Manfred Mann Chapter Three – Manfred Mann Chapter Three

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Label:	Vertigo – VO 3, Vertigo – 847 902 VTY
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	UK
Released:	Nov 7, 1969
Genre:	Jazz, Rock
Style:	Fusion, Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1		Travelling Lady Written-By – Mann, Hugg*
A2		Snakeskin Garter Written-By – Hugg*
A3		Konekuf Written-By – Mann*
A4		Sometimes Guitar – Brian Hugg Written-By – Hugg*
A5		Devil Woman Written-By – Hugg*
B1		Time Trumpet [Solo] – Harold Becket* Written-By – Hugg*
B2		One Way Glass Vocals – Mann* Written-By – Mann*
B3		Mister You're A Better Man Than I Written-By – B. Hugg, M. Hugg
B4		Ain't It Sad Written-By – Hugg*
B5		A Study In Inaccuracy Written-By – Mann*
B6		Where Am I Going Written-By – Hugg*

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Philips Records
Recorded At – Maximum Sound Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Phonodisc Ltd.
Pressed By – Phonodisc Ltd.

Credits

Arranged By [Additional Brass] – Derek Wadsworth
Design [Sleeve Design] – Jack Levy
Drums – Craig Collinge
Electric Bass [Fender], Guitar, Harp – Steve York
Engineer, Producer – Dave Hadfield
Flute [Alto] – Bernie Living
Organ, Whistle [Police], Arranged By [Brass] – Manfred Mann (2)
Photography By – Johnny Clamp
Piano, Vocals, Arranged By [Brass] – Mike Hugg

Notes

Recorded at Maximum Sound Studios between June and October 1969.
Released in a gatefold-sleeve on a ''swirl'' Vertigo label.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 847 902 2 Y
Matrix / Runout (runout side A, stamped, variant 1): 847902 1 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (runout side B, stamped, variant 1): 847902 2 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 1
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 2): 847902 1 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 2): 847902 2 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 3): 847902 1 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 2 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 3): 847902 2 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 4): 847902 1 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 7
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 4): 847902 2 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 2
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped, variant 5): 847902 1 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 4
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped, variant 5): 847902 2 Y // 3 ▽ 420 1 1 6

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (LP, Album, Monarch)	Polydor	24-4013	US	1969
New Submission	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (LP, Album, Gatefold)	Philips	SFX-7200	Japan	1969
New Submission	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (LP, Album, Stereo)	Polydor	24-4013	US	1969
New Submission	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (LP, Album, Stereo)	Fontana	847 902 VTY	Australia	1969
Recently Edited	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing)	Polydor	24-4013	US	1969

Reviews

disfonaf Oct 22, 2020
I just played the Unofficial Vertigo vinyl on my system and it sounds great no complaints, I'm not saying its as good a release as the original pressing's as i hav'nt heard a first release but hey try and get a playable copy and a nice clean cover for a reasonable price ?? Regarding the music it's fantastic a couple of the old jazz'ers in there Huggs voice fits the sounds for me.
bolney17 Oct 7, 2020
What a brilliant album .musicians with the shackles taken of .produce a masterpiece .A must have album
TheModGod Dec 13, 2018
Edited 4 years ago
Quoting marcelrecords' review: '...this album makes for uneasy listening' - guess that is why I like it so much. It is very 'claustrophobic', or really, claustrophilic! I enjoy how they pulled off such a purposefully obtuse album, without being obviously experimental, as in it remains within the confines of 'normal music' but just gets rights up to the very edge of what that means - and I mean right on the very bloody edge. That is what I like about it. That takes extreme precision & accuracy; difficult to do in any art. Plus coming from musicians mostly known for pop works, this is bloody gutsy too - though that reputation is incorrect, see Manfred Mann - Instrumental Asylum, or 'The Abominable Showmann' or 'Bare Hugg' on Manfred Mann - Mann Made, or 'Machines' on the EP Manfred Mann - Machines, they really were a bunch of Jazz cats playing pop music.
marcelrecords Sep 12, 2007
Edited 10 years ago
Manfred Mann, major poppifier of Dylan, lost grip on the dying market for their kind of brew and disbanded in june 1969. A second incarnation of just Mann and Mike Hugg resulted in a flopped single and some advertising music. Small wonder that they claim on the first release of their third incarnation: ''This LP represents in general what we personally have been wanting to do for some years''. Well, what they wanted to do for years turned out to be a pretty claustrophobic affair. Two keyboards at once, the vocals of Mike Hugg, who whispers and groans more than that he sings, and the somewhat cluttered production produce a sombre and at times difficult to penetrate sound. Main disadvantage seems to be the poor integration of rock drums in a setting that suggests jazz more than anything else. Shreds of Dr. John and of Soft Machine keep popping up, but the uncanny atmosphere is pretty unique nonetheless.. Very dense and here and there even strictly non-commercial, this album makes for uneasy listening.