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Daevid Allen
The Death of Rock
Shanghai HAI 201 || £5.53   $    ¥  + p+p +tax
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1982 12-inch.

Daevid's famous 'Death of Rock' prose poem, a version of which was first performed in '67. Here accompanied by another piece in the same style, the firey 'Poet For Sale'. The release was also the first appearance of 'Tally Song', which appears on the new Gong album 'Zero To Infinity'. No copies with illustrated inserts left.

Side 1:
  1. Death of Rock
  2. Poet For Sale
Side 2:
  1. Tally's Birthday Song
  2. You Never Existed At All
  3. Afraid
Personnel:
  • Mark Kramer {Piano: 1/2}
  • Elizabeth Middleton {Lady's Voice and Piano: 2/2 and 2/3}
  • William Burroughs {saying "you never existed at all"}
  • Daevid Allen {All other sounds and voices}

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