A very strange compilation of songs recorded 1966-68. Apart from the very successful "Mighty Quinn" cover it's mostly filled with odd EP tracks and flip-sides, non of them of the crowd pleasing kind. Five of the tracks are more or less jazzy instrumentals. Of those I like the playful "Wild Thing" cover most, while the rest don't attract me especially. Not that they're bad, just somewhat trifle-ish in comparison to other things they've accomplished. For the rest I dig the cover of Randy Newman's "So Long Dad" with its mellotrone backing, the very psych "Funniest Gig" and of course "Mighty Quinn". Not sure what Fontana expected when releasing such a quaint collection of tracks, but it didn't sell a lot and is now getting hard to find in the bins. I'm glad they did cause I got a couple of cuts new to me, so it goes well with my other Manfred Mann LP:s. Also originally issued in UK (SFL 13003, with different sleeve design) and Downunder. Japan 2003 CD on Fontana (UICY-9250) came with ten bonus tracks. First Scandinavian had label as shown here in a laminated flip/back cover. (CCÖ*) (MÄNÄ*)
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