Tracklist
Banana Moon | |||
It's The Time Of Your Life | 3:21 | ||
Memories | 3:37 | ||
All I Want Is Out Of Here | 4:48 | ||
Fred The Fish And The Chip On His Shoulder | 2:27 | ||
White Neck Blooze | 4:36 | ||
Codein Coda | 1:32 | ||
Stoned Innocent Frankenstein | |||
Stoned Innocent Frankenstein... | 3:28 | ||
And His Adventures In The Land Of Flip | 11:44 | ||
I Am A Bowl | 2:46 |
Credits (6)
- Didier LéonCover, Painting
- Phil DunneEngineer
- Pierre LattèsExecutive-Producer
- Phil Franks (2)Photography By
- Jean GeorgakarakosProducer
- Jean-Luc YoungProducer
Notes
2022 Remastered Edition
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Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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Banana Moon LP, Album, Gatefold | BYG Records – 529 345, BYG Records – 529.345 | France | 1971 | France — 1971 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | BYG Records – 529.345 | France | 1971 | France — 1971 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Repress, Gatefold | BYG Records – 529.345 | France | 1971 | France — 1971 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | BYG Records – YX-6044 | Japan | 1973 | Japan — 1973 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Caroline Records – C 1512, Caroline Records – C1512 | UK | 1975 | UK — 1975 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Caroline Records – C1512, Caroline Records – C 1512 | UK | 1975 | UK — 1975 | |||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | Charly Records – CR 30165 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, White Label | Charly Records – CR 30165 | UK | 1979 | UK — 1979 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Oxford – OX/3178 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon Cassette, Album, Reissue | Oxford – OX 73178 | Italy | 1980 | Italy — 1980 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Charly Records – CR 30165 | Italy | 1986 | Italy — 1986 | |||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue | Decal – CD LIK 63 | Europe | 1990 | Europe — 1990 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue | Decal – CD LIK 63 | France | 1990 | France — 1990 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue | Decal – CD LIK 63 | UK | 1990 | UK — 1990 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Editions Atlas – RK CD 452 | France | 1993 | France — 1993 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak | Spalax Music – 14945 | France | 1995 | France — 1995 | |||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Charly Records – CDCRH 110 | UK | 1996 | UK — 1996 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Get Back – GET 557 | Italy | 1999 | Italy — 1999 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition, Unofficial Release | ООО "Канкард" – KDCD 003 | Russia | 1999 | Russia — 1999 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Charly Records – SNAP 238CD | Europe | 2005 | Europe — 2005 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Paper Sleeve, SHM-CD | Victor – VICP-70077 | Japan | 2009 | Japan — 2009 | Recently Edited | ||||
Banana Moon 8×File, MP3, Album, 320 kbps | Flamedog Records – none | Australia | 2015 | Australia — 2015 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, SHM-CD, Paper Sleeve | Belle Antique – BELLE 182855 | Japan | 2018 | Japan — 2018 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | BYG Records – BYG 529.345 CD, Charly Records – BYG 529.345 CD | Europe | 2022 | Europe — 2022 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered | BYG Records – BYG 529.345 | Europe | 2022 | Europe — 2022 | New Submission | ||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue, Gatefold | Charly Records – CR 30165 | UK | UK | Recently Edited | |||||
Banana Moon LP, Album, Reissue | Bellaphon – CR 3050, Charly Records – CR 3050 | Germany | Germany |
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Reviews
- Please to report - much better than anticipated!
Always personally really liked this LP, but the music is a matter of opinion so we will leave it there!
LP has no physical warping or scuff marks Etc. Plays silent between tracks and I was surprised how good this actually sounds on my mid priced Marantz/ audio technica system, (admittedly was not expecting much but my original French 1971 version is played to death and the original 1990 UK CD release sounds "digitally" awful).
Good wide soundscape, balanced well, bass/ trebles spot on.
Cover is good quality, poly lined inner bag and has an insert with info on the album.
Recommended. - Edited one year ago
referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Reissue) C 1512
I own the first few Gong albums and hadn't bothered with this until I read it was one of Bowie's favourite albums of all time. That piqued my curiosity. It's similar to Gong. It has Psych rock as well as free jazz elements on side 2. Bowie stated that he felt this album was the embryo of Glam music. I didn't hear that as much but it is a really strong album and one that I'm pleased to have discovered. referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
The Daevid Allen - Banana Moon in GREEN SINGLE cover is no that a PROMO issue!!!!! On the spin off is it stamped "a arlacem" som betyr PROMO, but as with very many Latin word you must share it in two. I live in Spain and have two French neighbours as solved this mystery in two minutes. So forget REISSUE and take care about your PROMO copy! All BYG records SHALL have a weight at 180 gram, if less it's a later pressing. Originales on BYG have very good sound.- Edited one year ago
referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
Banana Moon cannot be praised enough for its originality and musicianship. Wyatt's drumming is so good it just leaves me stupefied. I have many, many pressings of this album, and the best one is the 1975 Caroline UK reissue w/alt. cover, second is the French press, w/green-alt. cover.
PS
Stumbled on an interesting article several years ago, that Banana Moon is number 11 on David Bowie's favorite 25 albums list.
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2016/04/david-bowie-favorite-albums referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
Wonderful (in one's mid-fifties) to discover this recording with Robert Wyatt on drums and—in many instances—vocals.
Previously knew of Daevid only via the New York Gong recording: primarily due to its connection with early Material. Oh and his semi-prominent place in the Wyatt's biography Different Every Time: a book which—as is perhaps self-evident—I haven't gotten around to finishing yet.
Not that I hadn't at least heard *of* Camembert Electrique. Seems I have some remedial listening to do.referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
RIP Barry St John - her obituary led me here.
Like Delvap below I was 18 when I bought this as an import, probably from Virgin when they were just a mail order business. Nearly 50 years later it is still a favourite. I like the early Gong records but I love this one.
The story behind the record is Gong had booked time at the Marquee studios but Daevid and Christian were the only ones to get into the country. (Which is ironic considering why Daevid left Soft Machine).Daevid contacted Robert Wyatt who called around and assembled the band. That's Gary Wright's head which has been added to the picture of Daevid, Robert and Archie.
After a gig once I asked Kevin Ayers where the whole banana thing came from and he said "Canterbury being a commuter area we called it cornflake country and, well, you know how bananas go with cornflakes..."- Edited 3 years ago
referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
Hello,
I was 18 when I bought the first version of this LP.
In those days, France was a fine place to live in, and was not yet a ruined country.
Memories memories...
Music today is always as tremedous than half a century ago. referencing Banana Moon (LP, Album, Gatefold) 529 345
I have had various editions of this album, but the one that I have right now which I am currently playing happens to be the 1979 Charly reissue.
I remember hearing it for the first time as my older brother played it when I was nine or ten years old, once he went out with his friends I entered his room and played his Caroline Records copy, needless to say, I was immediately hooked for the rest of my life, next up was Camembert Electrique and my life has never been the same since.
The musicianship is superb even though to me the quality sounds really rough, but hey, sometimes rough really works for some music, and this is the exact type of music where it does work.
A fantastic album for people of a strange disposition.
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