French musician and author who worked under various pseudonyms throughout his career. He was born 5 June 1947 and died 17 July 2013 <br />He started out writing for the Rock & Folk magazine. His musical career was brief and he recorded under the names Melmoth and Dashiell Hedayat [a tribute to Dashiell Hammett and Sadegh Hedayat]. He also used the Hedayat name for his first books before taking on the name Jack-Alain Léger in 1974. He published most of his book under the name Léger and had a best seller with "Monsignore". Later he also wrote books under the names Eve Saint-Roch and Paul Smaïl. <br /> <br />The album Obsolete was written and composed on Autumn 1969 and recorded at Strawberry Studio on May 1971. <br />It was recorded with the musicians of Gong at the same time as the album Electric Camembert in Hérouville Castle . Its first edition on the label Shandar in 1971 was gone largely unnoticed. The album was reissued on CD by Mantra, first in 1992 and then in 2008 . <br /> <br />Credits <br />Backing Vocals [Baby Song] – Sam Wyatt <br />Backing Vocals [Wet Pleasure Shout And Intergalactic-whisper] – Gilli Smyth <br />Bass, Acoustic Guitar – Christian Tritsch <br />Drums [Here There And Everywhere] – Pip Pyle <br />Flute, Saxophone [Bloomdido-saxo], Featuring [Water Music] – Didier Malherbe <br />Lead Guitar – Daevid Allen <br />Written-By, Composed By, Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Other [Cosmic-hedayat-rumble And Cut-ups], Design [Cover] – Dashiell Hedayat <br /> <br />http://www.discogs.com/artist/388289-Dashiell-Hedayat
