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Артист: Manfred Mann Альбом: Four Manfred Mann Originals, 1996 Издатель: EMI / 724383504022 Жанр: Pop Формат файла: EAC,Flac, Cue, Log, Scanns -> 850 MB (RAR) Ссылка: CD 15 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

Review by Matthew Greenwald

One of Manfred Mann's finest early records, My Little Red Book of Winners was, aside from being a fine album that captured the band's early sensibility, a highly influential record. The hit song "My Little Red Book," an excellent arrangement of the Bacharah/David masterpiece, was included in the hit movie What's New Pussycat. It was there that Love's lead singer Arthur Lee first heard it, and then arranged it for his band. Lee also aped a sense of style and phrasing from Mann's lead singer Paul Jones, and did so to great effect. The rest of this record is equally brilliant in spots. "The One in the Middle," an excellent mid-tempo blues from Jones, proved what a fine and witty songwriter he was. Other covers on the album include "Oh No, Not My Baby" and "With God on Our Side," which illustrate how efffectively the band could capture any style and make it their own.

Review by Bruce Eder

Pretty Flamingo marked the end of an era for Manfred Mann, though few American listeners, relatively oblivious to the affairs of this most underrated of all major British Invasion bands, knew it -- Paul Jones was to leave soon after, as would Mike Vickers, a pair of events that would radically alter the group's sound and cause them to be abandoned by their label, EMI. But if it was a swansong for the original band, what a way to go, showing off just how subversive this band's American albums, in particular, were. As was the custom here (as opposed to England), the producers put the group's current pop hit single on the LP as a lure to boost sales, but as with their other releases, the rest of the album is loaded up with hard R&B, soul, and blues, and delivered all of the music that white middle-class parents were scared to death their kids would hear. Jones was one of the best white soul shouters in England -- at his best, he sings like a god -- and in his final body of work for the group he goes out in superb style, appealing to decidedly older-than-teen listeners on the bluesy "Let's Go Get Stoned" and assuming a more ominous cast on "I Put a Spell on You." He then detours into Swinging London on the ebullient group original "It's Getting Late." He also, for a moment, sound uncannily like Sam Cooke on the album's soul version of "Tennessee Waltz." He doesn't let up on the Oscar Brown, Jr. number "Driva Man," and closes on his own bluesy original "Did You Have to Do That." In this company, the title track, a catchy pop hit dominated by Jones' voice, a flute, and a thick acoustic guitar, is almost the least interesting song on the album.


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Danke


This post has been edited by OlCh on 15-10-2007, 22:15

Ух ты! Ещё как enjoy!

Great set, thx der spunk

Дискография хоть и американская, но всё равно в кайф

The Manfred Mann Album практически совпадает с английским The Five Faces of Manfred Mann Topic Link: Manfred Mann - Five Faces of Manfred Mann

Кстати, если есть интерес, можно ещё добавить Манфред Мэнн (в основном, от педры - образы, но не только). Жаль только, нигде нет Mann Made Hits (Deluxe Edition)

This post has been edited by Dinos on 17-10-2007, 10:30

gern geschehen freunde

you're welcome, my friends

На редкость дружно накинулись!
Скачалось и раздаётся очень хорошо.
Как в старые добрые муловские времена.
Cccщас заслушаю!