Daevid Allen (Gong) - 1971 Banana Moon

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Banana Moon is a 1971 studio album by Daevid Allen. The album is sometimes referred to as Bananamoon and it was also reissued as a Gong album.

00:00 "It's the Time of Your Life" (Christian Tritsch) -- 3:22
03:22 "Memories" (Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt) 3:35
06:57 "All I Want Is Out of Here" (Tritsch) -- 4:49
11:46 "Fred the Fish and the Chip On His Shoulder" (Allen) -- 2:29
14:15 "White Neck Blooze" / "Codein Coda" (Allen) -- 5:44
19:59 "Stoned Innocent Frankenstein" (Allen) -- 3:22
23:21 "And His Adventures In the Land of Flip" (Allen) -- 12:01
35:22 "I Am a Bowl" (Allen) -- 2:46

- Daevid Allen (voc/g)
- Robert Wyatt (d/voc/g)
- Archie Legget (b)
- Gary Wright (p)
- Gerry Field (vln)
- Maggie Bell (bv)
- Barry St. John (bv)
guests:
- Pip Pyle (d)
- Christian Tritsch (g/b)
- Nick Evans (tb)
- Gilli Smyth (space whisper)
Recorded: Jan 1971
- Location : London (Marquee Studios)
- Pr : Pierre Lattes

Daevid Allen was one of the founders of the British progressive rock band the Soft Machine in 1966. After recording just one album with the group, he became the founder/leader of Gong, which he left in 1973 to begin a solo carrier.

Review by Peter Kurtz [-] allmusic

This wacky, whimsical musical cartoon emerged several years after Daevid Allen left the legendary Soft Machine, and soon after he'd launched his classic hippie prog rock band Gong. It was initially released on the French label Byg in 1971, and re-released in England on the Virgin subsidiary Caroline in '75. Joining Allen here is an all-star troupe that includes Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine and Matching Mole), Gary Wright (Spooky Tooth), Maggie Bell (Stone the Crows), and Gong members "Submarine Captain" Christian Tritsch, Pip Pyle, and Allen's girlfriend Gillie Smyth (aka "Shakti Yoni"). It's no surprise that the musical anarchy here resembles early Gong, as opposed to the artist's later, more reflective solo recordings. With a smile and wink, the irrepressible, mischievous Allen has the ability to sound completely stoned yet totally likeable. He also shreds a few guitar strings on the balls-out rocking "It's the Time of Your Life." And the moody version of "Memories," sung here by Wyatt, is probably the best of at least a half-dozen floating around the Canterbury scene. Suffice to say, Banana Moon is quite weird, but it's also non-threatening and a great deal of fun. Also recommended and of a similar vein are Gong's Camembert Electrique, which is a bit more avant-garde, and Magick Brother, which is slightly more psychedelic.