengthy discography, appeared from Snapper Music in 2006. After a battle with cancer, Allen died in Australia in March 2015 at the age of 77.
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''THE BEST OF THE MAN FROM GONG DAEVID ALLEN''
2006
75:01
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1 You Don't Remember 03:42
2 Chainstore Chant And Pretty Miss Titty 04:45
3 Stoned Innocent Frankenstein 03:27
4 Fred The Fish 02:28
5 White Neck Bloose/ Codein Coda 05:43
6 Tried So Hard 04:38
7 Floatin’ Anarchy 05:10
8 Opium For The People 04:23
9 Why Do We Treat Ourselves Like We Do? 06:49
10 Only Make Love If You Want To 05:31
11 Poet For Sale 03:24
12 It's A Fine Air For Fliss 03:36
13 No Other When My Mother Is The Song 03:37
14 Musch Too Old 02:43
15 Strong Woman 04:29
16 Pearls 02:39
17 Bananareggae 04:20
18 Are You Ready 03:29
1 Soft Machine
2, 6 Gong
3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18 Daevid Allen
7, 8 Planet Gong
14, 15 New York Gong
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG
William Ruhlmann
Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1973 to begin a solo career (though his first solo album, Banana Moon, was released in 1971 while he was still in the group). Allen explored his quirky, folky take on rock throughout the '70s and '80s on albums like 1976's Good Morning and 1983's Alien in New York. His solo work also included collaborations with underground rock impresario Kramer like 1993's Who's Afraid? and 1996's Hit Men, which was released on Kramer's Shimmy Disc label. Allen returned in 1999 with Money Doesn't Make It, followed a year later by Stroking the Tail of the Bird. Nectans Glen also followed in 2000. In 2003 Allen formed a new version of Gong with members of the Japanese collective known as Acid Mothers Temple, as well as playing and releasing material with his California-based band University of Errors. He continued to release numerous live sets and one-off collaborations in limited editions on various independent labels under his own and various group names. A best-of, Man From Gong, which only scratched the surface of his lengthy discography, appeared from Snapper Music in 2006. After a battle with cancer, Allen died in Australia in March 2015 at the age of 77.
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WIKIPEDIA
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WEBSITE
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TO THE TOP
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