Bananamour Kevin Ayers EMI 07243-582780-2-6 || 26.05.03 || £8.50  $ € ¥  + p+p +tax Click for big pic With Steve Hillage Originally released in 1973, now re-issued in this 'remastered from the original tapes' form and with 4 'bonus' tracks. The sound is natuarally very good throughout with guest helping hands and voices from old Softs mates and Steve Hillage, contributing some excellent guitar, appearing throughout. The CD is completed with some good historical liner notes by Mark Powell, who oversaw the project, and a reprint of the very rare 16 page booket that came with some early copies of the original LP - the master of which came from our own GAS archives. The bonus tracks are Connie, a reggae style version of Clarence in Wonderland released as the B-side of a single in '73, track 10 - a previously unreleased different mix of Decadence, and tracks 11 & 12, the A and B sides of another '73 Kevin single. Track Listing: Total Runtime 0.00 Don't Let It Get You Down 3.58 Shouting in a Bucket Blues 3.44 When Your Parents Go To Sleep 5.47 Interview 4.43 Internotional Anthem 0.42 Decadence 8.04 Oh! Wot a Dream 2.48 Hymn 4.35 Beware of the Dog 1.19 Bonus Tracks: Connie on a Rubber Band 2.55 Decadence (Early mix - Previously unreleased) 6.55 Take Me To Tahiti 3.35 Carabbean Moon 3.01 Musicians: Archie Legget: Bass, harmony vocals, and lead vocal on trk. 3 Eddie Sparrow: Drums and Percussion Kevin Ayers: Guitars and Vocals Robert Wyatt: Harmony vocal on Hymn Steve Hillage: Lead guitar on trk. 2 Mike Ratlidge: Organ on Interview Howey Casey: Tenor Sax Dave Caswel: Trumpet Lyle Jenkins: Baritone Sax Ronnie Price: Piano David Bedford: Orchestral arrangement on trk. 9 Doris Troy, Liza Strike, Barry St John: Backing vocas