THE PHILIP COHEN COLLECTION: BACK TO EARTH
The Earth Band started adventurous but moved towards a reality check.
MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND
BBC “Pick Of The Pops” & “King Biscuit Flower Hour” [no label, 1CD]
Tks 1-3 from John Peel’s In Concert 1972. Tks 4-9 from King Biscuit Flower Hour 1981. Ex pre-FM stereo. Some vinyl noise.
“As I recall, when I briefly had the use of these Transcription/Syndication LPs, Manfred’s group was only featured on part of each program, and I only copied the Manfred Mann material. The first three selections are from ‘BBC Pick of The Pops’ and the remaining selections are from ‘The King Biscuit Flower Hour;. I would think that the KBFH selections were recorded while the group was touring behind its’ ‘Chance’ album.” - Philip Cohen
You can hear the DJ introducing songs throughout but none are intrusive. Thanks to Phil Cohen for sharing these rarities.
BBC Pick Of The Pops 1972 (John Peel’s In Concert show, live
Track 01. Ashes To The Wind#
Track 02. Black Betty (traditional folk song)@
Track 03. Happy Being Me+ (some vinyl noise at beginning)
Pavillion Baltard, Paris, France, Feb 5, 1981 (live) to promote Chance and broadcast on the King Biscuit Flower Hour
04. Stranded^
05. Lies (Through The ’80s)^
Track 06. On The Run
07. Blinded By The Light [Springsteen]^
Track 08. You Angel You [Dylan]
Track 09. The Mighty Quinn [Dylan]
^Omitted. These tracks can be found on the official release Manfred Mann’s Bootleg Archives (5CD boxset) released in 2009.
Click here for the tracks.