Here & Now / Planet Gong Discography

by Dave Weller, last updated 14^th November 2006

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So why this discography? Well, like many people I stumbled across Here & Now via Planet Gong via Gong. Having seen them a few times in the 80s and at the Gong 25th Birthday Party they were a fading memory until I heard the fabulous "Gospel Of Free" CD released by G.A.S. This prompted me to look around to see what else was available and whether I could get CD copies of my old Here & Now LPs. So, read on... and if you can add anything or can help me find any of the CDs (which seem all but impossible to get hold of), let me know via e-mail me using david 'at' wellers 'dot' demon 'dot' co 'dot' uk... You might also like to check out my Here & Now trading page...

Part 1 - The 70s: Space Punk and Floating Anarchy

Here & Now were the archetypical hippie/punk crossover band and stalwarts of the 70s free festival scene. Although originally formed in 1974 it was at the Watchfield Free Festival of August 1975 where the Here & Now band truly came into being. They regrouped in March of the following year and re-captured the spirit of their first encounter as the "Primal Tapes"; two tracks from this session appearing on the "Gospel Of Free" CD. The summer of '76 was spent touring as many free festivals as possible in the UK before heading off to tour France. At the beginning of 1977 and the end of this first French tour the band recorded a studio and live session for Radio France, and a track from this also appears on "Gospel Of Free".

The news that Daevid Allen of Gong had been inspired to track down Here & Now after reading a review in the N.M.E. prompted the band to regroup again in the Summer of 1977, playing street parties in 'celebration' of the Queen's Silver Jubilee (see picture below) and, naturally, more free festivals. At this point Twink, the original keyboard player left the band and was replaced by roadie Gavin Da Blitz.

Here & Now performing at a Jubilee Street Party, 1977 - courtesy of Jezaland

Here & Now teamed up with Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth of Gong in 1977 to form Planet Gong. With a political agenda based around 'floating anarchy', Planet Gong combined the improvisational style of the early Here & Now with the quirky nature of Gong. The first 'Floating Anarchy' tour saw the band playing a mix of revamped Here & Now compositions plus Gong and Daevid Allen songs. But shortly before the start of the second 'Floating Anarchy Free Tour' in the Spring of 1978 Allen quit and Planet Gong reverted back to the Here & Now band. Later that year Allen explained his departure;

"I flourished again in Here & Now. Basically my role was to be helped by their honesty, their positive warmth, and at the same time to get them a wider audience. The moment the work on that level was done, and I found the pressures of the other 7 billion things I was doing were pushing me back here [Deya], I had this feeling that it was the right time to now let them do it on their own".^[6]

The fruits of Allen's work with Here & Now were released as the "Live Floating Anarchy 1977" album plus a single, "Opium For the People". These were recorded during the short tour of France that Planet Gong undertook at the end of 1977. The single was recorded in a Paris studio in both English and French; as for the album, Keith The Missile Bass recalls;

" It was recorded in Toulouse at a rather - ahem - anarchic gig - a 3,000 seater which had sold out weeks in advance, and thus found itself in a very difficult situation when another 3-4,000 people showed up and couldn't get in... they got - well - in that very French way - rather irritated... The riot police showed up a little later and joined in by showing everyone just how good their tear gas and water cannons were... meanwhile the show was going on... It was recorded on an 8 track Tascam machine and the engineers (who, it must be said, had been plonked in a corner at the back of the stage itself) did an absolutely crap job...

"Daevid Allen mixed and jiggery-poked his way through it in Deia - nursing (amongst other things) the bass sound from the crackling cellophane it originally was on tape to the relatively realistic sound on the album. Other miracles were not in short supply... ^[12]

The album was first released on BYG Records in France and Charly Records in the UK, the advances being used to fund the purchase of a PA and musicical equipment. Original copies of the album urged buyers to pay no more than £1.50 or better still to steal it, and had a black and white drawing on the cover with the suggestion that the owner coloured it in. The version issued by Charly saw the price increased to £2.25 - though the extra 75p did mean the cover came in colour. Since it's release, "Live Floating Anarchy 1977" has sold tens of thousands of copies, but the band members have never received any royalties.

Here & Now continued with a series of free tours in 1978 and 1979. No entrance fee was charged; concert goers were instead encouraged to make an appropriate donation to cover the costs of the show, feeding the band, and petrol money for the tour bus. £50 was the target for each nights collection. The second free tour, in the Summer of 1978, resulted in an album jointly issued with Alternative TV, one of the support bands, titled "What You See... Is What You Are". Each band had one side of the LP, featuring tracks recorded on the tour. It was sold at gigs for £1.00 or could be bought in shops for £1.75. Although the sound quality is not great, it is well worth a listen not least because this is the only recording that features saxophonist Jack Neat who joined the band for a few months in early 1978.

Towards the end of 1978 Here & Now's first studio album was released, "Give And Take", plus an EP, recorded at the same time, "Dog In Hell". Again, the advances on the album from Charly Records were used to fund a new tour bus, and a truck for equipment. The band then kicked off another free tour to promote the album, the fourth of that year, playing over 30 shows all over the UK. Just prior to the start of the tour they recorded a John Peel radio session following a chance encounter with him at an open air gig at Meanwhile Gardens. The Peel session captures the essence of Here & Now well. Two songs are from the "Give And Take" album and the 'space punk' style is much more in evidence than on the "Floating Anarchy" album, yet the importance of trying to capture the moment, the 'here and now', meant that two of the tracks were jammed 'there and then' in the Maida Vale studios - much to the surprise of the BBC engineers.

The intense touring schedule continued in 1979, resulting in a live album, "All Over The Show" and another studio single, "End Of The Beginning". By this time the pressure of extensive touring in both the UK and Europe was beginning to take its toll. In the spring of 1979 the "choir of angels" also known as singers Suze Da Blooze and Annie Wombat, who had joined when Planet Gong was formed, left the band along with founder and drummer Kif Kif Le Batter. They were followed by another founder and guitarist Steffe Sharpstrings at the beginning of 1980. This left Keith Th' Bass and keyboardist Gavin Da Blitz as the remaining veterans of the Here & Now band of the 1970s - a band that probably played more free gigs than any band in history, that fused free-form psychedelic hippy rock with the attitude and raw sound of punk, and crossed paths with the ultimate pot head pixie, Daevid Allen of Gong.

Perhaps most importantly of all the Here & Now of the 70s challenged the music biz establishment by cutting out the 'middle man' between musicians and their fans. By selling albums to record companies they funded their own musical equipment, PA, and tour bus. This allowed them to do free tours with collections each night to cover running costs. The albums were then sold at gigs and through shops at roughly half the price of normal releases. Their ultimate goal was to establish an alternative free gig circuit run on a co-operative basis with a shared equipment pool - but this never happened. The politics of free tours and determination to challenge the music industry status quo connected with the punk ethos of the time, and Here & Now tours were typically accompanied with a host of punk bands on the bill. Many of these bands, such as The Fall and Mark Perry, went on to become the standard bearers and media darlings of the 'alternative' music scene of the early 80s. But Here & Now were never able to shake off the hippie tag to become anything more than the "crusties concert party", garnering at best media indifference.

Part 2 - The 80s: The Free Gig Becomes the Benefit Gig

The line up changes at the end of the 70s introduced guitarist Deano Ferrari to the band along with drummer Rob Bougie. This new look Here & Now saw a continuing change away from the earlier improvisational style to a more structured aproach, and also added a third musical dimension - reggae... A further change, was the introduction of an admission charge, albeit only £1, on the 'Christmas Stocking' tour at the end of 1980.

Recording of the next album began towards the end of 1981 and continued until March 1982. Some of the new songs had already been previewed on the band-released tape, "Stolen Moments", but it took a further year for the album, tentatively titled "Out Of Nowhere" to see the light of day. Disenchanted with Charly Records, who had released the two previous albums plus "Live Floating Anarchy 1977" but paid no royalties, and without a manager, Here & Now began the search for a new record label. They finally released "Fantasy Shift" in April 1983 on Chick Records, a label run by the owner of the studios where the album was recorded. With a tour lined up to coincide with the release, the first pressing of 3,000 records soon sold out. However, the label refused to run a second pressing as they felt it would be too risky.

The extended family that gave birth to “Fantasy Shift” – courtesy of Karen Allardyce

Undaunted, the band continued with a hectic touring schedule including the obligatory summer festivals such as Stonehenge. The arrival of drummer Paul Rose (to replace Rob Peters) just as "Fantasy Shift" was released heralded the most long-lasting Here & Now line up (along with Keith Th' Bass, Gavin Da Blitz, and Deano Ferrari). By now the Here & Now sound had morphed into hard rocking reggae with punk overtones. At the end of the year they released another self-produced tape, "Coaxed Out From Oxford", a live show recorded in October 1983, for sale at gigs and by mail order. Then, in September 1984 the band signed a new record deal with Landslide Records. Their next album, "Theatre" was recorded during October and was about to be released when the distributor, Pinnacle, went into receivership. The 1,000 copies of the LP that had been pressed were retrieved from Pinnacle's warehouse by the record company who gave them to the band by way of compensation as, under the circumstances, all deals were off. So, yet again, Here & Now were without the support of a record label.

Despite this latest setback, the band carried on with yet another tour including 3 nights at the Marquee Club, but by the end of 1985 they decided to call it quits. The collpase of the independent label and distribution network in the UK, the continuing frustration with dodgy record deals and and a general sense that their progress was forever being thwarted meant that a farewell concert was planned for Dingwalls on the 31st January 1986. The concert concert was captured for posterity and released as both a video and LP under the name of "Been And Gone". The LP was released on yet another label, Coldharbour Records; in this case it was managed by a friend of the producer of the video. The release of a live album as a 'swan song' was most appropriate. Throughout the 80s Here & Now continued the relentless touring of the 70s, and established themselves as a popular live attraction. And although the gigs were no longer free, causes such as CND and the ALF were often beneficiaries. Their live reputation was established despite attracting limited coverage in the weekly music press, though the 'tour news' pages of the N.M.E. were a notable exception.

Part 3 - The 90s: Dance, Reunions and Ambient Anarchy

To be continued...

Part 4 - The Present and the Future

In the Spring of 2003 yet another incarnation of Here & Now embarked on a small tour of the UK, sharing the bill with Daevid Allen’s University Of Errors. The line up was Keith Th’ Bass, Steffe, Steve Cassidy on drums, and Joie Hinton on keyboards. A few months later they recorded 5 or 6 tracks over a couple of weekends at a studio in Glastonbury. Since then there have been a couple more live appearances including an appearance at this years Glastonbury festival.

There continue to be rumours of various CD releases in the works. GAS will soon be re-issuing the Planet Gong "Live Floating Anarchy 1991" CD, remastered by Steffe, and may also get round to issuing some of the Here & Now and Planet Gong set from the Gong 25th Birthday Party gig. Steffe is also working on a remastered version of the ‘Off The Cuff’ tape.

Singles and EPs

Opium For The People

Tracks: Opium For The People, Poet For Sale 7", Affinity, AFS 101, 1978, UK 7", Tapioca, 4002, 1978, France Notes: Originally released in February 1978 as 'Planet Gong'. The flip side is taken from the Daevid Allen album 'Now Is The Happiest Time Of Your Life. The French version of this single, sung in French, is also available on the 'Mystery and History of Planet G**g' CD and '30 Years of Musical Insurrection in France' a 3CD compilation released by Spalax.

Opium For The People

Tracks: Opium For The People, Stone Innocent Frankentein

10", Charly Records, CYX 202, 1982, UK

CD, Spalax Music, 14884, 1996, France

Notes: Originally released in 1982. as 'Daevid Allen with Planet Gong (aka Here & Now)'. The Spalax release couples this 10" single with another Daevid Allen 10" single, 'Alien In New York', on one CD

A Dog In Hell

Tracks: Dog In Hell, Floating Anarchy Radio, Addicted 7", Charly Records, CEP 122, 1978, UK Notes: Released in April 1979, these tracks are included on the CD release of "Give And Take".

End Of The Beginning

Tracks: End Of The Beginning, Choke A Koala 7", Charly Records, CYS 1055, 1979, UK Notes: Released in November 1979, these tracks are included on the CD release of "Give And Take". This is a studio version of the "End Of The Beginning", and not the live version featured on the album, "All Over The Show".

Standing Forever

Tracks: Standing Forever, Slam Bam Wham, Squeezing The Tube 12", Scratch Records, HANCAN 1, 1989, UK Notes: 1,000 copies, released in April 1989.

Albums

Live Floating Anarchy 1977

Tracks: Psychological Overture, Floatin' Anarchy, Stone Innocent Frankensein, New Age Transformation, Opium For The People, Allez Ali Baba Black-Sheep Have You Any Bullshit: Mama Maya Mantram LP, BYG, F-LTM 1002, 1978, France, black and white sleeve LP, Charly Records, CRM 2000, 1978, UK LP, RVC, RPL-3005, 1981, Japan LP, Oxford Records, OX/3107, 1981, Italy LP, Bellaphon Records, CR 3036, 1978, Germany CD, Decal / Charly Records, CD LIK 68, 1990, UK CD, Charly Records, CDCRH 115, 1998, UK CD, Spalax, 14829, 1995, France - digipack with original black and white artwork CD, Century Records, 29ED6034, 1989, Japan - this CD combines "Floating Anarchy" with Daevid Allen's solo album "New York Gong" CD, Victor, VICP 61175, 2000, Japan - LP-style card sleeve with original black and white artwork Notes: Simultaneously released by Byg in France and Charly Records in the UK in the Spring of 1978.

What You See... Is What You Are

Tracks (Here and Now): What You See Is What You Are, Dog In Hell, Addicted Tracks (Alternative TV): Action Time Lemon, Going Round In Circles, Fellow Sufferer, Splitting In Two LP, Deptford Fun City, DLP 02, 1978, UK Notes: ...

Give And Take

Tracks (LP): What You See Is What You Are, Nearer Now, Grate Fire Of London, This Time, 70's Youth, Improvisation Tracks (CD also includes): Floating Anarchy Radio, Addicted, A Dog In Hell, End Of The Beginning, Choke A Koala LP, Charly Records, NOW 1, 1978, UK LP, Oxford Records, OX 3232, 1981, Italy CD, Decal / Charly Records, CD LIK 71, 1990, UK CD, Spalax Music, 14831, never released, UK CD, Tony Toy, TTCD 015, 2001, UK CD, Voiceprint Japan, VPJ 202, 2002, Japan Notes: The CD version of this issued by Charly in 1990 also included the songs from the first two Here & Now singles. The CD version issued on the Tin Toy label does not have these bonus tracks.

All Over The Show

Tracks: Think For Yourself, Open Door, 70's Youth, Surgeon's Knife, Little Things, Only Way, Jam, End Of The Beginning LP, Charly Records, NOW 2, 1979, UK CD, Spalax Music, 14850, never released, UK Notes: It seems that Charly Records never released this album on CD - there is no mention of it in any of their catalogues.

Fantasy Shift

Tracks: Telly Song, Ludwig, Jacques Cousteau, Fantasy Shift, The Mega Number, Glad You're Here, Secrets, The Man Who Sold The World, Ways To Be Free LP, Chick Records, CHRL 003, 1983, UK CDR, Chic Records, CHRCD003, 2006, UK Notes: The remastered version of this album includes an additional track, ‘Hold On I’m Coming’, and the order of the tracks is slightly different to the original album. It was produced by Tony Holly, the saxophonist on ‘The Man Who Sold The World’.

Theatre

Tracks: Theatre, Room Within A Room, Heartbeat, Spaces, Salvador, Last Chance LP, Landslide Records, LAND LP 103, 1984, UK Notes: ...

Been And Gone

Tracks: Intro (23 Skidoo), Fake It, Theatre, Another Tense, Drifting Away, Ways To Be Free, Spaces In Between, Satellite Kid, Jacques Cousteau, Last Chance LP, Cold Harbour Records, COLDLP 002, 1986, UK Notes: Recorded at the supposed farewell gig at Dingwalls on 31st January 1986. Around 2,000 were pressed largely 'on demand'.

Here And Now Live 1991

Tracks: Intro, Satellite Kid, Jacques Cousteau, Theatre, Standing Forever, Secrets, Floating Anarchy Radio, Urban DK, Living Room War, Heartbeat, Speeded Up, Glad You're Here, Opium

CD, Taste, ?, 199?, UK

Notes: Recorded at The Fridge, Brixton on May 5th 1991.

Live Floating Anarchy 1991

Tracks: Floating Anarchy Radio, It's The Time Of Your Life, Stoned Innocent Frankenstein, New Age Transformation Try, Poet For Sale, Astral Alien*, Pot Head Pixies, Much Too Old, Change The World, Teeth, Allez Ali Baba Backsheep, Mushroom Song*, Opium For The People, Astral Alien (bonus track)

Tape, GAS, GAS 003, 1992, UK

CD, GAS, AGAS 003 CD-2, 1995, UK

CD, GAS, GASARC CD002, 2005, UK

Notes: Recorded on the Planet Gong tour during November 1991. The original GAS tape release (see below) did not have those tracks marked with an asterisk, and some tracks were shorter than the subsequent CD release. On the 2005 release a soundcheck version of “Astral Alien” is also included as a bonus track, and “Mushroom Song” is not listed as a separate track.

UFOasis

Tracks: Love Of This World, Nude Temple Dream, Love Thing, Tellysong, Ufoasis, Living Room War, Fire In The Sky, Rattle The Cage, Crazy World, Secrets 2 CD, Now here Productions, CD 001, 1993, UK Notes: ...

Gospel Of Free

Tracks: Hairy Barber, Fredest Air Travels, Bom Shiva Shanka, Soviet Kommercial Radio, Strawberry, Summer's Coming CD, GAS Records, AGASCD015, 1999, UK Notes: ...

Sessions

Radio France Session

Tracks: ?

Notes: Recording of the session started at 09:00 on the morning of the 11th January 1977, with the band being forced to cross a picket line to get into the studio. The majority of the session was improvised, so the titles are anybody's guess, and was then broadcast in full. The same evening the band were interviewed and played live in a cafe style broadcast.
One track, "Fredest Air Travels", appears on the "Gospel Of Free" CD.

John Peel Session

Tracks: This Time (4'35"), What You See Is What You Are (5'10"), Oh My God Can Be So Hard We Tried And We Tried But Couldn't Find It (1'58"), Chicken Marimba (6'16")

Notes: This John Peel radio session was first broadcast on 16th November 1978 having been recorded eight days earlier at the BBC's Maida Vale studios.

Cassettes

In addition to the cassettes listed here a number of other tapes were also circulated but I don't have any details. They include "Annies Tape", and I am sure there are more... can you shed any light?

Off The Cuff

Tracks: Live improvisation from the 6 & 7 Here & Now free tours, Live improvisation from the Fishbach Festival Lake Konstance Germany Cassette, no label, CASS 1, 1979, UK Notes: Originally sold at gigs for £1.50.

Stolen Moments

Tracks (Side 1): A Little Bit Of Knowledge, City Man Cry, Underground, The Mega Number, The Telly Song Tracks (Side 2):Intro / Jacques Cousteau Loves Anchovies, Nudge Up Double De Luxe, Acid Arcade / Russian Roulette, Way To Be Free Cassette, no label, CASS 2, 1981, UK Notes: Side 1 was recorded at Street Level Studios except for 'The Mega Number' which was recorded at Space Studios. Side 2 was recorded live.

Past Masters Vol. 1 - March 1976 to Summer 1980

Tracks (The Primal Tapes, March 1976): Addicted, Bombshiva Shanka, Soviet Commercial Radio, Space Spastic, Nere And How (The Peel Sessions 1978): This Time, Jam (We Tried So Hard), What You See, Jam (Chicken Marimba) (Fishbach Festival Lake Konstance Germany, Summer 1980): Improvisations On A Momentary Theme Cassette, Scratch Records, CASS 001, ?, UK Notes: ...

Coaxed Out From Oxford

Tracks: 23 Skidoo, Heart Of The City, The Mega Number, Salvador, Ways To Be Free, Theatre, Heartbeat, Fantasy Shift, Secrets, Opium For The People, Glad You're Here Cassette, Nowhere Productions, CASS 3, 1983, UK Notes: Recorded on an 8 track mobile studio at Oxford's Cowley Centre on 14th October 1983. Sold at gigs or via mail order for £3.50. Picture courtesy of Jon Ward; click on it for a larger image.

Live Floating Anarchy 1991

Tracks: Floating Anarchy Radio, It's The Time Of Your Life, Stoned Innocent Frankenstein, New Age Transformation Try, Poem, P.H.P., Much Too Old, Change The World, Teeth, Ali Baba, Opium For The People

Cassette, GAS, GAS GL03, 1992, UK

Notes: Recorded on the 1991 Planet Gong Spring tour

Ba Ba Blacksheep

Tracks: Psychological Overture, Floating Anarchy, I Am Your Animal, I Am Your Fantasy, Pretty Miss Titty, Stoned Innocent Frankenstein, I Am The Rapist, New Age Transformation, Ba Ba Blacksheep, Only Make Love When You Want To Cassette, Ottersongs, no cat #, 19?, UK Notes: Recorded at Brest, France on November 22^nd 1977

Videos

Planet Gong Here and Now

Tracks: Opium For The People, Ali Baba jam, Addicted, jam, Floating Anarchy Radio

Video, Wessex Films, no cat #, 1982, UK

Notes: Wessex Films were the film society of Southampton University. This video features nearly 30 minutes of Here & Now performing at the university in 1978, interspersed with backstage and tour bus footage and some more ‘conceptual’ shots. The quality is not great but, to use a cliché, the atmosphere more than makes up for this. The film was never commercially released.

Been & Gone

Tracks: Intro (23 Skidoo), Intuition, Fantasy Shift, Satellite Kid, Spaces In Between, Theatre, Room Within Room, Speed It Up, Fake It, Last Chance, Opium For The People, Glad You're Here, What You see Is What You Are (part)

Video, Jettisoundz, JE 151, 1986, UK

Notes: Recorded at the supposed farewell gig at Dingwalls on 31st January 1986. Possibly released on both VHS and Betamax formats.

Here And Now Live 1991

Tracks: Intro, Satellite Kid, Jacques Cousteau, Theatre, Standing Forever, Secrets, Floating Anarchy Radio, Urban DK, Living Room War, Hearteat, Speeded Up, Glad You're Here, Opium

Video, Taste, Taste 22, 199?, UK

Notes: Recorded at The Fridge, Brixton on May 5th 1991.

Related Artists

Ici Maintenants – Space And Time

Tracks: Galaxy Valley, Dinosaur Kebab, Beautiful Jam, Fight No More, Shakalyah, Tough Jam, Aya Shamaya

CD, Fluffy Records, FLUFFYCD001, 2003, UK

Notes: Billed as “jammin’ the chilled out and psychedelic vibes of a barmy midsummer new moon”, Ici Maintenants (pronounced easy maintenance) performed a one off gig at the Glastonbury Assembly Rooms on 23^rd June 2001. The band consisted of three founding members of Here & Now, Steffe, Kif Kif, and Twink, plus Tim Flatus on bass. True to the spirit of the original Here & Now the whole show was improvised, and this CD is the result – superb! The first 25 copies, ordered through the web site, were numbered and signed by the band.

Nik Turner - Nik Turner Band Live At Deeply Vale Free Festival 1978

Tracks: The Awakening Pyramid Spell, Hall Of Double Truth, Anubis, Thoth, God Rock CD, Ozit-Morpheus Records, OZITCD 0053, ?, UK Notes: As the title suggests, this was recorded at the Deeply Vale Free Festival in 1978 and features Here & Now guitarist, Steffi Sharpstrings on guitar (and a drummer with the same name as future H&N guitarist, Dino Ferrari !). The CD includes an illustrated booklet and is a great companion to the "Gospel Of Free" CD which has two tracks from the same festival. For more information, and to buy the CD, visit the Deeply Vale or Ozit web sites

Links

The Here & Now page maintained by James Richmond provided much of the information here. Some of the images were taken from another Here And Now page.

There are official Here & Now sites at Planet Gong, which also includes a Here & Now family maze, at The Space Agency (the booking agency run by Here & Now bassist Keith Bailey), and at the Ici Maintenants web site (run by original Here & Now drummer Kif Kif).

You've heard the music you may have even seen them live, but a picture is still worth a thousand words so visit Jezaland to see some brilliant photos of the early Here & Now plus a whole bundle of photos from 70s festivals and related bands.

The Canterbury Discography, and their Guide To Related Bands, was another useful source of information.

Other Sources

The details of the John Peel session came from the book "In Session Tonight" by Ken Garner, first published in 1993.

The booklet that accompanies the "Gospel Of Free" CD from the Gong Appreciation Society has extensive notes on the history of the band from its formation in 1975 through until 1978.

For a glimpse into life on the road with Here & Now circa 1978 see the chapter by Keith Bailey in the book 'Rock Talk' published by the Do-Not Press in 1994, edited by Jim Driver.

[1] Release benefit concert review (Sussex University, Brighton) by Jonathan Barnett, in N.M.E. April 2nd 1977

[2] "Stonehenge - A Free Festival Report" by Jonathan Barnett, in N.M.E. July 9th 1977

[3] "7/7/77: When Worlds Collide - Glastonbury A Free Festival Report" by Jonathan Barnett, in N.M.E. July 23rd 1977

[4] "Gnoming, Gnoming, Gnone", concert review (Sheffield Polytechnic, November 14th 1977) by Andy Gill, in N.M.E. November 26th 1977

[5] Review of "Floating Anarchy Live" by Linnet Evans, in Sounds May 13th 1978

[6] "Anarchy In The Med", by Linnet Evans, in Sounds June 10th 1978

[7] Concert review (Bolton Institute of Technology, December 4th 1978) by Mick Middles, in Sounds December 16th 1978

[8] "A Guided Tour Of Here And Now" by Graham Lock, in N.M.E. January 13th 1979

[9] Review of "Give & Take" by Ian Penman, in N.M.E. January 30th 1979

[10] Concert review (Bristol Trinity Hall, Tuesday 20th November 1979) by RAB, in Sounds December 22nd 1979

[11] Concert review (Edinburgh Nite Club) by Ian Bolton, in N.M.E. 26th February 1983

[12] Concert review (Chelsea College) by Iain Smith, in Sounds 16^th March 1985

[13] Review of “Been & Gone” video by Ricky Kildare, in Sounds 16^th August 1986

[14] Review of “Been & Gone” album by Kez Owen, in Sounds 23^rd August 1986

[15] E-Mail from 'Le Missile', October 2001

[16] E-Mail from 'Le Missile', March 2002

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