MANFRED MANN "Pretty Flamingo" 1966 US R&B Rock Mono LP
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Manfred Mann / Pretty Flamingo - United Artists Records UAL-3549 (Mono)(US)(1966) ...This auction is for an original Issue Mono Record on U.S. vinyl.
This album is loaded 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. Paul 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."
Track listings and review below...
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Track listing(Side One)
1. Pretty Flamingo
2. Let's Go Get Stoned
3. Tired of Trying, Bored With Lying, Scared of Dying
4. I Put a Spell on You
5. It's Getting Late
6. You're Standing By
(Side Two)
1. Machines
2. Around
3. Tennessee Walt
4. Driva Man
5. Did You Have to Do That
Details Distributor: United Artists Record (USA)
Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Mono
Album notes Original release on United Artists (UAL-3549).
The bands forth album (Pretty Flamingo) from 1966 was the last to feature original vocalist Paul Jones and multi-instrumentalist Mike Vickers. These tracks exhibit the remarkable breadth of the band as they tackle blues covers ("I Put a Spell on You"), Beatle-esque Brit Invasion pop hits ("Pretty Flamingo"), as well as contributing their own derivative yet enthusiastic originals. Certainly the oddities that have previously remained hidden as obscure album tracks like the chilling, bizarre pre-techno Lothar and the Hand People cover of "Machines" and a funky R&B version of "Tennessee Waltz" are well-worth hearing. Check out the remarkable cover of Oscar Brown, Jr.'s "Driva Man" with Mike Vickers' punchy horns and Jones doing his best Howlin' Wolf. Scary, intense, and so far ahead of its time, one can only imagine what the teens who dug the band's comparatively tame singles made of it. The recording is energized by Paul Jones' impassioned vocals -- that were far more rugged than most pop bands of the era. Along with The Manfred Mann Album and My Little Red Book of Winners, this album makes a case for Manfred Mann as one of the most overlooked -- and talented -- bands of their day.
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