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Feb 21, 2006 · Short Tales and Tall by Gilli Smyth released in 2006. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
The House That Jack Built (A Diverting Story) - Gilli Smyth, Traditional. As the follow up to Fairy Tales, this album features tales of great contrast, of love gained and lost, betrayal, overcoming magical problems, sacrifice and fun.
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.
Gillian Mary Smyth [2] (1 June 1933 – 22 August 2016) was an English musician best known for co-founding the psychedelic rock group Gong with her partner Daevid Allen in 1967. She also released music with spinoff groups Mother Gong and Planet Gong as well as releasing several solo albums and albums in collaboration with other members of Gong ...
Triple fold-out digipak. 20-page booklet included with full texts and drawings by Daevid Allen. Children's stories illustrated throughout with samples of music and sounds from a vast range of Gong or Gong-related albums. No information on musicians.
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Short Tales and Tall, an Album by Gilli Smyth & Daevid Allen. Released 18 July 2005. Genres: Spoken Word, Sound Collage.
Short Tales & Tall. Tracks: 14, total time: 68:19, year: 2005, genre: gong. 1. The Owl and the Pussycat 2.14 (Edward Lear): Read by Ynys' charming and remarkably expert reading of the classic poem - it must be something in the Allen genes. 2. The Children's Tale of Zero 6.14 (Daevid Allen): Read by Daevid.
