Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Solar Fire
Tracklist
| A1 | Father Of Day, Father Of Night | 9:53 | |
| A2 | In The Beginning, Darkness | 5:19 | |
| A3 | Pluto The Dog | 2:45 | |
| B1 | Solar Fire | 5:14 | |
| B2 | Saturn, Lord Of The Ring - Mercury, The Winged Messenger | 6:30 | |
| B3 | Joybringer | 3:23 | |
| B4 | Earth, The Circle | 3:48 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Polydor Incorporated
- Copyright © – Belinda Music
- Recorded At – The Workhouse Studios
- Published By – Belinda Music, Inc.
- Manufactured By – Polydor Incorporated
Credits
- Backing Vocals – Doreen Chanter, Grove Singers, Irene Chanter
- Bass – Colin Pattenden
- Design, Photography By – Fin Costello
- Drums [Fibes] – Chris Slade
- Engineer – John Pantry
- Engineer [Contribution] – Dave Stephens, John Edwardes*
- Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals – Manfred Mann (2)
- Producer – Manfred Mann (2), Earthband*
- Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Laurence Latham*
- Trombone – Paul Rutherford (2)
- Vocals, Guitar – Mick Rogers
Notes
Track B3 is titled "Earth The Circle Part 2" on the back cover.
Red Polydor label with rim text:
"Manufactured by Polydor Incorporated / 810 Seventh Avenue / New York N.Y. 10019".
There is a different label version with the rim text: Manufactured by Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y.
Red Polydor label with rim text:
"Manufactured by Polydor Incorporated / 810 Seventh Avenue / New York N.Y. 10019".
There is a different label version with the rim text: Manufactured by Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label, both sides): 2391 112
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): PD-6019-A-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): PD-6019-B-1
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): PD 6019 A
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): PD 6019 B
Other Versions (5 of 134)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Solar Fire (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Island Records, Bronze | 87 515 IT | Germany | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Solar Fire (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | Bronze, Island Records | ILPS 9265 | Scandinavia | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Solar Fire (LP, Album, Gatefold) | Bronze, Bronze, Bronze | ILPS9265, ILPS.9265, ILPS 9265 | UK | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Solar Fire (LP, Album) | Polydor, Polydor | PD-6019, PD 6019 | US | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Solar Fire (Album, LP, Gatefold) | Bronze, Bronze | BRON 265, BRON-265 | Scandinavia | 1973 |
Recommendations
Released1977 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1975 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1973 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1977 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1979 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1974 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Vinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1973 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1977 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Vinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Reviews
Not a bad album, also not a great album tho. But that's a different discussion. It's not a bad sounding record, but my u.s. polydor copy has some of the most irritating track to track volume variation. Obviously you can say just turn it up and down, but I'm not tryna get up every 5 minutes. It happens from the first minute of the album. Father of day opens with an insanely loud burst of sound. Much louder than audio preceding it would have you ready for. The song "father of day" itself is then a bit overly quiet- time to turn it up. Really the worst offense is "Saturn, Lord of..." The high-pitched guitars will murder your ears, and if you're smart you jump to turn the volume wayyy down. Sadly it's really only listenable at an inadequate volume.
Anyways, it's kinda just a bum on a good album like this. Makes me hesitant to put it on. Might try a European pressing to see if it's any different.
What a great album, I'm so glad I stumbled on this!
Release
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