Rainbow Takeaway is the eighth studio album by Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...

. The core band is essentially the same as its predecessor, Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)

Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)

Yes We Have No Mañanas is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, released in June 1976. This LP marked Kevin Ayers' return to the leftfield Harvest label...

. Rainbow Takeaway marks the close of the 70s Ayers progressive sound, with Billy Livsey

Billy Livsey

Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...

’s synthesizer flourishes on ‘A View From The Mountain’ providing a final coda to that era. Soul and Country elements are also present on Rainbow Takeaway coupled with the reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 rhythms on the standout track ‘Beware Of The Dog II’. The eccentric Ayers mélange is in full effect on the chaotic closer ‘Hat Song’. Ayers retired to Deià

Deià

Deià is a small coastal village on the northern ridge of the Spanish island of Majorca. It is located about ten miles north of Valldemossa, and it is known for its literary and musical residents...

, Spain shortly after the album’s release.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kevin Ayers

1. "Blaming It All on Love"
2. "Ballad of a Salesman Who Sold Himself"
3. "A View from the Mountain"
4. "Rainbow Takeaway"
5. "Waltz for You"
6. "Beware of the Dog II"
7. "Strange Song"
8. "Goodnight Goodnight"
9. "Hat Song"

Personnel

• Kevin Ayers
  Kevin Ayers
  Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...
  
   - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Ollie Halsall
  Ollie Halsall
  Peter John 'Ollie' Halsall was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music...
  
   - Guitar
• Billy Livsey
  Billy Livsey
  Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
  
   - Keyboards
• Rob Townsend
  Rob Townsend
  Rob Townsend is a British rock and blues drummer. He was influenced by jazz greats such as Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa and is best known for being the drummer for progressive rock band Family and later The Blues Band....
  
   - Drums
• Charles McCracken - Bass, Guitar
• Anthony Moore
  Anthony Moore
  Anthony Moore is a British experimental music composer, performer and producer. He was a founding member of the band Slapp Happy, worked with Henry Cow and has made a number of solo albums, including Flying Doesn't Help and World Service .As a lyricist, Moore has collaborated with Pink Floyd on...
  
  - Keyboards, Producer
• Graham Preskett - Violin
• Barry DeSouza - Drums