Mighty Garvey!

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Mighty Garvey!
Studio album by Manfred Mann
Released	28 June 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Pop R & B
Length	74:00
Label	Fontana
Producer(s)	Manfred Mann
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	Mighty Garvey! (1968)	Manfred Mann Chapter Three (1969)

Mighty Garvey! is an album released in 1968 by Manfred Mann.

Despite including two hit singles ("The Mighty Quinn" and "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"), the album did not sell well and turned out to be the band's last.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Happy Families" (Mike d'Abo) – 2:18
2. "No Better, No Worse" (d'Abo) – 3:02
3. "Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey" (Mike Hugg) – 2:54
4. "Country Dancing" (d'Abo) – 2:53
5. "It's So Easy Falling" (Hugg) – 3:20
6. "Happy Families" (d'Abo) – 2:09
7. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (Bob Dylan) – 2:52
8. "Big Betty" (Traditional) – 3:06
9. "The Vicar's Daughter" (d'Abo) – 2:18
10. "Each And Every Day" (Hugg) – 2:47
11. "Cubist Town" (Tom McGuinness, Pero) – 3:21
12. "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" (Hazzard) – 2:27
13. "Harry The One-Man Band" (Hugg) – 3:11
14. "Happy Families" (d'Abo) – 2:16
15. "Happy Families" (d'Abo) – 2:20
16. "No Better, No Worse" (d'Abo) – 3:07
17. "Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey" (Hugg) – 2:58
18. "Country Dancing" (d'Abo) – 2:55
19. "It's So Easy Falling" (Hugg) – 3:22
20. "Happy Families" (d'Abo) – 2:08
21. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (Dylan) – 2:54
22. "Big Betty" (Traditional) – 3:06
23. "The Vicar's Daughter" (d'Abo) – 2:18
24. "Each And Every Day" (Hugg) – 2:55
25. "Cubist Town" (McGuinness, Pero) – 3:19
26. "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" (Hazzard) – 2:27
27. "Harry The One-Man Band (Hugg) – 3:11
28. "Happy Families" (d'Abo) – 2:14

Tracks 15-28: stereo remixes (2003 re-issue)

Note: There are three different versions of the song "Happy Families":
Track 1 – Performed by Manfred Mann, Eddie 'Fingers' Garvey
Track 6 – Performed by Manfred Mann, Ed Garvey And The Trio
Track 14 – Performed by Edwin O'Garvey And His Showband
Tracks 15, 20 and 28 are stereo remixes of the above tracks

Note: Eddie 'Fingers' Garvey, Ed Garvey and Edwin O'Garvey are not real people, they are pseudonyms used by Mike d'Abo (in much the same way as the Travelling Wilburys twenty years later).

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Hugg – drums
• Manfred Mann – keyboards
• Mike d'Abo – vocals
• Klaus Voorman – bass
• Tom McGuiness – guitar

with

• Derek Wadsworth – horn