Tall Stories for Small Children

Tall Stories For Small Children is the debut studio album released by Guy Manning.

Note: The character of Abel Mann was explored in greater detail on the subsequent 2004 Concept Album, A Matter Of Life & Death (The Journal Of Abel Mann)

Track listing

1. The Last Psalm (14:07)
2. The Voyager (05:22)
3. White Waters (05:46)
4. The Fall & Rise Of Abel Mann?
   1. Grand Fanfare (02:02)
   2. Waiting On A Ledge (04:42)
   3. Grand Fanfare (Revisited) (00:43)
   4. Post-Mortem
      1. Three Score Years & 10 (02:18)
      2. In My Life (05:06)
5. Castaways (04:25)
6. Holy Ireland
   1. The Land (02:40)
   2. A Soldiers Story (03:11)
   3. The Widows Tale (04:42)
   4. Priests Song (04:01)
   5. The Land (Reprise) (02:58)

All words and music written by Guy Manning.

Personnel

• Guy Manning: guitars, Keyboards, drums, Bass, Mandolin and vocals
• Andy Tillison: Keyboards
• Jonathan Barratt: Bass
• Pav Chana: percussion
• Jon Burr: Harmonica
• Simon Baskind: drums

References

• Eclectic Moonlight interview
• 2003 interview
• 2004 interview
• 2008 interview
• 2010 interview
• Review
• Discography
• Album review