Without Earth and the Moon

Without Earth and the Moon Artist: Moon
Label: Rev-Ola
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5013929430921
ASIN: B00006JXZ2


Release Date: 2004-04-01

Without Earth and the Moon


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Tracks:

  1. Mothers And Fathers
  2. Pleasure
  3. I Should Be Dreaming
  4. Brother Lous Love Colony
  5. Got To Be On My Way
  6. Someday Girl
  7. Papers
  8. Faces
  9. Never Mind
  10. Give Me More
  11. Shes On My Mind
  12. Walking Around
  13. Pirate
  14. Lebanon
  15. Transporting Machine
  16. Mary Jane
  17. Softly
  18. Not To Know
  19. The Good Side
  20. Life Is A Season
  21. John Automaton
  22. Come Out Tonight
  23. Mr Duffy
  24. Pirate Song (Mono 45 Mix) (Bonus Track)
  25. Not To Know (Mono 45 Mix) (Bonus Track)
  26. Face In The Crowd (Matthew Moore Plus 4) (Bonus Track)
  27. White Silk Glove (Matthew Moore Plus 4) (Bonus Track)
  28. Come On Home (Matthew Moore Plus 4) (Bonus Track)

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Album Description

What do you get when you combine a Beach Boy (David Marks), an Arrow (Larry Brown of Davie Allan & the Arrows) & garage rock legend Matthew Moore...one of the most unjustly overlooked studio aggregations of the 1960s. Presented here for the first time on CD is the entire recorded output of The Moon on Imperial Records - two brilliant albums of lost Beatle-esque pop-psych (1968's 'Moon Without Earth' & it's followup 'Moon') & five bonus tracks, 'Pirate Song' (mono 45 mix), 'Not To Know' (mono 45 mix) & 3 from 'Matthew Moore Plus 4', 'Face In The Crowd', 'White Silk Glove' & 'Come On Home'. Rev-Ola. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars M O O N spells: Shafted by Imperial Records.......2006-09-16

There are only a few artists that make it to the top and Moon is just one of the many groups that got lost in the crowd. Matthew Moore is a decent songwriter whose style roughly fits into the same category as Emitt Rhodes or Eric Carmen. The two albums are catchy and enjoyable, but not one song could be considered to be an absolute killer for an a side on a single. Simply put, they sound like a mixture of the Beatles, Bee Gees, Zombies, and Hollies while never actually sounding like themselves. Maybe a diiferent producer could have coaxed Moore into writing in a more original style, but don't let that stop you from buying this lost gem.

5 out of 5 stars We all missed this boat...........2006-08-02


...but you don't have to miss it the second time thanks to Rev-Ola CDs if you can still remember the Summer of Love when we really did think we could change the nasty old world.

The original MOON records cost more than some Beatles but this CD is excellent ...and a bargain.

Try it...you'll like it....and might even silently thank me.

4 out of 5 stars SOUNDS A LOT LESS DATED THAN "SGT. PEPPER"!!!.......2006-07-21

While the criminally-overrated "Sgt. Pepper" album is clearly showing signs of age
(except to those mythology-panderers in denial,)the debut album by The Moon
sounds fresh, vibrant, and just a tad audacious. And while I'm at it, let me correct
those who continue to misrepresent the musical landmarks which influenced this disc:
it owes more to the Bee Gees' pop-psych of "First" and the Beach Boys' underrated "Friends" than The Beatles.
Highlights include the Gibb-meets-Barrett opener, "Mothers And Fathers", the acid-
drenched "I Should Be Dreaming", the flawless pop of "Pleasure" and the goofy
sitar-laced psychedelia of "Brother Lou's Love Colony" - which I guarantee you, if Beck recorded
tomorrow, the rock press would be praising to high heaven!

4 out of 5 stars Top Notch Psychedelic Bubblegum.......2005-04-09

Just as it seems every schlemiel with a guitar who heard the Ramones or Sex Pistols ran out and started a punk band, it's probably a safe bet that a fair number of people who bought Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band or Magical Mystery Tour started a psychedelic-tinged pop band and put out an obscure album or two. Most of which, needless to say, are mediocre and terribly dated. And, to be honest, pretty much every great obscure track you really need can be found on the Nuggets and Nuggets II box sets. Still, occasionally I'll stumble across a surprisingly decent obscurity.

This is one of those lucky finds. L.A.'s The Moon didn't exactly take the Summer of Love by storm; their biggest claim to fame was likely the inclusion of guitarist David Marks, who apparently had played in the Beach Boys at some point (nope, I hadn't heard of him earlier). Fortunately, collectors' label Rev-Ola collected their 2 lp's, 1968's Without Earth and 1969's The Moon, onto a single cd a couple years back. And it's actually pretty great. Or if not great, at least something worth repeated listens. The debut is a pretty blatant Beatles rip-off, apparently trying to sound as much like Magical Mystery Tour as possible without venturing into copyright infringement. Of course, nothing is as memorable as anything John & Paul came up with, but there are a few songs (oddly overlooked by Nuggets and comparable collections) that deserve to be played alongside any other 60's pop classics -- most notably the catchy "Walking Around" and the psychedlia-drenched "Never Mind." Much of the rest falls into a sunshine pop sound, perhaps too twee to be memorable, but it ain't bad. The follow-up was more of a departure, with the band apparently adding some Dylan (or, more likely, Donovan) to their collections. A much more folk-oriented sound, though still plenty of light psychedelic pop thrown into the mix. Some gets kinda silly, but the sound is a bit improved, and at least it's less derivative. All in all, a worthwhile purchase for fans of the era.

5 out of 5 stars

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