Subtitled Live at the Mistake in Cleveland and released as volumes eight and nine of Voiceprint's Bananamoon Obscura series, this is not the original Divided Alien Playbax LP released in 1982, but a crudely recorded live performance from August 7, 1980. The sound is thin (audience recording, probably), but the good mastering job makes the album enjoyable, albeit a fan-only item (and a collector's item, too, since all volumes in this series are limited to 1,000 copies). In 1980, Daevid Allen toured America solo, singing, reciting and playing guitar over pre-recorded tapes. These playback tracks were put together from the 1980 New York Gong album About Time (featuring a completely revamped Gong lineup that included Fred Maher and Bill Laswell).
From the height of the Cold War to the ongoing threat of nuclear holocaust, trace the history of this iconic timepiece. When it first appeared, the hands showed seven minutes to midnight, indicating how close scientists believed the world was coming to doomsday. Over the years, the clock has been reset more than 17 times, as global events have heightened or lessened the risk of nuclear war. Now, History tells the story of this powerful symbol, detailing how artist Martyl Langsdorf, wife of a Manhattan Project physicist, was commissioned to create a symbol representing nuclear danger. Explore the events that led to the clock's two most extreme settings, and hear from the board in charge of changing the clock how they decide when to adjust it. Featuring footage from some of the most remarkable events of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, The Doomsday Clock is captivating look at the symbolic public warning system that has become a part of history.