Manfred Mann's Earth Band !

[ZEPPELIN4EVER]

NEVER really gave their stuff a listen until recently... I remember them from what was played on fm radio mainly the springsteen covers....Good stuff..I just got the Watch lp....

[Rand Kelly]

FWIW - Nightingales, Solar Fire, Angel Station and Watch is what you should check out next.

Regards,
Jon

I agree 100% with this. The first one I ever heard was Solar Fire and I couldn't pull it out of my 8-trak player for 2 weeks. It remains my favorite. Mercury(Winged Messenger yadda yadda yadda reminds me of something Mahavishnu Orchestra would do.....anyone else get that?)

[Trane]

If you really want to hear some Manfred that'll knock your socks off, be sure to check out the two albums by his early 70's band "Chapter Three." Both Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Vol. 2 are early British prog classics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TXNCX0-Ls

Mmmmhhh!!!... Agree, thiough I find both albums a tad muddy in terms of production.

[JIF]

I only have The Roaring Silent, and I love it. Love the Earth Band's brand of prog, especially's Mann's Moog playing. I dig their cover of For You.

[Rand Kelly]

I like the Mick Rogers era the best. Watching him sing Father Of Day,Father Of Night in the Angel Station dvd is priceless. Love that guy's voice.

Well, I discovered a 1974 performance that's pretty good too,so I'm posting 3,1974,1999,2012. Love the way Manfred is using headphones to pre-program the minimoog for his solo later on. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=8qF-z7BctPI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ioHiBSKvgz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=FyE5h9KeyB8

[Man In The Mountain]

Watch this --- THIS IS THE SHIT!!!



Oh yeah!!

[mogrooves]

Both Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Vol. 2 are early British prog classics!

...and criminally ignored! A great band with terrific songs and arrangements, and more "out" saxophone than any rock band I can think of. (I was lucky to catch them in '69, in a small club).

[gryphon]

Nightingales & Bombers
Good Earth
Solar Fire
The Roaring Silence
Watch
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Messin'
Glorified Magnified
MM'EB debut
Angel Station
Soft Vengeance

Big Manfred fan, I could agree with this list except eliminate debut and substitute "2006" from 2004.

Jeff

[Echoes]

If you really want to hear some Manfred that'll knock your socks off, be sure to check out the two albums by his early 70's band "Chapter Three." Both Manfred Mann Chapter Three and Manfred Mann Chapter Three, Vol. 2 are early British prog classics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1TXNCX0-Ls

I'll go with that. I especially loved the bass playing on those albums by Steve York from East of Eden. And the saxophone playing is incredible and for me personally, one of the rare times when Sax really works in a rock context (From my POV, I'd rather hear a Gilmour guitar solo tha Dick Parry's sax on Dark Side, and a Springsteen or Van Zandt riff over Clarence Clemons). And I think Manfred Mann has become a bit of a curmudgeon. I interviewed him in the 90s and he was pretty gruff and very dismissive of his 70s work.

[DarthVander]

Well I'm such a big fan of this band I actually am in a tribute to them - can look us up here if interested: http://http://www.mannfredsearth.co.uk/

But enough plugging, love the early period with Mick Rogers, and a huge fan of Chris Thompson's singing.

My top 5 albums would be (though not always necessarily in this order):
The Roaring Silence (and not because it has "Blinded by the Light", though that's a great song too - the real highlights for me are "Questions" and "The Road to Babylon")
Watch
Solar Fire
Angel Station
The Good Earth

They're still a very good live band (looking forward to seeing them this September, for the first time with Robert Hart on vocals) though would be nice if they got a bit more adventurous with their setlists.
It definitely seems like Manfred doesn't really rate the early stuff...