Artist: Manfred Mann’s Earth Band | Album: Odds & Sods (Mis-takes & Out-takes) | Released: 2005 | Label: Cohesion | Catalog #: WCDLEMBOX228 | Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop Rock | Country: UK
This is one of the best conceived box sets to come around since the format made its bow with the Eric Clapton and Allman Brothers packages from Polygram at the end of the 1980s. The problem with most boxes is that the producers can never be sure of the direction in which they should go, especially with acts that have a long history and a lot of hits — do they represent all of the single A- and B-sides, or plunge into the vaults head first and fill it up with material that will be best known to hardcore fanatics? Luckily, in the case of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, there’s a lot of history but not a huge raft of hits to deal with, just some extremely important ones, so a direction that didn’t compromise either a box set’s potential broad appeal (such as it was) or its hardcore fan appeal was available, for anyone so inclined and motivated. Covering a musical history that crosses 30 years, each CD has a distinctive thrust and content that separates it from the discs adjacent to it, yet it all manages to hold together as a vital resource for appreciation of the band.
Disc one is devoted to the transition between Manfred Mann Chapter Three, the short-lived Manfred Mann/Mike Hugg-led break with the original group Manfred Mann, mixing jazz and rock, and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band, the much louder and harder-rocking ensemble that followed. “Happy Being Me” was the debut single of the Chapter Three band, while “Travelling Lady,” which goes into King Crimson-esque saxophone territory, was off of the group’s debut album; both tracks, like “Messin’ Up the Land” which follows, were written by Mike Hugg. The latter track is the original Chapter Three rendition, completely different from the version that Manfred Mann’s Earth Band ultimately released on their third album two years later — it opens a brace of previously unissued tracks from the abandoned third Manfred Mann Chapter Three album, which was thought lost until Mann began working on remastering his library; it stands somewhere midway between the late-’60s soul-inspired pop of the original Manfred Mann group and those funky, jazzy jams that King Crimson started getting into circa 1972 with Mel Collins and company.
Tracklisting:
CD1
01. Happy Being Me (4:07)
02. Travelling Lady (5:51)
03. Messin’ Up The Land (Previously Unreleased) (8:43)
04. Fish (Previously Unreleased) (5:24)
05. Turn You Away From My Door (Previously Unreleased) (3:29)
06. Ashes To The Wind (Previously Unreleased Version) (4:35)
07. Ned Kelly (Previously Unreleased) (2:54)
08. Please Mrs Henry (Previously Unreleased Version) (3:52)
09. Jump Sturdy (Previously Unreleased Version) (6:57)
10. Holly Holy (Previously Unreleased) (3:54)
11. Tribute (5:40)
12. Ain’t No Crime (Previously Unreleased) (3:28)
13. In The Beginning (5:22)
14. Joybringer (3:26)
15. Be Not Too Hard (4:11)
Duration: 01:11:53
CD2
01. Blinded By The Light (3:49)
02. Spirits In The Night (3:15)
03. Living Without You (3:34)
04. Pretty Good (US Only Release) (4:04)
05. California Coastline (2:47)
06. Hollywood Town (5:07)
07. Chicago Institute (5:49)
08. Quit Your Low Down Ways (US Only Release) (3:26)
09. California (3:46)
10. Runner (4:38)
11. Summer In The City (Previously Unreleased) (4:39)
12. Rebel (US Only Release) (4:09)
13. Salmon Fishing (4:04)
Duration: 00:53:07
CD3
01. Redemption Song (3:23)
02. Singing The Dolphin Through (8:16)
03. For You (Previously Unreleased Version) (3:51)
04. I (Who Have Nothing) (4:14)
05. Redemption Song (4:10)
06. Africa Suite (8:35)
07. War Dream (3:08)
08. Heart On The Street (4:51)
09. Telegram To Monica (5:35)
10. All Through The Night (Previously Unreleased) (3:52)
11. Better Place (Previously Unreleased) (5:14)
12. Demolition Man (Live) (4:12)
13. Martha’s Madman (Live) (10:07)
Duration: 01:09:29
CD4
01. Instrumedicine Song (4:02)
02. Geronimo’s Cadillac (Previously Unreleased) (3:49)
03. Tumbling Ball (Previously Unreleased) (3:55)
04. Lead Me To Water (Previously Unreleased) (4:26)
05. To The Limit (Previously Unreleased) (4:18)
06. Don’t Let Me Down (Previously Unreleased) (4:09)
07. Nature Of The Beast (Previously Unreleased) (4:37)
08. Pleasure And Pain (Previously Unreleased Version) (7:27)
09. Dirty City (Previously Unreleased) (5:25)
10. Don’t Bring Me Down (Castles Burning) (Previously Unreleased) (7:25)
11. SOS (Previously Unreleased) (3:51)
12. Davy’s On The Road Again (Previously Unreleased) (6:41)
13. Hillbrow (Previously Unreleased) (5:31)
Duration: 01:05:25
Single download
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Happy Being Me 4:07 
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Travelling Lady 5:51
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Messin’ Up The Land Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Fish Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Turn You Away From My Door Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Ashes To The Wind Previously Unreleased Version
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Ned Kelly Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Please Mrs Henry Previously Unreleased Version
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Jump Sturdy Previously Unreleased Version
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Holly Holy Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Tribute 5:40
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Ain’t No Crime Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – In The Beginning 5:22
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Joybringer 3:26
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Be Not Too Hard 4:11
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Blinded By The Light 3:49
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Spirits In The Night 3:15
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Living Without You 3:34
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Pretty Good US Only Release
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – California Coastline 2:47
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Hollywood Town 5:07
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Chicago Institute 5:49
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Quit Your Low Down Ways US Only Release
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – California 3:46
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Runner 4:38
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Summer In The City Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Rebel US Only Release
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Salmon Fishing 4:04
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Redemption Song 3:23
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Singing The Dolphin Through 8:16
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – For You Previously Unreleased Version
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – I Who Have Nothing
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Redemption Song 4:10
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Africa Suite 8:35
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – War Dream 3:08
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Heart On The Street 4:51
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Telegram To Monica 5:35
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – All Through The Night Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Better Place Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Demolition Man Live
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Martha’s Madman Live
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Instrumedicine Song 4:02
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Geronimo’s Cadillac Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Tumbling Ball Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Lead Me To Water Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – To The Limit Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Don’t Let Me Down Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Nature Of The Beast Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Pleasure And Pain Previously Unreleased Version
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Dirty City Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Don’t Bring Me Down Castles Burning
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – SOS Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Davy’s On The Road Again Previously Unreleased
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Hillbrow Previously Unreleased
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