Manfred Mann
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Manfred Mann: Meet The Manfreds
Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 2 May 1964
PART ONE OF A NEW SERIES — MIKE HUGG AND TOM McGUINESS ...
Manfred Mann: More of the Manfred Men
Interview by David Griffiths, Record Mirror, 9 May 1964
ONLY 18 months ago. Mike Vickers and Manfred Mann were eking out meagre existences as scuffling would-be jazz musicians. Both were fervent modern jazz enthusiasts. ...
Manfred Mann: The Paul Jones Mann
Interview by Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 16 May 1964
"UH-HU, IT'S THE Manfreds" yells Paul Jones, who is, to use the most overworked cliché in the book, last but not least in our series ...
Profile by Sylvia Stephens, Fabulous, 2 January 1965
"YOU'LL BE pleased about this, Sylvia," the Editor grinned. "After The Beatles and The Stones, the one group member who came highest in our New ...
Report and Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 8 May 1965
RICHARD GREEN TALKS TO THE MANFRED MEN ...
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 14 May 1965
MANFRED MANN (not to be confused with the group) is often cynical, outspoken and sometimes frank to the point of being rude. He is also ...
Stones and Manfreds: Jones Boys Talk About Chart-Making EPs
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 18 June 1965
FOR THE first time two EPs have crashed into the NME Chart simultaneously. They are the Rolling Stones' 'Got Live If You Want It' and the Manfreds' ...
Manfred plays the "Baiting" Game
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 23 July 1965
...AND VENTS HIS SARCASM ON REPORTER KEITH ALTHAM ...
Live Review by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 24 July 1965
RAVE NIGHT FOR MARK'S BENEFIT Animals surprise ...
If The Singers Left... (what would happen to the groups?)
Overview by Dawn James, uncredited writer, Rave, August 1965
THERE ARE ALWAYS A LOT OF RUMOURS BUZZING ROUND THE POP SCENE THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF A GROUP ARE THINKING ABOUT LEAVING. THIS STORY DOESN'T ...
How To Get Our Autograph — And Live!
Interview by uncredited writer, Disc, 14 August 1965
* stage door routine * butter-up compere * through fan club ...
Live Review by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 14 August 1965
RICHMOND RAVE-UP! ...
Report by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 10 September 1965
ON THE TV monitor was Andrew Oldham, clad in bobcat waistcoat, miming to Cher's voice singing "I don't care if your hair's too long" and ...
Manfred Mann: Paul Jones says — No Smut In Latest Hit
Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 17 September 1965
"SUGGESTlVE," "Blatant" and "Embarrassingly obvious" are just some of the harsh words being levelled at Manfred Mann's new hit 'If You Gotta Go, Go Now'. ...
You Won't See Paul Jones Crying When The Pop TV Shows Stop
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 25 September 1965
MANFRED'S MAN IN THE MIDDLE WEIGHS IN ...
Interview by Nick Jones, Melody Maker, 23 October 1965
BEAT GOES EAST AND FINDS NO RED SQUARES ...
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, November 1965
Do good looks matter to a group? The Manfreds say they don't, and as they've just had their second No. 1 hit they should know. ...
Manfred Mann: NME Chart Proves Manfreds Wrong
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 29 April 1966
DOWN AMONG the devil worshippers at the BBC Top Of The Pops studio last Thursday afternoon was Paul Jones, that disturbing combination of schoolboy charm ...
Paul Jones Talks About 'Pretty Flamingo' and Other Birds
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, June 1966
'Pretty Flamingo' was timed to ensure that it knocked us all flat. And it did! With another hit, and three new Menn in the group, ...
Manfred Mann: Manfred Stand-Out: A Bloke Named Paul
Interview by Louise Criscione, KRLA Beat, 16 July 1966
MANFRED MANN is a group but like most top groups they possess one member who stands out, who is immediately recognizable, who is "it." The ...
Manfred Mann: New Mann d'Abo Hungry For Success
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 19 August 1966
IN SPITE OF certain visual evidence to the contrary — the differences between the new "Mann," Michael d'Abo (Cambridge University "sent down") and the old ...
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, September 1966
"I've been thinking of leaving the Manfreds for a long time, but I just couldn't take the plunge." Paul Jones wanted to think for himself, ...
Miked D'Abo: D'Abo Digs Dollies!
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 17 September 1966
MIKE D'ABO turned up ten minutes late, full of apologies but his cats Alfie and Dolly had been ill. ...
Mike D'Abo: Confessions of an ex-Angel
Interview by Dawn James, Rave, November 1966
Everybody Knows that Mike D'Abo replaced Paul Jones in the Manfreds. Not so many people know that Mike was once the lead singer in the ...
Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Donovan, Ravi Shankar et al
Review by uncredited writer, Hit Parader, February 1967
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, Donovan's first big "commercial" success, is a beautiful, poetic, soothing, soaring, lyrical, rhythmic, groovy experience. ...
Jimi Hendrix, Four Tops, Jeff Beck et al: Singles Reviews
Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 25 March 1967
Catchy debut solo from Jeff Beck, and a typical but powerful Four Tops. Better showcase for Jimi Hendrix on his newie, and best yet from ...
Manfred Mann: That Mobbing Scene Is Over
Interview by Penny Valentine, Disc and Music Echo, 8 April 1967
MICHAEL D'ABO burst into song, sitting in the sun outside a London pub, and signed two autograph books proffered by two slightly embarassed fans. ...
Klaus Voorman: Klaus Must Choose
Interview by Kevin Swift, Beat Instrumental, May 1967
"I ENJOY my life in music", said Klaus Voorman, opening a discussion on his dual-talent career. He's a brilliant artist, an outstanding musician. How does ...
Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Them, Beach Boys, Kinks et al: Singles Reviews
Review by Peter Jones, Record Mirror, 6 May 1967
A multitude of newies this week including Presley, Dylan, & Beach Boys ...
New Singles from the Stones, Monkees, Jimi Hendrix et al
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967
STONES — CONSIDERABLY TOO MUCH ...
Various Artists: Seventh National Jazz And Blues Festival, Windsor
Live Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 19 August 1967
I've got those Seventh National Jazz And Blues Festival blues ...
Interview by Richard Green, Record Mirror, 30 September 1967
EVER SINCE the days of '5-4-3-2-1', Manfred Mann has been improving. Until it has now reached the stage where it can either change it's style ...
Manfred Mann: Manfred Still Has That Chart Touch
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 27 January 1968
BOB DYLAN and Manfred Mann have never met. Yet there is a bond between them. Manfred gets hits with Dylan songs, and the songwriter approves ...
Manfred Mann: Mighty Mike Of The Manfreds
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 10 February 1968
MEETING MICHAEL D'ABO is to slip back through the years to a long since shattered age of grace and reason. ...
Report and Interview by Keith Altham, New Musical Express, 10 February 1968
MICHAEL D'ABO is anxiously searching for Michael d'Abo. At his London home he and I looked everywhere for him with the assistance of a beautiful ...
New Albums from Manfred Mann, Judy Collins, Butterfield Blues Band et al
Review by Peter Jones, Norman Jopling, Record Mirror, 9 March 1968
MANFRED MANN: Up The Junction (Fontana TL 5460). HOW FORTUNATE it is for the Manfreds that this LP of film music — never strictly commercial ...
Manfred Mann: Manfred Michael Say's — 'It's Like Selling Fish And Chips'
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 6 July 1968
IS THE era of the pop idol dead? Are the days when Mick Jagger's face could launch a thousand screams over? ...
An Exploration Of The Four Chapters Of Manfred Mann
Overview by Harold Bronson, Phonograph Record, November 1971
PREFACEMANFRED MANN in his pendulum-like exploration of the modem music scene has at given times emerged himself in more fully committed idioms than just about ...
Manfred Mann: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Review by Metal Mike Saunders, Rolling Stone, 30 March 1972
SO MANFRED MANN are back doing rock and roll, and Paul Jones (the original Manfred's lead singer and premier star) has come out with an ...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Review by Dave Marsh, Creem, April 1972
MANFRED MANN'S strength, perhaps his only one, is as an interpreter. His jazzlike motions with Chapter Three – the group that was broken up so ...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Glorified Magnified/Man: Live At The Padget Rooms, Penarth
Review by Michael Gray, Let It Rock, December 1972
GLORIFIED MAGNIFIED is a new album from a famous star and his relatively new much-publicised band, and comes in a glossy, snazzy package – fold-out ...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Get Your Rocks Off
Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, August 1973
MANFRED MANN'S a survivor. What that means is that no matter where you got on the bus: be it with ‘Do Wah Diddy Diddy’ in ...
Manfred Mann: Get Your Rocks Off
Review by Steven Rosen, Music World, November 1973
IT WOULDN'T be unfair to say that Manfred Mann's role in music has been similar to that of John Mayall's; that is, both musicians have ...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Nightingales and Bombers
Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, January 1976
HERE'S PROOF that Bruce Springsteen is 'the new Dylan': Manfred Mann has covered one of his songs Now Manfred's constructed a subplot to a career ...
Manfred Mann: Mann Of The Moment…
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 11 September 1976
ARGUMENTATIVE and brittle, Manfred Mann has long been notorious as a man not likely to suffer fools gladly. He has terrorised managers, journalists, publicists and ...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: The Roaring Silence
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, 2 October 1976
THERE COMES a point in a band's career when the jig is up, and unless all the pieces fit the puzzle, success will scatter to ...
Manfred Mann: Angel Station (Bronze)
Review by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, March 1979
MOST OF us potter through life without any clear aims or objectives. Somehow we imagine that having heaved the cat out of bed and wiped ...
Singles Reviewed by MARK COOPER
Review by Mark Cooper, Record Mirror, 22 January 1983
THE GAP BAND 'Outstanding' (Polygram) Yet another soul concerto from The Gap Band with a monstrously hard-hitting handclap from the engine room and a vocal ...
Retrospective and Interview by David Burke, R2/Rock'n'Reel, November 2009
SELDOM HAS the descriptive shorthand "long-awaited" been more apposite than in the case of Starting All Over Again, a rare Paul Jones solo album released ...
10 Unjustly Overlooked British Invasion Albums (1964–1966)
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, September 2016
SO MANY artists in the tsunami of music from the U.K. that flooded America in the mid-'60s went on to make extraordinary albums over a ...
Why Manfred Mann Is the Most Underappreciated Group of the British Invasion
Retrospective by Mitchell Cohen, Music Aficionado, January 2017
MANFRED MANN were one of only two British groups to have a #1 single in 1964 without a Lennon-McCartney song. They were endorsed by Bob ...
The History of the Blues-Rock Press: Part 1
Retrospective by Don Armstrong, Music Journalism History, November 2019
Based on a series of posts published in Music Journalism History from November 9, 2019 to March 13, 2020. ...
Book Excerpt by Harold Bronson, 'Time Has Come Today' (Trouser Press Books), September 2023
I RECEIVED a letter (dated November 21) from Paul Jones, the original lead singer of Manfred Mann, thanking me for an album I had sent ...
see also Mike D'Abo
see also Paul Jones
see also Klaus Voormann
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