Produced by Charlie Ringas
BANANA MOON
Fraz Milne – guitar, vocals
Robert Sharkey – keyboards, vocals
Campbell Walker – bass, vocals
Charlie Ringas – drums
Gloria Davis –vocals
Sherry Powell – violin
Brett Piekarz – trumpet
Ward Smith – tenor saxophone
Tracks 1, 3, 4, 10, 12
recorded by Robert Sharkey
at Bradstone Square Studio,
October 1984 and January 1985.
Tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
recorded by Paul Smith and Fred Duvall
at Moondog Recording Studios.
February, 1985.
Re-edited and Remastered by Garnet Willis
at Noisetree Digital Audio, October 2015
Tracks 4 + 7 © Ⓟ Fraz Milne
Tracks 1, 5 + 10 © Ⓟ Robert Sharkey
Tracks 2, 8 + 11 © Ⓟ Campbell Walker
Tracks 3, 6, 9 + 12 © Ⓟ Charlie Ringas
In the summer of 1984, as experienced many times before, Banana Moon had a line-up change. In comes Robert Sharkey on keyboards/vocals, and at that being a competent composer, arranger, songwriter, producer, and all around nice guy. He really took the group, and combined forces Milne, Walker, and Ringas. As he joined the group and started rehearsing new material, they immediately headed into the studio
This time round, they went for a slightly different approach, taking more time in the studio, adding more instruments, more orchestrations, and with a few lighted hearted tunes amongst the epic intrumentals. And at that, all the while having a good time recording, in the spring of 1985 Banana Moon’s second album, ‘Old Oak Tree’ came to fruition.