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PLANET GONG #1. No place (Oxford: Paupers’ Press Co-operative), nd. (November 1977).
4to. Wrps., 24pp. (this copy lacks centre 4pp.), unbound. Printed in black, red and green. Handwritten and drawn by Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Marie Claire, Da Missile Bass, Kif Kif de Batter, Count Nikol, Lawrence The Alien, Gavin Ze Blitz, Stevie Lakeside, and Johnny Wombat. Lacks pp. 11-14, o/w Very Good.
Together with:
i) SPACE NEWS #1 (June 1977). 4to. Stapled wrps., 20pp. Special ‘Psychedelia in the UK’ issue, with features on Tim Blake (ex-Gong) and Crystal Machine, and Zorch, an early all-electronic band (they played numerous free festivals in the mid-70s, including Windsor in 1974 and Stonehenge in 1974 and 1975), plus an interview with Here & Now, poems by Lady June, and an article on Acidica (“the last of the big lightshows operating in the UK”). Very Good plus;
ii) GAS (Oxford): Paupers’ Press Co-operative, nd. (Spring 1978). 4to. Wrps., 20pp., unbound. Printed in black and blue on white paper. Handwritten and drawn by Natt, Buzz, Da Missile Bass, Daevid Allen, Steve, Shakti Yoni, Krummy Komix (Kif Kif), ‘Media Man’, Glyn, John, Chime, and Hamish. Very Good plus. Three publications relating to Gong and Here & Now, both stalwarts of the free festival scene (the former played at Glastonbury in 1971 and the 3rd Windsor Free Festival in 1974).
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