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Banana Moon

by Daevid Allen

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve.

    Original 1971 BYG album facsimile-edition
    Mastered to vinyl from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
    Lacquers cut by Cicely Balston at AIR STUDIOS
    Exclusive liner notes by author and journalist Kevin Le Gendre

    SIDE 1
    1. Time Of Your Life
    2. Memories
    3. All I Want Is Out Of Here
    4. Fred The Fish

    SIDE 2
    1. White Neck Blues / Codein Coda
    2. Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
    3. And His Adventures In The Land Of Flip
    4. I Am A Bowl

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Comes in a deluxe matte laminate gatefold sleeve & printed inner wallet.

    Original 1971 BYG album
    Digitally mastered from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
    16-page booklet with photos & exclusive liner notes by author and journalist Kevin Le Gendre

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I am A Bowl 02:44

about

DEBUT SOLO ALBUM BY THE LEGENDARY PURVEYOR OF MUSIC THAT DARINGLY BLURRED THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AND RAUCOUS, RIOTOUS DADAISM.

Australian vocalist-guitarist Daevid Allen was a part of the highly experimental Canterbury scene, alongside the likes of drummers Robert Wyatt and Pip Pyle, before he relocated to Paris in the late ‘60s, formed Gong and made music that had a rare blend of on the fly creativity and off the wall humour. However, Banana Moon was a solo effort by Allen that saw him reunite with the aforementioned British kindred spirits as well as bassist Archie Legget and vocalist Maggie Bell, among others.

The nine songs on the record run from interludes of just under a minute to epic suites that exceed ten, making it clear that Allen, as his work with Gong suggested, gave full vent to his imagination whether he was writing songs with a quasi-Beatles pop appeal or engaging in unrestrained sonic flights of fancy. With lyrical curveballs being thrown on every track, none more so than ‘Fred The Fish And The Chip On His Shoulder’, the music has a wry charm to match the performance skills of the band.

This re-mastered version of Banana Moon brings Allen’s uncommon musical vision back in to view and serves as a reminder of the feverish and fearless energy that spurred on an artist whose work has lost none of its seductive shock value.

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released May 26, 2023

2023 Remastered Audiophile Edition
Executive producer for this re-issue: Jean-Luc Young
Re-issue produced for release by Geoffrey Cousin
Audio restoration and mastering from BYG tapes by Nick Robbins
Graphic design for this re-issue by Phil Rogers

A BYG Production
P 1971 BYG Records
C 2023 Charly Acquisitions Ltd.

An Original BYG Recording
Courtesy of Charly Acquisitions Ltd.
Licensed from LicenseMusic.com ApS.

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BYG Records London, UK

Pioneering French independent record label launched in 1967.

Avant-Garde / Free Jazz / Experimental / Psychedelic & Prog Rock

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