Daevid Allen
Banana Moon
FormatCDLabelBYG RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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CD version. Banana Moon is the first solo album by Daevid Allen, the Australian guitarist and singer who had been a founding member of Soft Machine before forming Gong. It came out in July 1971 on the French BYG Actuel label. Robert Wyatt, Allen's former bandmate in Soft Machine, plays drums and Archie Leggett bass, and the guests include Gary Wright of Spooky Tooth, Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows and, from Gong, Gilli Smyth and Christian Tritsch. Pip Pyle, who also sits in on drums, joined Gong soon afterwards.
The songs range from interludes of under a minute to And His Adventures in the Land of Flip, which lasts almost twelve. Wyatt sings Memories, a Hugh Hopper song that Soft Machine had demoed in 1967 with Allen on guitar, and Stoned Innocent Frankenstein was recorded again in 1977 by Allen as Planet Gong. The mood is closer to a psychedelic cabaret than to Gong's space operas: odd lyrics, loose playing and a rhythm section that comes from Canterbury. David Bowie put the album on a list of his favourite records in 2003.
BYG Records 2022 CD reissue, remastered by Nick Robbins, in an LP-style gatefold paper sleeve with a 12-page booklet and liner notes by Kevin Le Gendre.
Release notes
Comes in a LP-styled paper sleeve with booklet.
| 1 | It's The Time Of Your Life | 3:23 | |
| 2 | Memories | 3:36 | |
| 3 | All I Want Is Out Of Here | 4:49 | |
| 4 | Fred The Fish | 2:29 | |
| 5 | White Neck Blooze Codein Coda | 5:44 | |
| 6 | Stoned Innocent Frankenstein | 3:37 | |
| 7 | And His Adventures In The Land Of Flip | 11:46 | |
| 8 | I Am A Bowl | 2:44 |
- Phil Rogers
- Graphic Design
- Kevin Le Gendre
- Liner Notes
- Jean-Luc Young
- Producer
- Geoffrey Cousin
- Reissue Producer
- Nick Robbins
- Remastered By
- Daevid Allen
- Written-By (4 to 8)
