Squeezing Sponges Over Policeman's Heads… interspersed with snippets of music, Steve touches on playing, producing, raving and re-forming Gong. Note: This show has been edited for content and formatted to fit your ears. (originally 60 minutes)

daevid allen
SoundArchives
1977 [10'07"]

Clive Williamson interviews daevid about the mythology of Planet Gong and recording his solo album "Now is the Happiest Time of Your Life" at his studio in Deya - sponsored by Symbiosis Music

1980 radio Q and A session recorded by Jeff Wootton. Recorded in a discarded bean tin beside a busy airport runway, on a hot summer day in a city famed for having its river repeatedly catch fire, daevid goes on about gamelan, history, drugs, ritual, comparative religion, mysticism, cult super-stardom, Charlie Records, what he is and isn't doing, with and to whom, where and why.

"discovered a box of cassette tapes while clearing out my loft when moving house.I recorded these in the 80's from BBC Radio shows, including Radio 1's John Peel sessions and Radio 3's 'Jazz in Britain'" : 5 tracks from In Cahoots, National Health, Soft Heap - see also Sandpiper Records