British band founded in 1962 by Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg as Mann Hugg Blues Brothers and later renamed Manfred Mann. The band’s line-up changed several times before the break up in 1969. Afterwards Manfred Mann and Mike Hugg first formed the short lived Manfred Mann Chapter Three before Mann formed Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and some other members of the group reunited 1991 playing as The Manfreds.
Original members:
Manfred Mann
Mike Hugg
Mike Vickers
Dave Richmond
Paul Jones
Additional members:
Tom McGuinness
Jack Bruce
Klaus Voorman
Mike D’Abo
Bass – Jack Bruce (tracks: A7, A8), Klaus Voormann (tracks: B1 to B8), Tom McGuinness (tracks: A1 to A6)
Drums – Mike Hugg
Guitar – Mike Vickers (tracks: A1 to A8), Tom McGuinness (tracks: B1 to B8)
Organ, Piano – Manfred Mann
Vocals – Mike D’Abo (tracks: B1 to B8)
Vocals, Harmonica – Paul Jones (tracks: A1 to A8)
Different title on spine: Manfred Mann Alive
The cover photo also features Dave Berry (2nd from left), who was never a member of Manfred Mann (Paul Jones is not on the photo).
Issued for Record Store Day 2018.
Tracks A1 to A3: April 1964
Tracks A4, A5: May 1965
Track A6: August 1965
Tracks A7, A8: April 1966
Track B1: September 1966
Tracks B2 to B5: November 1966
Tracks B6 to B8: December 1967
Tracklisting:
| A1 | Sticks And Stones |
| A2 | Hubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble |
| A3 | Watermelon Man / Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
| A4 | 5-4-3-2-1 |
| A5 | Do Wah Diddy Diddy |
| A6 | If You Gotta Go, Go Now |
| A7 | Pretty Flamingo |
| A8 | Long Haired Unsquared Dude Called Jack |
| B1 | Still I’m Sad |
| B2 | Nitty Gritty |
| B3 | You Don’t Know Me |
| B4 | Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. Jones |
| B5 | Hound Dog |
| B6 | The Mighty Quinn |
| B7 | Handbags And Gladrags |
| B8 | Hootchie Kootchie Man |
