DeBaser's Inimitable Listening List

Imagination - Can't Stand Without You (Germany, 1980)
Bananas in the Shade of the Velvet Underground & Nico [05 of 05]
In other words, other worthy yet unknown records that feature on their covers the ambiguous, iconic fruit that has delivered to history the beautiful German wrapped in fine velvet.

Imagination - Shake It (Nash-Records, 1980)
The Imagination of "Just An Illusion," "Flashback," "Music And Lights," "Body Talk," the ones that got an entire generation moving to the rhythm? No, they’re not those. "Shake It" is a great work of funk, soul, disco, boogie, just like the LPs of the famous namesakes, but it is geographically distant. Behind this name lies the one-man project of the German multi-instrumentalist Uwe Ziß. Some might wonder, then, why it’s worth listening to this album since it echoes the genres of the more famous Imagination? The answer lies in the grooves of the extremely rare vinyl—surprising and lovable, intimate and just the right amount of cheesy.

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JonatanCoe

7 dec 19

DeRank™: 6,00 Championship

Blue Runner Blues
Bananas in the Shade of the Velvet Underground & Nico [04 of 05]
That is, other deserving but unknown records that feature the ambiguous, iconic fruit on their covers, which has delivered to history the beautiful German wrapped in exquisite velvet.

Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruit Basket: Red Hot Blues, 1931-1936 (Yazoo, 1979)
Bo Carter appeared and disappeared along the deep shores lining the delta of the blues over a period of about ten years. Many delightful unnoticed singles, a single LP (actually a greatest hits collection featuring recordings from 1930 to 1940), countless compilations that draw, more or less, from the same tracks, and a great talent confined within the perimeter of invisibility.

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JonatanCoe

7 dec 19

DeRank™: 3,00 Championship

Miles Is a Cigarette
Bananas in the Shadow of the Velvet Underground & Nico [03 of 05]
That is, other deserving yet unknown albums that feature the ambiguous, iconic fruit on the cover, which introduced to history the beautiful German wrapped in luxurious velvet.

Chris Rea ‎– God's Great Banana Skin (EastWest, 1992)
I believe an artist like Chris Rea needs no introductions. An exceptional guitarist, with a warm, enveloping voice. Blues has made several appearances along the bridge of his Fender, delivering beautiful and poignant pages, just like this one, inexplicably passed over in silence.

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JonatanCoe

7 dec 19

DeRank™: 6,00 Championship

Platano Split - Castil Battle
Bananas in the Shade of the Velvet Underground & Nico [02 of 05]
That is, other worthy yet unknown albums that feature the ambiguous, iconic fruit
that has rendered the beautiful German woman wrapped in luxurious velvet into history.

Platano Split ‎– Castil Battle (Barclay, 1970)
It's truly a shame that this jazz-funk gem, infused with Afro-Cuban sounds, has been lost in the mists of time. Its rarity is confirmed by the prices assigned to the few copies available online. It's just a single, but often there are more emotions in a couple of tracks than in a full-length album, just try it to believe.

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7 dec 19

DeRank™: 6,00 Championship

The Electric Banana - Street Girl - 1967
Bananas in the Shadow of the Velvet Underground & Nico [01 of 05]
That is, other deserving but obscure albums that feature the ambiguous, iconic fruit on their covers that has enshrined the beautiful German wrapped in fine velvet in history.

The Electric Banana - More Electric Banana (Music De Wolfe, 1968)
Behind this bizarre electro-exotic name are the Pretty Things, who from 1967 to 1978 produced music under this pseudonym. The music of the Electric Banana has appeared in various horror and soft-porn films of the late '60s, including "What's Good for the Goose," a 1969 film, the fifth series "The Green Death" (1973) from the tenth season of Doctor Who, where the track "It'll Never Be Me" appears, and "Cause I'm a Man" in George A. Romero's horror film "Dawn of the Dead" (1978).