The Best of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

~ Release by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

1Digital Media
#TitleLength
1Living Without You3:37
2Joybringer3:24
3Be Not Too Hard
recording of:
Be Not Too Hard
lyricist:
Christopher Logue
composer:
Mick Rogers
is based on:
Be Not Too Hard
3:35
4Spirits in the Night6:27
5Blinded by the Light3:48
6Questions
bass:
Colin Pattenden (in 1976)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Chris Slade (in 1976)
guitar:
Chris Hamlet Thompson (in 1976)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Dave Flett (in 1976)
horn [horn arrangement]:
Derek Wadsworth (in 1976)
keyboard [keyboards]:
Manfred Mann (in 1976)
solo saxophone:
Barbara Thompson (in 1976)
strings:
David Millman (in 1976)
background vocals:
Doreen Chanter (in 1976), Irene Chanter (in 1976), Mick Rogers (in 1976), Chris Slade (in 1976) and Susanne Lynch (in 1976)
choir vocals:
Jane Bunting (in 1976), Chris Sennett (in 1976), Gillian Ainscow (in 1976), Graham Jenkins (in 1976), Hilary Farmborough (in 1976), Jacqueline Nicholls (in 1976), Jeremy Paynton-Jones (in 1976), Laurence Holden (in 1976), Marilyn Bennet (in 1976), Peter Cudmore (in 1976), Philip Keywood (in 1976) and Stan Bailey (in 1976)
vocals:
Chris Hamlet Thompson (in 1976)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Creature Music Ltd.
recorded at:
The Workhouse in London, England, United Kingdom (in 1976)
recording of:
Questions (in 1976)
writer:
Manfred Mann and Chris Slade
is based on:
Impromptu in G‐flat major, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3. Andante
3:58
7Davy’s on the Road (single)3:38
8Mighty Quinn
live cover recording of:
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1967)
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd., Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH, Sony Music Holding and Dwarf Music (in 1968)
3:36
9California
cover recording of:
California
lyricist and composer:
Sue Vickers
publisher:
Earthly Music Ltd.
3:45
10You Angel You
cover recording of:
You Angel You
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music (from 1973 to present)
3:46
11Don’t Kill It Carol6:17
12For You (single)
cover recording of:
For You
lyricist and composer:
Bruce Springsteen (in 1971)
arranger:
Bruce Springsteen
publisher:
Intersong Music Ltd., Sioux City Music Ltd. and Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. (in 1972)
3:52
13Lies (Through the 80s)
4:36
14Demolition Man
cover recording of:
Demolition Man
lyricist and composer:
Sting
recording of:
Demolition Man
lyricist and composer:
Sting
3:46
15Runner
cover recording of:
The Runner
lyricist and composer:
Ian Thomas
publisher:
Ole Mark-Cain Music Publ.
4:38
16Somewhere in Africa
arranger:
John Lingwood and Manfred Mann
recording of:
Somewhere in Africa
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
1:39
17Redemption Song (No Kwazulu)3:15
18Going Underground (12″)5:43
19Banquet
assistant sound engineer:
Nigel Gilroy
assistant audio engineer:
Stuart Barry
audio engineer:
Stuart Barry, Pete Hammond and Terry Medhurst
producer:
Steve Forward and Manfred Mann
mixer:
Steve Forward
bass:
Durban Betancourt-Laverde, John Giblin and Steve Kinch
guitar:
Mick Rogers
keyboard [keyboards]:
Manfred Mann
membranophone and percussion:
John Lingwood
lead vocals [lead vocals]:
Chris Thompson
vocals:
Mick Rogers
recorded at:
The Workhouse in London, England, United Kingdom
cover recording of:
Banquet
publisher:
Joni Mitchell
lyricist and composer:
Joni Mitchell
5:18