Daevid Allen

G.A.S. Tape 1988 
 
A Side:

1) A (27:36)

B Side:

1) B (29:28)
 
Recorded Spring Studios, Melbourne Australia 1988.

"Listen to this tape in darkened, locked room with headphones."

Love Daevid XX

This first Ottersongs issue of the 1988 GAS members tape had no catalogue number and no tracklist.
GAS label later reissued it with identical content and different cover. Titles appeared on that release. 

A Side:
- Radio Brainwave Intro/Madness: later on Allen's The Australian Years. This intro has a little cut from "Switch Doctor".
- P.E.M.S. Reggae - Daevid Allen: P.E.M.S. stands for personality, emotion, mind, soul. This track is unavailable elsewhere.
- South Pole: Daevid speaking to GAS members.
- Stroking The Tail Of The Bird - Williamson / Allen / Smyth: excerpt from part 1 of Stroking The Tail Of The Bird.
- Daevid: Daevid Speaking.
- The Happy Frog: this is a track from an album by Jean-Yves "Frog" Labat.
- Thom Speaks For Continuance  - Thom the Poet
- Song From The Bottom Of A Well (part) - Kevin Ayres: from Whatevershebringswesing, Kevin Ayer's 1972 album.
- ?: excerpt from part 1 of Stroking The Tail Of The Bird by Allen, Smyth and Williamson, followed by Daevid's message.
- Tarka Music: from Phillips-Williamson's Tarka (Mov. III) mixed with Daevid's speaks + "21/8" (Mother Gong's W.F.M.).
- Daevid: Daevid's greetings message to GAS members.
- G' Day - Russell Hibbs & I.O.C.T. (Oz): from Invisible Opera Company of Tibet album.
- Bondi Beach: middle part is taken from "Dream Scene" (Wonderwall Music original soundtrack) by George Harrison.
B Side:
- The Second Half
- Captain Capricorn: later included on Daevid Allen's The Australian Years as "Captain Capricorn Introduces... ".
- Bells: the first notes of this track are heard on track 5 of Daevid Allen's The Australian Years as it fades.
- Draco Constellation: Daevid as Basil Brainwave.
- Drone (part): from "Invisible Opera Company of Tibet" intro tape. Also on Allen's Tape Works Gas tape (complete).
- Subvert The Dominent Paradign - Silly Symphony. From Ottersongs tape Walkabout - Silly Symphony.
- Drunken God: Daevid Allen's The Australian Years has the complete song. This tape features a slightly shorter intro.
- F Drone (part) - Allen / Williamson. From Daevid Allen's Nuclear Mystery Temple F Drone.
- Messages: middle part includes a bit from Odd Acts Event Gas tape with Lady jane singing the Italian tune "O' Sole Mio".
- Monthly Energy: includes bit from nazi WW2 speech "Wir wollen nicht vergessen" also on MotherGong Robot Woman 3.
- I Feel Like Buying Something - Submarine Capt.: both are early Daevid Allen collages.
- Water: on The Australian Years. Longer on this tape but mixed with collage bits ("Buying Something" / "Submarine Cpt.").
- Workshops: D. Allen. Daevid speaking about the Zero Workshops" over "Water".
- Negotiate: reggae version, totally different from all other versions and unavailable elsewhere.
- Message: Daevid speaking.
- Gliss: Allen playing gliss on "Moonfields" from Tarka. Also on Histories And Mysteries Of Planet Gong (revised ed.).
- Messages: including snippets from "But It's Really Not Real" (Nexistepas) and "Never Blow Yr Trip Forever" (You coda).

This tape was conceived as a collage of many diverse Gong Family aspects; no Gong band music here.
 
It was reissued in the early 90's on G.A.S. label with same content but different cover.