MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND MESSIN' |
01. Messin' (9:53) (Hugg) | 02. Buddah (7:01) (Mann/Rogers) 03. Cloudy Eyes (5:34) (Mann) 04. Get Your Rocks Off (2:48) (Dylan) 05. Sadjoy (5:14) (Mann) 06. Black And Blue (6:43) (Chain/Sullivan/Taylor/Manning/Harvey) 07. Mardi Gras Day (3:04) (Creaux) Bonus tracks (1998 re-master): 08. Pretty Good (4:11) (John Prine) 09. Cloudy Eyes (3:30) (single edit) Total playing time: 48:02 Released in US as 'Get Your Rocks Off': 1. Messin' 2. Pretty Good (John Prine) 3. Sadjoy 4. Get Your Rocks Off 5. Buddah 6. Cloudy Eyes 7. Mardi Gras Day Messin' I first heard this song when I was listening to an unreleased Chapter 3 LP & it was suggested as a live number for us, this is the live arrangement & it was written by Mike Hugg. Machines & monkeys supplied by our electronic friend, Laurie Baker. Buddah Manfred fantasizing a sort of conversation with certain religious masters meeting them in an everyday situation. The verses were originally written as a boogie & the Viking type horns in the last section were later added as an after-thought. Cloudy Eyes A theme written by Manfred for un-completed musical. Get Your Rocks Off It has become a sort of tradition for Manfred to record Bob Dylan songs, & with a title like this one, who could refuse it. Our thanks to Tom McGuinness of 'McGuinness-Flint'for finding the song. Sadjoy Written by Manfred originally for brass & strings. It's a sort of exercise of playing a theme & still having as much musical freedom as possible. The title speaks for itself & voices supplied by Liza Strike, Ruby James & EB. Black & Blue This what might be called an Australian work song explaining some of the unjust incidents happening to an English convict imprisoned in Australia at the turn of the century, written by two Australian friends, Matt Taylor & Phil Manning. Mardi Gras Day From the sublime to the ridiculous, with a little help from our friends. Bonus tracks: Pretty Good From the North American version of the 'Messin'' album (the US album was re-titled 'Get Your Rocks Off'). 'Pretty Good' was hurriedly recorded to replace the UK album track 'Black & Blue' as it was felt this was 'unsuitable' for the US market at the time. Cloudy Eyes (edit) B-side of the US single of 'Joybringer'. Released October 1973. The track is just an edited version of the original album track. Manfred Mann: Synthesizer, Organ Mick Rogers: Guitar, Vocals Colin Pattenden: Bass Guitar Chris Slade: Fibes Drums Produced by Manfred Mann Recorded at Maximum Sound Studios, London, 1973 Engineer: John Edwards Tape operator: Laurence Latham (co-engineering on 'Sadjoy') Machines & Zoo on 'Messin' by Laurie Baker Sleeve concept: Peter Hignett Sleeve design: William Stone & Associates Illustration: Peter Goodfellow Backing vocals: Liz Strike, Vicki Brown, Judith Powell & Ruby James 1998 re-master credits: Re-mastered by Mike Brown & Robert M. Corich assisted by Richard Roy Add. material courtesy M.Mann, The Workhouse, Andy & Carol Taylor at Platform End, Helen Milner, Steve Fernie & Mick Rogers Add. thanks to Ron Clint & Greg Russo Revised artwork & liner notes prepared by Red Steel Productions for Creature Music Ltd. CD artwork: Frank McPartland, Creation Graphics, Luton Originally released in UK by Vertigo (6360 087), 15/06/73 (P) © 1973 Petbrook Ltd. on exclusive licence to Creature Music Ltd.
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