Banana Moon
by
Daevid Allen
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studio album
First released:
1971

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Release dates:
  • Aug 1 2005

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5 stars classic
I just reviewed The Low End Theory by Tribe Called Quest. So, in my efforts to keep my review stack the free-form FM radio shows I so love on WFMU-FM, I thought I'd swing on by another part of the spectrum and land on the Banana Moon.

An album by Gong's Daevid Allen, this is proto punk from the early 1970s. When mainstreem art-rock was growing in popularity and indulgance, Allen was already doing what the classier prog cohorts in the late-70s did--strip the music down not to basic rock, but pun…
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Written by Bill Your 'Free Form FM Print DJ "bill nicholas"
3 stars Great Music, Poor Sound
This is an outstanding Daevid Allen album. Too bad the remastering of the original tapes didn't get the attention deserved. The album sounds as if muted. No amount of fiddling with your stereo's settings can compensate for Snap's poor re-recording of this classic. And that's really a shame. Every song on this disc is first-class. If you're a Gong/Daevid Allen fan you need this album in your collection. My advice, find it on vinyl on eBay. The sound will be light-years better than this reissue.
Written by W6LLK

Track listing Edit

  • CD

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    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Time of Your Life
    3:21
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    2
    Memories
    3:37
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    3
    All I Want Is Out of Here
    4:48
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    4
    Fred the Fish
    2:27
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    5
    White Neck Blooze
    4:36
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    6
    Stoned Innocent Frankenstein
    3:28
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    7
    And His Adventure in the Land of Flip
    11:44
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    8
    I Am a Bowl
    2:46
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  1. performer

    1. Maggie Bell [backing vocals]
    2. Robert Wyatt [guitar, drums, vocals]

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Banana Moon 8 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Snapper/Charly
release dates: 1971 in United Kingdom
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Banana Moon 8 tracks format: 1 x CD
release dates: Nov 21 2006, Nov 21 2006
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