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Gilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
Short Tales & Tall

Album UK 2005 on Voiceprint label
Spoken Word and Children's Music (Story)

Triple fold-out digipak. 20-page booklet included with full texts and drawings by Daevid Allen. Children's stories illustrated throughout with samples of music and sounds from a vast range of Gong or Gong-related albums. No information on musicians. Track 13 is a excerpt from Gong live in Paris 2001 from the CD "OK Friends"

     
Musicians
PortraitGilli Smyth voc, *1933 GB
edited by, read by, album by, text by
PortraitDaevid Allen g, voc, 1938-2015 AU
artwork by, drawings, read by, album by, text by
Jazzy Allen
read by
PortraitTasmin Smyth ,
read by
Willy McElroy
read by
PortraitYnys Allen , *1994 AU
read by
PortraitEdward Lear , 1812-1888 GB
text by
PortraitTraditional ,
words by
PortraitRobert Ingpen ,
text by
PortraitGong , 1967-1976 FR
text by
Producers
Toby Allen layout
Jason Wilde mastered by
Orlando Allen producer, engineer
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1The Owl And The PussycatGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
2Childrens Tale Of ZeroGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
3The Horned WomenGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
4Captain Shaw & Mr GilbertGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
5You Are A BumGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
6The Curious Story Of What Happened To Mr Camembert When He Visited His Son In A DoggerelGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
7LeprechaunsGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
8The Garden Of Tuatha De DanannGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
9The Fable Of A Fredfish (Overheard)Gilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
10The Sprightly TailorGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
11The PoppykettleGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
12Descent To The UnderworldGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
13Araby Soja (?) (Exerpt)Gilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
14The House That Jack BuiltGilli Smyth & Daevid Allen
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