OFF: Gong 25th Birthday (was: Vinyl remasters?)

[M Holmes]

Yuri Elik writes:

> Le Monsieur wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, M Holmes wrote:
> > > Peeve: I still don't have a tape of Blake's solo spot from the Gong 25th
> > > Anniversary reunion. Apparently he played a kickin' version of NJ there.
> >
> > That reminds me... the liner notes for Gong's 25th Birthday Party album
> > say something to the effect of, "Coming soon:  another live album of the
> > rest of the birthday gig, featuring Here & Now, Tim Blake, [whoever else
> > was there].  Look for it!"  ...or something like that.
> >
> > What ever became of this?  Did it ever come out?
>
> Well, I have found a '95 GAS booklet in my place, and in the "Short
> Range Plans" department it was written:
>
> 25th Birthday Party Too - Various (GAS/Voiceprint 103) Spring 96
                                         ^^^^^^^^^^

Ah! That explains it. Voiceprint took 14 months from receiving a cheque
to sending me a Blake video.

Maybe by 2001?

> Yuri

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