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Allegory And SelfAllegory And Self is a varied LP that highlights all the strenghts of the 1980s version of Psychic TV or Psychick TV. It includes songs of pure pop beauty as well as horrifying meditations that sound like ghostly ceremonies. There's also a domestic element, involving the creativity of the singing and playing of Paula and Gen's infant daughter, Caresse. The ballad We Kiss, it could be said, channels what is great about the music and delivery of Serge Gainsbourg as well as Syd Barrett. Several versions have appeared, including the original picture disc and black vinyl versions in 1988 on Temple Records. It's also appeared in at least two versions on CD -- on Spin and Cleopatra. Allegory And Self includes Psychick TV's biggest commercial success with the track Godstar, which charted very well in Britain and, as Gen wrote in the booklet included in the CD God Star: Thee Director's Cut, "even NME approved." Included in the Spin release of Allegory are some reviews of Godstar, including those in NME. Another review and interview shows that Bob Mould and Grant Hart of Hsker D loved the track. Genesis P-Orridge said in a BBC interview that the goal of PTV was to make songs in the rich 1960s pop tradition as well as film and video. Godstar was to be a featurelength film with the focus being Brian Jones for whom the song is dedicated. The cover graphics feature Austin Osman Spare's General Allegory and other illustrations from his Automatic Drawings and Book Of Satyrs. In the original release there was included a book of what seems to be P-Orridge's own Book of Satyrs, with very Spare-ish pen-and-ink drawings and illuminations and key lyrics, handwritten. Note: This Spare/Orridge idea is similar to how Bill Nelson dealt with Jean Cocteau. This isn't the only similarity between Nelson and Genesis P-Orridge. They both share an interest in the occult, in Art, had independent labels, had trouble with CBS, had traumatic divorces, both have two children, both were robbed of money by their managers and are both born around the same period of time in the North of England. Also included in the line-up is long-time friend and collaborator Monte Cazazza. It's also been reissued in Russia. Indeed, Just Like Arcadia and the Velvet Underground-ish Baby's Gone Away are classics. The backing vocals and arrangement of Being Lost could have been Brian Wilson's. This recalls the track Weeping, officially a Throbbing Gristle track but really a P-Orridge solo track.
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