Audio CD review:
Manfred Mann - Ages of Mann

Manfred Mann - Ages of Mann

Band: Manfred Mann Title: Ages of Mann Rating: Release Date: 26 October, 1993 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: 54321 2: Pretty Flamingo 3: Do Wah Diddy Diddy 4: Sha La La 5: If You Gotta Go, Go Now 6: Oh No Not My Baby 7: Come Tomorrow 8: My Name Is Jack 9: The One In The Middle 10: I Put A Spell On You 11: Just Like A Woman 12: Poison Ivy 13: Mighty Quinn 14: Semi-Detached, Suburban Mr. James 15: Ha! Ha! Said The Clown 16: Ragamuffin Man 17: Hubble Bubble (Toil And Trouble) 18: There's No Living Without Your Loving 19: You Gave Me Somebody To Love 20: Got My Mojo Working 21: With God On Our Side 22: Fox On The Run

Customer Review The definitive sixties collection This compilation covers the first two of those phases and is the best single CD collection of their sixties music. There were three phases to Manfred Mann's career - the mid sixties with Paul Jones as lead singer, the late sixties with Mike D'Abo as lead singer and the stuff they did after the sixties as Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Back in the sixties, Manfred Mann had many hits in Britain although not many of them charted in America. Do wah diddy diddy (first recorded by the Exciters who only had a minor American hit with it) was a number one in both countries. Their music was generally upbeat good-time music and could be described as a cross between R+B and mainstream pop. Given that, it may seem surprising that they covered several songs by folk-rocker Bob Dylan but the combination worked well and no doubt helped to build Dylan's reputation as a great songwriter. Manfred Mann took Mighty Quinn to the very top of the British charts and had other top ten UK hits with Dylan's songs, including If you gotta go go now and Just like a woman. Of the other songs, Pretty flamingo was yet another British chart-topper and Oh no not my baby was originally an American hit for the under-appreciated Maxine Brown. Other songs that I particularly like include 54321, Come tomorrow, My name is Jack, Ha ha said the clown, Ragamuffin man and Fox on the run. There are plenty of Manfred Mann compilations to choose from but this one has all the songs that matter from the sixties. . You can see a complete list of all Manfred Mann discography, or go back to the Manfred Mann tabs