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unusual facts about Kevin Ayers


Kevin Ayers

After living for many years in Deià, Majorca, he returned to the United Kingdom in the mid-1990s before moving to the south of France.


Banana Moon

Some of the musicians on this album would subsequently contribute to Kevin Ayers' 1973 album Bananamour.

I Can See Your House from Here

Rupert Hine received the thumbs-up, a top-notcher whose curriculum vitae already boasted the satisfied client signatures of such as Kevin Ayers (Confessions of Dr. Dream, 1972); Yvonne Elliman (Food of Love, 1973); Dave Greenslade (Cactus Choir, 1976); Quantum Jump (Quantum Jump, 1976; Barracuda, 1977) and Cafe Jacques (Round the Back, 1977; International, 1978).

Rowan Ayers

Rowan Ayers was the father of Kevin Ayers, a founder member of Soft Machine and a very keen Merlin Rocket sailor in the 1960s.

Stranger in Blue Suede Shoes

To celebrate the return of Kevin Ayers to Harvest Records, in November 1976 the label reissued his 1971 neo-rockabilly single.

The End of an Ear

The song titles refer to the following people or groups: Mark Ellidge (Wyatt's half brother), Bridget St. John, Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, Nick Evans, Caravan and Jimmy Hastings, Kevin Ayers' The Whole World, Carla Bley, Marsha Hunt and Caroline Coon.


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Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy

The recording was made for £400 in the living room of Kevin Ayers' Maida Vale home.