Masque (Manfred Mann's Earth Band album)

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Masque
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	16 October 1987
Recorded	Workhouse Studios 1 and 2, 488-490 Old Kent Road, London, 1987
Genre	Rock Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	54:06
Label	Virgin 10 Cohesion
Producer(s)	Manfred Mann Steve Forward Mick Rogers
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Criminal Tango (1986)	Masque (1987)	Plains Music (1991)

Masque is an album released in 1987 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

The album is subtitled Songs And Planets and features some parts of Gustav Holst's Planets Suite. It represents the completion of an original project started back in 1973, which planned to use Holst's work as a basis. This was ultimately shelved because the band were unable to obtain formal permission from Holst's estate.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Joybringer (from Jupiter)" (Gustav Holst, Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, Chris Slade) – 2:28
2. "Sister Billy's Bounce (including "Sister Sadie" & "Billy's Bounce")" (Horace Silver, Charlie Parker, Maggie Ryder, Mann) – 2:16
3. "What You Give Is What You Get (Start)" (Paul Weller) – 2:34
4. "Telegram To Monica" (Denny Newman) – 5:37
5. "Billy's Orno Bounce (including "Billy's Bounce")" (Parker, Ryder, Mann) – 3:13
6. "A Couple Of Mates (from Mars & Jupiter)" (Mann) – 3:20
7. "Neptune (Icebringer)" (Mann, Rogers, John Lingwood) – 1:08
8. "Rivers Run Dry" (Rogers) – 3:04
9. "Hymn (from Jupiter)" (Mann, Rogers, Lingwood) – 3:58
10. "We're Going Wrong" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 4:00
11. "Planets Schmanets" (Mann) – 2:40
12. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto) – 4:43
13. "Telegram To Monica" (alternate version) (Newman) – 3:12
14. "Joybringer" (extended version) (Holst, Mann, Rogers, Slade) – 3:20
15. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (7" single version) (Murphy, Quarto) – 2:58
16. "Geronimo's Cadillac" (12" single version) (Murphy, Quarto) – 5:32

Tracks 13-16: Bonus Tracks (1999 re-issue)

[edit] Personnel

• Manfred Mann - keyboards, trumpeton
• Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
• John Lingwood - drums

with

• Maggie Ryder - vocals
• Denny Newman - vocals, bass ("Telegram to Monica")
• Frank Mead - saxophones
• Anthony Moore - programming ("What You Give Is What You Get")
• Byron Bird - trumpet ("Billy's Bounce")
• Guy Barker - trumpet ("Billy's Bounce")
• Mark Feltham - bass
• Durban Betancourt - bass
• Andy Pask - bass
• Linda Taylor - vocals
• Tommy Willis - guitar
• Chris Batchelor - trumpet
• Ian Porter - emulator toggling