''Watch'' is the eighth album by
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
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, a studio album with two live tracks released in
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...
. It is the first album recorded with new bassist
Pat King
Patrick John King (1944 – January 25, 2022) also known as Speedy King, was a Scottish bassist, best known for his association with Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
History
King was born in Aberdeen in 1944 and raised in Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Afte ...
, and the final album for both guitarist
Dave Flett
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Career Early years and Manfred Mann
Flett began his career with local groups in Aberdeen such as Cat Squirre ...
and original drummer
Chris Slade
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. In West Germany, it stayed 69 weeks in the charts (# 3 highest position), receiving platinum status in 1981.
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Track listing
Side one
#"Circles" (Alan Mark) – 4:50
#"Drowning on Dry Land/Fish Soup" (Chris Slade
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, Dave Flett
David Flett (born, 2 June 1951) is a Scottish rock guitarist, best known for performing with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Thin Lizzy.
Career Early years and Manfred Mann
Flett began his career with local groups in Aberdeen such as Cat Squirre ...
, Manfred Mann
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) – 6:01
#"Chicago Institute" ( Peter Thomas, Mann, Flett) – 5:47
#"California" (Sue Vickers
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) – 5:32
Side two
# "Davy's on the Road Again" (Live) ( John Simon, Robbie Robertson
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) – 5:55
#"Martha's Madman" (Lane Tietgen
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A number of Tietgen's songs ...
) – 4:52
#" Mighty Quinn" (Live) (Bob Dylan
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) – 6:29
Bonus Tracks 1998 CD re-issue
# "California" (single edit) (Sue Vickers) – 3:46
#"Davy's on the Road Again" (single edit) (Simon, Robertson) – 3:38
#"Bouillabaisse" (single edit) (Flett, Mann) – 4:02
#"Mighty Quinn" (single edit) (Dylan) – 3:39
Personnel
The Earth Band
* Chris Hamlet Thompson – vocals
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, guitar
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* Manfred Mann
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– keyboards
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, backing vocals
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* Dave Flett
David Flett (born, 2 June 1951) is a Scottish rock guitarist, best known for performing with Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Thin Lizzy.
Career Early years and Manfred Mann
Flett began his career with local groups in Aberdeen such as Cat Squirre ...
– lead guitar
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, acoustic guitar
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* Pat King
Patrick John King (1944 – January 25, 2022) also known as Speedy King, was a Scottish bassist, best known for his association with Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
History
King was born in Aberdeen in 1944 and raised in Fraserburgh, Scotland.
Afte ...
– bass guitar
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, backing vocals
* Chris Slade
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– drums
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, percussion
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Additional Musicians
* Doreen Chanter
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, Irene Chanter
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, Stevie Lange
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, Victy Silva, Kim Goddy – backing vocals
Technical
* Manfred Mann's Earth Band – producers
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* Laurence Latham – engineer
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* Rick Walton – engineer
* Edwin Cross – assistant engineer
* Michael Sanz – cover painting
* Pat King – photography
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Charts
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External links
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band albums
1978 albums
Bronze Records albums
Warner Records albums
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