Daevid Allen
Ian MacDonald, NME, 6 September 1975
DAEVID ALLEN GOT out of it this year. Out of the VAT-race, to be more precise and let's keep the double-entendres under control, eh? Countercultural excess has been severely curtailed and the natural high yoga, meditation, a lot of swimming, a lot of wine (?) is the order of the Deyan.
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