Nightingales and Bombers

Infobox Album
Name = Nightingales and Bombers
Type = studio
Artist = 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 =
Producer = Manfred Mann and Earth Band
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9fq7g4attv1z link]
Last album = "The Good Earth" (1974)
This album = "Nightingales and Bombers" (1975)
Next album = "The Roaring Silence" (1976)

"Nightingales and 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" [ [http://www.manfredmann.co.uk/music/night.html Manfred Mann's Earth Band Discography – Album Notes – 1975 "Nightingales and Bombers"] The Official Website of Manfred Mann's Earth Band]

Track listing

#"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
#"Visionary Mountains" (Pam Nestor, Joan Armatrading) – 5:42
#"Nightingales and Bombers" (Rogers) – 4:53
#"Fat Nelly" (Mann, Thomas) – 3:20
#"As Above, So Below" (Mann, Slade, Rogers, Pattenden) – 4:18

Bonus tracks on 1999 re-issue

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"Quit Your Low Down Ways" (from US Release) (Bob Dylan) – 3:25
#"Spirits in the Night" (single version) (Springsteen) – 3:17

Personnel

*Manfred Mann – organ, synthesisers
*Mick Rogers – guitars, vocals
*Chris Slade – drums, concussion
*Colin Pattenden – basswith
*Ruby James – backing vocals
*Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
*Martha Smith – backing vocals

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