Banana Productions
Laurence Upton | Wilts, UK | 08/19/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This collection is valuable for the assortment of non-album tracks and previously unreleased tracks, drawn mostly from his strongest period, on the Harvest label, and includes the abandoned single Soon Soon Soon, and the shelved single version of The Lady Rachel. Both previously appeared only on the long-deleted and superior vinyl compilation Odd Ditties in 1976, though are now both now to be found on the remastered Joy Of A Toy. Other re-issues have bonus tracks that are duplicated here.
The CD is therefore generally of most use to first-time buyers and to those who have Kevin Ayers albums in versions that came without bonus tracks as there are no exclusive tracks here.
Nico guests on Irreversible Neural Damage from The Confessions Of Dr Dream (Island, 1974) and there are two tracks from Sweet Deceiver, a record he made for Island in 1975, plus two from Rainbow Takeaway, which he co-produced with Anthony Moore on his return to Harvest in 1978, including the stage favourite Hat Song, but these tend to lack the charm and individuality of his earlier work, and suggest that these later albums are probably best experienced in anthologies such as this"
Irreversible neural damage ...
Tsi-na-pah | Guantanamo prision | 10/06/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is excellent: when I listen to it, I'm jumping from pink floyd to softmachine, then to the velvet ... wow, is the best cd I've bought in ages. This must be what they call psychedelia ..."
Very good, odd ball psychedelic pop songs
grew up in the 1960s | usa | 10/17/2004
(4 out of 5 stars)
"what a surprise. who in the usa ever heard of kevin ayers? think john cale, syd barrett, harry nilsson, the beatles and a little bit of soft machine and you got the idea. very good psychedelic pop circa 1970. 73 mins. long."
Track Listings (19) - Disc #1