Nightingales & Bombers
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| Studio album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band | ||||
| Released | 22 August 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 at The Workhouse, London | |||
| Genre | Rock, hard rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 44:45 | |||
| Label |
Bronze (UK) Warner Bros. (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Manfred Mann and Earth Band | |||
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+ [2] |
Nightingales & Bombers is an album released in 1975 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
"The title of this album was inspired by a recording made in Surrey, England during the Second World War, by an ornithologist intending to record nightingales. The bombers flew over at the same time and were recorded by accident. The recording has been incorporated in 'As Above, So Below'". - Manfred Mann 1975 [3]
The recording was made on 19 May 1942 by a sound engineer for the BBC. Intending to capture the nightingale's song he also, by accident, recorded the sound of RAF bombers on their way to attack Mannheim, Germany. In that raid 197 planes were dispatched and 12 were lost. [4]
Track listing
- Side one
- "Spirits in the Night" (Bruce Springsteen) – 6:29
- "Countdown" (Mann) – 3:05
- "Time Is Right" (Mann, Slade, Rogers) – 6:32
- "Crossfade" (Mann, Slade, Rogers, Pattenden) – 3:38
- Side two
- "Visionary Mountains" (Pam Nestor, Joan Armatrading) – 5:42
- "Nightingales and Bombers" (Rogers) – 4:53
- "Fat Nelly" (Mann, Thomas) – 3:20
- "As Above So Below (Recorded Live)" (Mann, Slade, Rogers, Pattenden) – 4:18
- Bonus tracks on 1999 re-issue
- "Quit Your Low Down Ways" (from US Release) (Bob Dylan) – 3:25
- "Spirit in the Night" (single version) (Springsteen) – 3:17
Personnel
- Manfred Mann – organ, synthesisers
- Mick Rogers – guitars, vocals
- Chris Slade – drums, percussion
- Colin Pattenden – bass
with
- Ruby James – backing vocals
- Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
- Martha Smith – backing vocals
- David Millman – viola
- Chris Warren-Green – violin
- Nigel Warren-Green – cello
- Graham Elliott – cello
- David Boswell-Brown – cello
Sleeve - Dave Field
Notes
- ↑ Foss, Richard. Nightingales & Bombers at AllMusic
- ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: manfred mann's earth band". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ Manfred Mann's Earth Band Discography – Album Notes – 1975 Nightingales and Bombers The Official Website of Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- ↑ The Bomber Command War Diaries by Middlebrook and Everitt (1985) p. 267
External links
- Nightingales & Bombers at Discogs (list of releases)
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