Radio Days Vol. 2: Live At The Bbc 1966-69 = 3 LP = (LP)
Triple vinyl LP pressing. The second volume of Manfred Mann's BBC recordings, Radio Days - The Mike d'Abo Era, covers the band's Fontana label hitmaking from 1966-1969. The band lineup on this release includes Manfred Mann (keyboards), Mike d'Abo (vocals/piano), Mike Hugg (drums/vibes/piano), Tom McGuinness (guitar), and Klaus Voormann (bass). Highly regarded BBC host Brian Matthew expertly follows the band's development through their increasingly complex pop confections while keeping their sense of humor intact. For such a rapidly changing music environment, Manfred Mann's BBC radio appearances with Brian Matthew and other influential hosts such as John Peel, David Symonds and Tony Brandon, would prove to be essential to the success of their singles. Volume two spotlights the "Saturday Club," "Easy Beat" and "Top Gear" sessions aired on the BBC's "Top Of The Pops" transcription series hosted by Brian Matthew, and some extremely rare off-air recordings have also been included. The changing landscape of 1960s music led the various members of Manfred Mann to record production, songwriting, recording of film scores, commercial jingles and also artist management - all the while continuing to create band recordings. Many of these pursuits are documented in Brian Matthew's incisive interviews. With one exception ("Mighty Quinn"), none of these BBC tracks have been released commercially before.
01 Mohair Sam 02 Mike D'abo Interview 03 Just Like A Woman (#1) 04 Wang Dang Doodle 05 Manfred Mann Interview 06 Semi-detached 07 Suburban Mr. James (#1) 08 Morning After The Party 09 Ha! Ha! Said The Clown 10 The Nitty Gritty 11 Sweet Pea 12 Hound Dog
13 Manfred Mann Interview 14 So Long 15 Dad 16 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (#1) 17 Manfred Mann & Mike D'abo Interview 18 Mighty Quinn (#1) 19 Handbags And Gladrags
Disc 2
01 Cubist Town 02 Sleepy Hollow 03 Manfred Mann & Mike D'abo Interview 04 My Name Is Jack (#1) 05 The Vicar's Daughter 06 Each And Every Day 07 The Letter 08 Mike D'abo Interview 09 Fox On The Run 10 Fever 11 Abraham Martin & John 12 So Long 13 Clair 14 Sentimental Sunday (mike D'abo Solo)
Disc 3
01 Manfred Mann & Mike D'abo Interview 02 Ragamuffin Man 03 Oh What A Day 04 The Last Goodbye (mike D'abo Solo) 05 Just Like A Woman (#2) 06 Semi-detached Suburban Mr. James (#2) 07 I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man (#2) 08 Mighty Quinn (#2) 09 Manfred Mann & Mike D'abo Interview 10 My Name Is Jack (#2) 11 Orange Peel 12 She's A Woman 13 Summertime 14 You've Got It Made