Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Greatest Hits (Rpkg)
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Artist: Manfred Mann's Earth BandBrand: MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-03
Music Label: Rhino
Soundtracks:
- Blinded by the Light
- Spirit in the Night
- Quit Your Low Down Ways
- Questions
- Circles
- Davy's on the Road Again
- Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
- You Angel You
- Hollywood Town
- Don't Kill It Carol
- On the Run
- For You
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Free Music Review: Good stuff here including full length "Blinded by the Light" but includes inferior live "Quinn the Eskimo"
Hit: 3 Stars
Manfred Mann Earth Band is probably best remembered for their exceptional cover of Springsteen's "Blinded by the Light". This Best of focuses on their hits from 1974-1980 when they appeared on Warner Brothers in the United States. While it still lacks essential Manfred Man cuts from his earlier band and has a live version of "Quinn the Eskimo" (which is inferior to the studio version although to be fair that was recorded by Mann's PREVIOUS band), this is a pretty good collection over all focusing on the band's shift in style to more of a mixture of stadium rock/early 70's prog.
The sound is exceptional. The mastering by Lee Herschberg has a wide dynamic range with plenty of detail and a nice warm sound. The booklet also has plenty of info on this incarnation of the band including personnel changes (the departure of Mick Rogers, the addition of Dave Flett replacing him on lead guitar, the addition of vocalist/guitarist Chris Thompson, ex-Wings member Geoff Britten joining, etc.)and plenty of pictures.
Aside from the Springsteen covers, the best material here comes from the late 70's including "Don't Kill It Carol", "On the Run", "You Angel You"--another Dylan cover and "Davy's On The Road Again" co-written by Robbie Robertson. Mann's band clearly was focusing on appealing to mainstream rock audiences and their efforts here spanning "Nightingales and Bombers"("The Good Earth" which preceded "Nightingales and Bombers" has nothing from that album here) to 1980's "Chance" which featured the last appearance of Chris Thompson (he left after 1979's "Angel Station" but appeared on a couple of cuts on "Chance" as well).
I like this collection quite a bit but it gets dinged a star for having the live version of "Quinn the Eskimo" without noting that it is a live version however it does get points for including over an hour's worth of music as well as the full length version (not the single version)of "Blinded by the Light". If you're looking for the best songs from the mid-70's incarnation of the band, this is a good single collection.
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19 of the smash prog rock group's greatest, all digitally remastered. Includes 'Spirits In The Night', 'Blinded By The Light' (Single Version), 'Mighty Quinn' (Single Version), 'You Angel You' (Single Version), 'For You' (Single Version), 'Lies' and 'Runner' (Single Version). The tracks span 1972-1998. Also features a 32 page booklet packed with photos (color and black & white) and liner notes. Comes packaged in a digipak within a full color, embossed slipcase. 1999 release.Pop Music CDs
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