GILLI SMYTH - DAEVID ALLEN
with YNYS, WILLY and JAZZY 
"SHORT TALES & TALL"
VOICEPRINT VP 368 CD

Music:
1-The Owl and the Pussycat
2-The Children's Tale of Zero
3-The Horned Women
4-Capt. Shaw and Mr Gilbert
5-You Are A Bum
6-The Curious Story of What Happened to Mr. Camembert
When He Visited His Son in a Doggerel
7-Leprechauns
8-The Garden of the Tuatha De Dannan
9-The Fable of A Fredfish Overheard
10-The Sprightly Tailor
11-The Poppy Kettle
12-Descent to the Underworld
13-The House That Jack Built

Musicians:
Daevid Allen
Gilli Smyth
Ynys Allen
Jazmin Allen
Willy McElroy 

Stories from folklore and fantasy, old and new, recorded by Daevid and Gilli, with Jazmin Allen, Ynys Allen, and Willi McIlroy. Gong still continues, and has created a world of it's own - containing characters like Zero the Hero, The Good Witch Yoni, The Octave Doctors, Pot-Head Pixies and many more. The first story tells of how Zero found his music, and went to a strange green planet, then there are children telling tales, spooky witchs, The Fisher King, The Irish Tuatha De Danaan, Mr Camembert, and others, interspersed with music, some quite familiar, from the extensive Gong family library.

Engineered and produced by Orlando Allen in Australia. Artwork by Daevid, layout by Toby Allen. Gilli's story telling voice is well known for the Taliesin story on the 1979 'Mother' album and 1980's 'Fairy Tales', followed by 'Robot Woman', 'Magenta' etc. Daevid has spoken or sung the Gong many times, never quite like this. This is the first album for which they tell interchanging tales of great contrast, of love gained and lost, betrayal, overcoming magical 'problems', sacrifice, fun. Not really just for kids....dramatic, quirky, haunting.