''Messin is a rock album released in

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. ''Messin followed ''

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'' and preceded '' Solar Fire'', and like all Earth Band albums contains a mixture of originals and covers (see track listing below). "Buddah" also appeared on the

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budget sampler double album ''Suck It and See'', along with tracks by then-labelmates Kraftwerk, Jade Warrior and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, amongst others. The album was produced by Manfred Mann and engineered by John Edwards at Maximum Sound Studios, London in 1973. For the

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release, the album was re-titled ''Get Your Rocks Off'' and the track "Pretty Good" was included in place of "

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", seemingly because the latter was about slavery and deemed unsuitable for the US market. Both tracks were included on the 1998 re-mastered re-issue. Under this title, the album just barely made the US

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, spending only two weeks on the charts and peaking at number 196 on June 30, 1973.

UK track listing

''Messin

;Side one # "Messinthis piece is based on the track "Messin' Up the Land", recorded by Manfred Mann's previous line-up

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in 1971. The album was shelved before release. So, this track was first released in 2005 as a part of the box set ''

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''. It furthermore quotes from the Chapter Three track "Konekuf", released in 1969 on the debut album of the group. (

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) – 9:54 # "Buddah" (

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, Mick Rogers) – 7:01 # "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:32 ;Side two #

"Get Your Rocks Off" (

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) – 2:51 # "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 5:20 # "

" ( Chain: Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey) – 7:21 (6:44 on the 1998 re-issue) # "Mardi Gras Day" ( Dr John Creaux) – 3:02 ;Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue) #

"Pretty Good" (

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) – 4:11 # "Cloudy Eyes" (single edit) (Mann) – 3:31

US track listing

''Get Your Rocks Off''

;Side one #"Messin'" (Mike Hugg) – 10:00 #"Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:00 #"Sadjoy" (

) – 4:30 ;Side two #

"Get Your Rocks Off" (

) – 3:00 #"Buddah" (Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:00 #"Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:30 #"Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:00

Personnel

;The Earth Band *

– organ, Minimoog synthesiser * Mick Rogers –

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, lead vocals *

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–

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– drums ;Additional musicians *

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– Machines and Zoo on "Messin' " * Liza Strike –

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– backing vocals * Judith Powell – backing vocals * Ruby James – backing vocals ;Technical * Manfred Mann – producer * John Edwards –

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* Laurence Latham – engineer ("Sadjoy") * Peter Hignett – sleeve concept * Peter Goodfellow – illustration

Sources

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