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DEAR FRIENDS, AFTER RECEIVING FIVE NOTIFICATIONS FROM DMCA, I HAVE DECIDED TO CLOSE MY BLOGS, SO ALL THIS SHARING-LINK ACTIVITY IS FINISHED. YOU CAN READ THE COMPLETE TEXT I POSTED ON MY PILOT BLOG - - > HERE

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Showing posts with label MAN. Show all posts
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26 Feb 2010

MAN - Be good to yourself at least once a day (United Artists, 1972)

The front cover.
The inner bag contained all the extremely complicated genealogy of the group and single components updated to 1972.
The album opens with a large inner pop-up accordion-poster with the Map of Wales.

Together with the "Live at Padgett Rooms", this is for me the best LP of Man

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In my opinion, apart form the two LPs which I posted separatedly, all the albums of Man are good. I don't have the last two, "All's well that ends well" and "Friday the 13th".
Further albums for your collection:

REVELATION (PYE, 1969)
The first edition inclued a track titled "Erotica" (based on some rocking music with a groaning woman's voice on her way to the orgasm), which was banned from the eventual reprints.  Deke Leonard is still listed as Roger Leonard and although the covers show five elements, the group's bassman, Ray "Taff" Williams, is not named on the liner notes.
TWO OZS OF PLASTIC WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE (Dawn, 1969)

MAN (Liberty, 1970)

DO YOU LIKE IT HERE NOW?... (United Artists, 1971)


BACK INTO THE FUTURE (2 LP, United Artists, 1974)

RHINOS, WINOS AND LUNATICS (United Artists, 1974)

SLOW MOTION (United Artists, 1974)

MAXIMUM DARKNESS (United Artists, 1975)
Originally the album came out with a poster, but some early copies came out with the side-A label stuck on both sides and NO poster at all.  Unfortunately, this is the case of the copy I own... I would have rather preferred to have the poster instead of two side-A labels!!!

THE WELSH CONNECTION (MCA, 1976)

Your COUNTESS

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MAN - Live at the Padget Rooms, Penarth (United Artists, 1971) - Limited edition

This LP was issued in a limited edition (the same that happened for Help Yourself's "Happy days/The return of Ken Whaley"), the label was numbered USP 100.
Among the titles, this live version of "Many are called but few get up"  is something devastating, with those powerful guitar riffs entwining again and again, such an incredible drive..!  In comparison, the studio version (on the LP "Do you like it here now?" - see foto below) loses all its aplomb...
Unacceptable that albums such as this were released in limited editions!!
Together with "Be good to yourself..." is in my opinion the best album of Man.

The complete title is:
"Do you like it here now? (Are you settling in allright?)"
(United Artists, 1971)
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UPDATE:
Sad sad news about Man's effective leader and main composer, guitarist/singer  Mickey Jones, who died on 14th March, aged 63, exactly during the days I was preparing a big part of Man's discography for these columns.  He was the only original member always present in those roaring years, from 69 to 79, responsible for the75% at least of the band's musical material. I always loved his licks and sounds, especially on wah-wah, that he was able to extract from his splendid GIBSON SG Standard.  Thanks him for so many good albums, that I hold tight, shame only that he never recorded a solo album, I would always have been curious to hear one from him. Rest in peace.

XXX
Dame V.
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