''Up the Junction'' is the first

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and fourth

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, consisting of songs written by

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for the 1968 film of the same name. The album was released on 16 March 1968 on

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(TL/STL 546023/2/68).

Track listing

;Side one #"Up the Junction" vocal (Mike Hugg, Manfred Mann) – 4:38 #"Sing Songs of Love" (Mick Gill, Hugg, Mann) – 2:01 #"Walking Round" (Hugg) – 2:17 #"Up the Junction" instrumental (Hugg) – 1:12 #"Love Theme" instrumental (Hugg, Mann) – 2:15 #"Up the Junction" vocal and instrumental (Hugg) – 1:48 ;Side two #"Just for Me" (Hugg) – 2:26 #"Love Theme" instrumental (Hugg, Mann) – 2:03 #"Sheila's Dance" (Hugg, Mann) – 2:04 #"Belgravia" (Hugg, Mann) – 2:46 #"Wailing Horn" (Hugg, Mann) – 2:24 #"I Need Your Love" (Hugg) – 1:41 #"Up the Junction" vocal (Hugg) – 2:15 2004 CD bonus tracks #

"Eastern Street" (Peter Cowap) - 2:28 #"Mohair Sam" (

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) - 3:16 #"Love Bird" - 3:03 #"Brown and Porters (Meat Exporters)" (

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, John Carter) - 2:31 #"I Love You" - 2:48 #"

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" (

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) - 3:30 #"Budgie" (

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) - 2:38 #"Sitting Alone in the Sunshine" - 2:24 #" Please Mrs. Henry" (

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) - 3:09 All tracks previously released on the 1997 compilation ''Ascent of Mann''.

References

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