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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Nightingales And Bombers
Warner Bros. Records
BS 2877
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From the original vinyl LP
Side One
1. Spirit In The Night (6:26)
(Bruce Springsteen) Laurel Canyon Music, Ltd., (ASCAP)
2. Countdown (3:06)
(Manfred Mann)
3. Time Is Right (6:33)
(Mann, Slade, Rogers)
4. Crossfade (3:39)
(Mann, Slade, Rogers, Pattenden)
Side Two
1. Visionary Mountains (5:38)
(Joan Armatrading and Pam Nestor) Tro/Essex Music (ASCAP)
2. Quit Your Low Down Ways (3:27)
(Bob Dylan) M. Witmark & Sons (ASCAP)
3. Nightingales And Bombers (4:45)
(Mick Rogers)
4. Fat Nelly (4:16)
(Mann, Thomas)
5. As Above So Below (Recorded Live) (4:16)
(Mann, Slade, Rogers, Pattenden)
All selections published by WB Music Corp., (ASCAP) except as indicated.
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Mick Rogers - Guitar, Vocals
Manfred Mann - Organ, Synthesizers
Colin Pattenden - Bass
Chris Slade - Drums and Percussion
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The title of this album was inspired by a recording made in Surrey, England during the Second World War, by an ornithologist intending to record Nightingales.
The Bombers flew over at the same time and were recorded by accident. The recording has been incorporated in 'As Above, So Below.'
Recorded at the Workhouse, Old Kent Road, 1975
Produced by Manfred Mann and Earth Band
Engineer: Laurence Latham
Mastering: IBC Studios, London - Melvyn Abrahams
Tape Operator: Alastair Crewe
Backing Vocals: Ruby James, Doreen Chanter, Martha Smith
Strings:
David Millman: Viola
Chris Warren-Green: Violin
Nigel Warren-Green: Cello
Graham Elliott: Cello
David Boswell: Cello
Thanks to Mick Whelan, Alan White and Chris Cocleran
Harry Maloney Management
Sleeve Design by Logo
Photography by Lilian Brou
(P) 1975 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
