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. It was one of the three first albums released on the

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record label. The principal members of the group were

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and

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. Mann played the

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and acted as the group's musical arranger, whilst Hugg handled vocals, played

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and was the chief songwriter. The group was augmented by a five-piece brass section and several distinguished jazz soloists. The core songs "Travelling Lady", "Snakeskin Garter", "Devil Woman", and "Time" define the album's sound: long, slow, doomy one chord

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s beneath sections of breathy vocals, powerful brass and free-form improvised solos. "Konekuf" is the same without the vocals, while "A Study in Inaccuracy" is simply freeform. "Sometimes", "One Way Glass", "Ain't It Sad" and "Where Am I Going" are shorter and more melodic, wistful songs centering on Hugg's electric piano, on which he turns in an able solo on "Mister, You're a Better Man Than I". The title of the instrumental "Konekuf" was Manfred Mann's slightly obscured reaction to

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's infamous ''

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'' about immigration. (Manfred had left his home of

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for several reasons, but the country's institutionalized racism was definitely among them.) The musical theme would later re-appear as the middle part of the title track on the third Earth Band album ''

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''. Likewise, "One Way Glass" was re-recorded in a more rock-oriented version on the second Earth Band album ''

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''. The song also appeared with a different title and lyric ("Broken-Glass Lives") on the soundtrack of the film

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, recorded in 1969 by Chapter Three (although the film wasn't released until 1972). Chapter Three's version of "One Way Glass" was sampled by

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in their song "Stand Up", and Manfred himself played keyboard over this recording and included the result on '' Lone Arranger''. Another song with connections to other parts of Mann's history is "Travelling Lady"; this song had previously been recorded by

the group and released on the b-side of their final single "Ragamuffin Man", then simply called "A 'B' Side".

Track listing

Tracks written by

except noted

Side one

# "Travelling Lady" (

, Hugg) (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) – 5:48 # "Snakeskin Garter" (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) – 5:48 # "Konekuf" (Mann) (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) – 5:47 # "Sometimes" – 2:37 (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) # "Devil Woman" – 5:24 (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg)

Side two

"Time" – 7:25 (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) # "One-Way Glass" (Mann, Peter Thomas) (Lead vocals: Manfred Mann) – 3:33 # " Mr. You're a Better Man Than I" (Mike Hugg, Brian Hugg, Mann) (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) – 5:10 # "Ain't It Sad" (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg)– 1:57 # "A Study in Inaccuracy" (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) (Mann) – 4:05 # "Where Am I Going" (Lead vocals: Mike Hugg) – 2:36

Additional tracks (1999 CD re-issue)

"Sometimes" (single mono version) – 2:22 # "Travelling Lady" (single mono version) (Mann, Hugg) – 5:20 # "Devil Woman" (single version) – 5:23 # "A Study in Inaccuracy" (alternative version) – 5:10

Personnel

;Manfred Mann Chapter Three *

– organ, police whistle, arranger, backing vocals, lead vocals on "One Way Glass" *

–

, lead vocals on all tracks except “One Way Glass”, arranger * Bernie Living –

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, flute * Steve York – bass guitar, electric guitar, harp * Craig Collinge –

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;Wind section * Clive Stevens –

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* Carl Griffiths – tenor saxophone * Dave Coxhill –

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* Gerald Drewett –

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* Sonny Corbett –

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;Guest musicians * Brian John Hugg –

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– trumpet on "Time" *

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– backing vocals on "Devil Woman"

Technical

* Dave Hadfield – producer,

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– brass arrangements * Luke Weall –

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, design * Jack Levy –

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manfred Mann Chapter Three (Album) 1969 debut albums Vertigo Records albums Polydor Records albums Bronze Records albums Manfred Mann Chapter Three albums