The Moon - Without Earth & The Moon 1968-1969 (2 ALBUMS) [Psychedelic Rock | Baroque Pop]
Psychedelic Rock |
Baroque Pop 1968 -
1969 USA
Tracklist:
Without Earth
01 -
Mothers And Fathers [00:02:06]
02 -
Pleasure [00:03:19]
03 - I Should Be
Dreaming [00:02:33]
04 -
Brother Lou's
Love Colony [00:03:58]
05 - Got
To Be On My Way [00:02:01]
06 -
Someday Girl [00:02:42]
07 -
Papers [00:00:59]
08 -
Faces [00:02:06]
09 - Never
Mind [00:01:51]
10 -
Give Me More [00:02:48]
11 - She's
On My Mind [00:02:21]
12 -
Walking Around [00:01:56]
The Moon
13 -
Pirate [00:02:55]
14 -
Lebanon [00:01:45]
15 - Transporting
Machine [00:01:40]
16 -
Mary Jane [00:02:16]
17 -
Softly [00:03:01]
18 - Not To Know [00:02:42]
19 -
The Good Side [00:02:59]
20 -
Life Is A
Season [00:02:22]
21 -
John Automaton [00:02:17]
22 - Come Out
Tonight [00:02:47]
23 - Mr.
Duffy [00:02:56]
Bonus tracks
24 - Pirate
Song (
Mono 45 Mix) [00:02:38]
25 - Not To Know (Mono 45 Mix) [00:02:41]
26 -
Face In
The Crowd (
Matthew Moore Plus 4) [00:02:05]
27 -
White Silk Glove (Matthew Moore Plus 4) [00:02:15]
28 -
Come On Home (Matthew Moore Plus 4) [00:02:58]
Moon was a short-lived, late-'60s psych-pop supergroup, notable for featuring ex-Beach Boy
David Marks on lead guitar. Twenty-year-old
Marks had already enjoyed quite a career. At 14, circa 1962, he joined the
Beach Boys as a rhythm guitarist (the Wilsons were his neighbors in
Hawthorne, CA) when
Al Jardine left their lineup to attend dental school. Marks appeared on the first four Beach Boys albums and several hit
singles, including "
Surfin'
U.S.A." and "
Surfer Girl." When Jardine returned, Marks, just 16, became the leader of
Dave & the Marksmen, who had localized hits with "
Cruisin'," "
I Wanna Cry," and "
I Could Make You Mine." Marks then formed the
Band Without a
Name, who recorded two singles for
Tower and
Sidewalk and were the house band at two
Sunset Strip clubs, circa 1965-1966. After leaving this group, Marks formed Moon with organ/pianist/vocalist Matthew Moore, who penned most of the band's songs.
Moore's previous group, Matthew Moore
Plus Four, had recorded for
GNP Crescendo, and he had also recorded solo material for
White Whale and
Capitol.
The other Moon members were bassist
David P.
Jackson (ex-Hearts &
Flowers, who had two LPs on Capitol in the late '60s) and drummer
Larry Brown (ex-Davie
Allan & the
Arrows and a veteran of countless film soundtracks and those Sidewalk/Tower releases that were produced by
Mike Curb). The members of Moon literally moved into
Continental Recorders in
Hollywood, where they recorded two albums -- 1968's Moon Without Earth and 1969's Moon -- for
Imperial.
Today, Marks admits these were produced under the influence of
LSD, and sound "like a cross between the
Bee Gees, the
Beatles, and
Jimi Hendrix." The group's membership also included bassist
Andy Bennett, with session drummer
Jim Keltner occasionally filling in.
After Moon dissolved, Marks began working as a studio musician with Denny
Brooks,
Delaney & Bonnie, and others. Marks, Moore, and Jackson later worked together -- alongside members of
Colours and the
East Side Kids -- on
Buzz Clifford's See
Your Way Clear album. In
August 1997, Marks re-joined the Beach Boys, who were unable to tour due to
Carl Wilson's cancer. Marks also joined
Mike Love's Beach Boys, but was forced to leave due to his own battle with
Hepatitis C. He founded the non-profit
Artists Against Hepatitis foundation and became the national spokesman for the
Hep C Hope Foundation. More recently, he still finds time to tour with
Beach Party!, made up of former members of the Beach Boys' touring band. Moore, meanwhile, joined
Joe Cocker's
1970 Mad Dogs and Englishmen Tour, which was captured on vinyl and film for posterity's sake (
Cocker performed Moore's "
Space Captain"). Moore then went on to have a successful career as a session vocalist and keyboardist, recorded solo albums, and even had his own label, New
Decade. David P. Jackson went on to become the bassist with
Dillard & Clark. Larry Brown played with
Gunhill Road,
Tony Allwine, and was the official voice for
Mickey Mouse.