BOOK - BOXSET

Published by Bracketpress in association with Tin Pot Productions 21 June 2015

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ERROR AUSTRALIS BOX SET by daevid allen
A benefit for Planet Gong

The idea for this project was first mooted up at a System 7 / The Orb all-nighter in Manchester a couple of years ago. Our friend, The Tin Man, had three pieces of work with him that Daevid was keen to see published, and after the work we did with him in 2011, wondered if we would be up for it. Of course!

It was great to have the opportunity to work with Daevid on soundbites 4 tha reVelation 2012, and was another one of those occasions where I ended up working with someone who’s work I’d first come across over 30 years ago when the Gong LPs Magick Brother and Floating Anarchy 1977 were being passed around the school yard.

Work on Error Australis began just as Daevid went off on a tour of Japan with You Me & Us. After a lengthy period of radio silence we heard Daevid had been diagnosed with cancer, and was in hospital having intensive treatment.

We never had the pleasure of actually meeting Daevid – 10,500 miles aside – we were away when he was in the UK, but his funny playful emails were a joy.

We are gutted that Daevid never got to see this box set published – the book proofs were delivered to The Tin Man on Friday 13th March, the day Daevid passed. Work to complete the project continues, and will be a benefit for Planet Gong to help them towards tying-up Daevid’s extensive musical estate.

Limited to 100 copies only, the box set will comprise of:

“ERROR AUSTRALIS – ASTRAL ASIAN INVASION 2011”

Daevid Allen’s University of Errors Australian tour diary, May 2011. Written in his idiosyncratic style, full of humour and word play. Full-colour throughout, featuring band photographs and those they met on their way.

48 page, square-format hardback

“SPARKASSE FOR STARTERS or AUSFART IN BONN”

A poem concerning the consequences of having a broken tour bus toilet while suffering a chronic attack of the trots. Gong European Tour October 2009

12-page pamphlet with coloured card cover and letterpress printed title plate.

“PHP – The Remarkable Story of The Pot Head Pixies”

Originally published in 1966, before the formation of Gong, this text features the first appearance of the Pot Head Pixies who would become key characters in the Gong mythology. The pixies are green with propellers on their heads, and they fly around in teapots [© ireckon.com]. Pe-published here for the first time in over four decades.

8-page, square format pamphlet, card cover. With reproduction of Daevid’s 1966 PHP illustration.

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