Plains Music

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Plains Music
Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Released	February 1991
Recorded	Workhouse Studios, London RPM, South Africa, 1990
Genre	Progressive rock/Jazz Folk music Rock
Length	45:36
Label	Kaz Records Cohesion
Producer	Manfred Mann
Professional reviews
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology
Masque (1987) Plains Music (1991) Soft Vengeance (1996)

Plains Music is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, although not billed as such (the album is credited as Manfred Mann's Plain Music).^[1]

"This album is called Plains Music, as it consists mainly of the melodies of the North American Plains Indians. We do not pretend that it is in any sense representative of the original ethnic music which was its source material. I tried to make a simple album of plain music, using as few notes as possible and keeping the tracks short and to the point." - Manfred Mann 1991^[2]

Mann recorded some of the album in his homeland, which he had been exiled from for nearly three decades because of his opposition to apartheid.

The album was initially released in 1991 and was re-mastered digitally with three additional tracks in 1998.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kiowa (Kiowa Wind Song)" (Trad arr Manfred Mann) – 3:16
2. "Medicine Song (Apache Medicine Song)" (Trad arr Mann, Anthony Moore) – 4:15
3. "Wounded Knee (Dakota Ghost Dance Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:51
4. "Laguna (Laguna Corn Grinding Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:56
5. "Sikelele I (Based on South African Xhosa Stick Fighting Song)" (Mann, Mike Heron) – 3:43
6. "Hunting Bow" (Trad arr Mann) – 1:35
7. "Instrumedicine Song (As Medicine Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:06
8. "Sikelele II (As Sikelele I)" (Mann) – 4:03
9. "Hunting Bow (Reprise) (Kiowa War Song)" (Trad arr Mann) – 2:40
10. "Salmon Fishing" (Trad arr Mann) – 4:02
11. "L.I.A.S.O.M." (Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto) – 3:51
12. "Medicine Song" (re-mix) (Trad arr Mann, Moore) – 4:16

Tracks 10-12: Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue)

[edit] Personnel

• Manfred Mann - keyboards
• Noel McCalla - vocals
• Barbara Thompson - saxophones
• Peter Sklair - bass
• Ian Hermann - drums, percussion

with

• Smiler Makana - African hunting bows
• Kelly Petlane - pennywhistle
• Doren Thobeki - additional vocals
• Walter Sanza - additional vocals
• Chief Dawethi - additional vocals

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Platform End On-Line Plains Music is listed in the official discography of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
2. ^ Manfred Mann's Earth Band Discography - Album Notes - 1991 Plains Music The Official Website Of Manfred Mann's Earth Band

v • d • e Manfred Mann's Earth Band Manfred Mann • Mick Rodgers • Noel McCalla • Geoff Dunn • Steve Kinch Chris Thompson • Steve Waller • Chris Slade • Colin Pattenden • Pat King • John Lingwood • Clive Bunker • Dave Flett • Matt Irving • Shona Laing • Richard Marcangelo • Geoff Britton • John Trotter • Pete May Studio albums Manfred Mann's Earth Band • Glorified Magnified • Messin' • Solar Fire • The Good Earth • Nightingales and Bombers • The Roaring Silence • Watch • Angel Station • Chance • Somewhere in Afrika • Criminal Tango • Masque • Plains Music • Soft Vengeance • 2006 Live albums Budapest Live • Mann Alive Compilations The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered • The Best of Manfred Mann's Earth Band Re-Mastered Volume II • Odds & Sods - Mis-takes & Out-takes Songs "Blinded by the Light" • "Mighty Quinn" • "Redemption Song" Related articles Discography • Manfred Mann • Manfred Mann Chapter Three • The Manfreds