Instrumental Assassination
Instrumental Assassination | ||||
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Released | 2 December 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 1966[1] | |||
Studio | Philips, Marble Arch, London | |||
Genre | RnB, Jazz, Pop | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Fontana Records | |||
Producer | Shel Talmy | |||
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Instrumental Assassination is a 1966
Background
Like the earlier
"Sunny" begins with bowed bass and lazy vibes introducing a powerful organ solo, accompanied by frenzied screaming (it was, said Mann "a pretty wild session"),[3] dissolving into a fast cadenza and recapitulation. "Wild Thing" sets a piano-driven soul riff over which the melody features tone-bending tricks on Mann's Mellotron brass.[4] "Getaway" has the song's short theme on bowed bass, filled out by vibraphone and organ, leading to an organ and then a bowed bass solo with uncredited scat unison vocal. "With a Girl like You" has a solo guitar, a military waltzing snare and more spontaneous vocals.
Track listing
- Side 1
- "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
- "Wild Thing" (Chip Taylor)
- Side 2
Personnel
- Manfred Mann - piano, Hammond organ, Mellotron
- Tom McGuinness - guitar
- Mike Hugg - drums and vibraphone
- Dave Richmond - double bass
- Klaus Voormann - recorder
References
- ISBN 9780979184529.
- ^ "Manfred Mann - Instrumental Assassination (Vinyl) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ a b EP rear cover at http://www.soundstation.dk/images/products/large/93/113393-b.jpg
- ^ "Planet Mellotron Album Reviews: Manfred Mann". Planetmellotron.com. Retrieved 2012-02-25.