Messin'

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Messin'
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	15 June 1973
Recorded	Maximum Sound Studios, London, 1973
Genre	Rock Hard rock Progressive rock
Length	48:04
Label	Vertigo Bronze Cohesion
Producer(s)	Manfred Mann
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Glorified Magnified (1972)	Messin' (1973)	Solar Fire (1973)
Alternate cover
Get Your Rocks Off (US Version of Messin')

Messin' is a rock album released in 1973 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

Messin' followed Glorified Magnified and preceded Solar Fire, and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers (see track listing below).

"Buddah" also appeared on the Vertigo budget sampler double album Suck It And See, along with tracks by then-labelmates Kraftwerk, Jade Warrior and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, amongst others.

The album was produced by Manfred Mann and engineered by John Edwardes at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1973.

For the US release, the album was re-titled Get Your Rocks Off and the track "Pretty Good" was included in place of "Black And Blue", seemingly because the latter was about slavery and deemed unsuitable for the US market!^[1] Both tracks were included on the 1998 re-mastered re-issue.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Messin'" (Mike Hugg) – 9:53
2. "Buddah" (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:01
3. "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:34
4. "Get Your Rocks Off" (Bob Dylan) – 2:49
5. "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 5:15
6. "Black And Blue" (Chain, Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey) – 6:44
7. "Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:04
8. "Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:11
9. "Cloudy Eyes" (single edit) (Mann) – 3:31

Tracks 8-9: Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)

[edit] Personnel

• Manfred Mann - synthesiser, organ
• Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
• Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
• Chris Slade - drums

with

• Laurie Baker - Machines and Zoo on "Messin'"
• Liza Strike - backing vocals
• Vicki Brown - backing vocals
• Judith Powell - backing vocals
• Ruby James - backing vocals

[edit] Sources

1. ^ Robert M Corich, Sleeve notes, Messin album, 1998