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Maximum Darkness
Sessions, 1975
Sausalito, 1975
The Cipollina Rehearsals, March 1975
Corte Madera Rehearsals, March 31, 1975
"Winterland, 4-5-75"
Shepperton Studios, 8-May-75
Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, May 14, 1975
Live In California
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, August 9, 1976
Many Are Called (Keystone, Berkeley, CA, August 9, 1976)
Perfect Timing: The UA Years 1970 - 1975
The Live Adventures of Man
| These are some other items that I've seen on other lists, and they may duplicate some of those above: | ||
| 1975 | UK West Coast Spring Weekend Tour, plus studio outtakes | 2 cdr |
| 1975 | Manchester | 1 cdr |
| 3/13/75 | John's House, Mill Valley | A-, 1 CD |
| 1975 & 1976 | Live in England/Winterland 1976 Studio Berkeley 1975 | B+ to A-, 1 CD |
| 3/13/75 | John's House | 1 tape, Sbd |
| Mar-75 | Heliport/Sausalito | 1 tape |
| 4/5/75 | Winterland | 1 tape, Aud |
| 5/8/75 | Maximum Darkness Rehearsal (UK) | 1 tape |
| 5/14/75 | Glasgow | 2 tapes, Aud |
| 5/20/75 | Free Trade Hall, Manchester | 1 tape |
| 5/22-24/75 | Manchester | 4 Songs |
| 1976 | San Francisco, CA | 1 cdr |
| 8/5/76 | Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, CA | |
| 8/5/76 | Savoy Tivoli, SF | 45 min, Aud |
| 8/9/76 | Keystone Berkeley (John plays on 2 songs) | 1 tape, FM |
| 9-Aug-76 | The Keystone, Berkeley, CA | 2 cdr, sdbd |
NB This page only lists Man items which feature John Cipollina.
For more information about Man visit:
The Man Homepage
Man's Official Site
The Manband Archive
Deke Leonard
Northdown Publishing (Welsh Connection Newsletter)
The Man Home Page at Room 101 (Discography, with Commentary)
Micky Jones
Man on MySpace
George Jones on MySpace
The Spectaculars (George Jones' other band) on MySpace
The Spectaculars (George Jones' other band)
For more information about Man and John Cipollina visit:
Man - Maximum Darkness
Splaats #5: Man v John Cipollina
on Ron Sanchez' Donovan's Brain site
(Thanks to Joerg for these links.)
Maximum Darkness
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7171-551 | 11:05 | (Deke Leonard) |
| 2. | Codine | 7:40 | (Buffy St. Marie) |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | 6:30 | (Darling/Bennett/Bredon) |
| 4. | Many Are Called, But Few Get Up | 13:40 | (Ace/John/Jones/Leonard/Williams) |
| 5. | Bananas | 11:20 | (Jones/Ryan/Williams/John) |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Terry Williams | Drums | |
| Martin Ace | Bass, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
Produced by The Man Band
Recorded at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm on
26 May 1975 by Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
| United Artists | UAG 29872 | UK | LP | July 1975 | |
| BGO Records | BGOLP43 | UK | LP | ||
| BGO Records | BGOCD43 | UK | CD | ||
| Voiceprint | UK | CD | |||
Maximum Darkness
2008 extended remastered reissue
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7171-551 | 11:20 | (Deke Leonard) |
| 2. | Codine | 7:45 | (Buffy St. Marie) |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | 6:23 | (Darling/Bennett/Bredon) |
| 4. | Many Are Called, But Few Get Up | 13:51 | (Ace/John/Jones/Leonard/Williams) |
| 5. | Bananas | 11:24 | (Jones/Ryan/Williams/John) |
| Bonus tracks: | |||
| 6. | C'Mon | 23:56 | |
| 7. | Romain | 5:00 | |
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Terry Williams | Drums | |
| Martin Ace | Bass, Vocals | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
The original album recorded live at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm on
26 May 1975 by Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile
Produced by The Man Band
Bonus tracks recorded live at The Keystone, Berkeley, California in April 1975
Mixed at the Master Room, London in May 1975 - previously unreleased
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
| Esoteric Recordings | ECLEC 2061 | UK | CD | 2008 | |
Sessions, 1975
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | American Mother | ||
| 2. | Stand Close to You | ||
| 3. | Say Goodbye | ||
| 4. | Turning My Back | ||
| (30 minutes) | |||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
Sausalito, 1975
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | (Darling/Bennett/Bredon) | |
| 2. | Hard Way To Live | ||
| 3. | Romain | ||
| 4. | Bananas | (Jones/Ryan/Williams/John) | |
| 5. | Can't Give My Love To You | ||
| 6. | The Welsh Connection (cut) | ||
| (36 minutes) | |||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
The Cipollina Rehearsals, March 1975
This is a GEM! MAN were touring the States in March/April 1975 as a four-piece with Ken Whaley on bass. When Ken left the band half-way through, the call was put out to Martin Ace, who duly flew over. The band went into rehearsal at the Sausalito Heliport in San Francisco. According to Deke's book "Rhinos Winos & Lunatics", John Cipollina turned up at one of these rehearsals and jammed with them. The band invited John to play on the Maximum Darkness tour.
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Heliport Jam | 16:57 | |
| 2. | Many are Called but Few Get Up | 11:04 | |
| 3. | Bananas | 10:19 | |
| 4. | Bigelow 6-9000 | 4:37 | |
| 5. | Razorblade and Rattlesnake | 4:40 | |
| 6. | C'mon | 20:02 | |
| 7. | Hard Way to Live | 3:12 | |
| 8. | John Cipollina Interview | 5:46 | |
| Total | |||
Track 1 is nearly 17 minutes of MAN jamming with John Cipollina.
Tracks 2 - 7 are from a pre-Maximum Darkness tour rehearsal at Shepperton, 8 May 1975.
Track 8 is a John Cipollina radio interview. I don't know the name of the station, or the date, but it's post-tour.
The above information is correct to the best of my knowledge, and I welcome any further details or corrections.
The sound quality is very good.
Lineage: cassettes (unknown gen) > WAV > CDR > WAV (EQ and volume levels using Soundforge 8.0) > FLAC
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Micky Jones | ||
| Deke Leonard | ||
| Terry Williams | ||
| Martin Ace | ||
| John Cipollina | ||
"Winterland, 4-5-75"
| Tracks (Original) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Winterland, April 5, 75 | |||
| 1. | 14:56 | ||
| 2. | tuning/talking | 1:26 | |
| 3. | 16:53 | ||
| 4. | tuning/talking | 2:03 | |
| 5. | 7:16 | ||
| 6. | tuning/talking | 1:20 | |
| Keystone, Berkeley, CA, 1975 | |||
| 7. | (cut) | 12:54 | |
| Total | 46:24 | ||
| Tracks (Corrected) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, April, 1974 (The 1999 Party Tour album) | |||
| 1. | Spunk Rock | 14:56 | |
| Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley, March 10, 1974 | |||
| 2. | Intro | 1:26 | |
| 3. | Spunk Rock | 16:53 | |
| 4. | Talking | 2:03 | |
| 5. | Blown Away | 7:16 | |
| Winterland, April 5, 1975 | |||
| 6. | Jam | 1:20 | |
| Whisky A Go Go, CA, March 8, 1974 | |||
| 7. | American Mother (cut) | 2:25 | |
| Total | 46:21 | ||
| Comments by brad372: | |
| In listening to the show, there's good news and bad news. | |
| Bad news is almost none of this is from the Winterland show and one of the tracks probably shouldn't be posted. The good news is that some of the tracks (2 - 5) are pretty rare. | |
| Corrected set list is as follows: | |
| 1. | Spunk Rock (from the 1999 Party Tour CD, recorded Chicago, April, 1974) |
| 2. | Intro (Berkeley, CA 4-74?) |
| 3. | Spunk Rock (Berkeley, CA 4-74?) |
| 4. | Talk (Berkeley, CA 4-74?) |
| 5. | Blown Away (Berkeley, CA 4-74?) |
| 6. | Jam (Winterland 4-5-75) |
| 7. | American Mother (Hollywood 4-74) |
| Tracks 5 and 7 are Help Yourself songs sung by Malcolm | |
| Just found the correct dates and locations for these tracks: | |
| Tracks 2 - 5, Pauley Ballroon, UC Berkeley, March 10, 1974 (Malcolm Morley and Ken Whaley were with the group and it was the only year they played Help Yourself songs). The comment from Deke asking if anyone knew where John Cipollina lived likely makes this the Berkely show as it was the only Bay Area show on the tour. | |
| Track 7 (American Mother) is from the Whiskey A Go Go March 8, 1974 | |
| Five tracks (American Mother, 7171 551, A Hard Way to Live, Romain, Bananas) from the Whisky a Go Go, March 12th, 1974 show have been officially released, November 2007, on the Esoteric Recordings extended remaster of Rhinos, Winos & Lunatics, and can be ordered from Esoteric Recordings. |
|---|
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals | 1 - 7 |
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals | 1 - 7 |
| Terry Williams | Drums | 1 - 7 |
| Ken Whaley | Bass | 1 - 7 |
| Malcom Morley | Keyboards, Vocals | 1 - 5, 7 |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | 6 |
| Paul Horn | Sax | 7 |
Corte Madera Rehearsals, 31-Mar-75
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 79:59 | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| John Cipollina | Guitar | |
Shepperton Studios, 8-May-75
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | 10:55 | |
| 2. | Bananas | 10:22 | |
| 3. | Bigelow 6-9000 | 4:42 | |
| 4. | Razorblade and Rattlesnake | 4:36 | |
| 5. | C'mon | 20:00 | |
| 6. | Hard Way To Live | 3:16 | |
| Total | 53:56 | ||
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals |
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals |
| Terry Williams | Drums |
| Martin Ace | Bass |
| John Cipollina | Guitar |
Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, May 14, 1975
Artwork: Booklet Inlay Outer Inlay Inner CD 1 CD 2
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc One | |||
| 1. | 7171-551 | 10:30 | |
| 2. | A Hard Way To Die | 6:43 | |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | 6:45 | |
| 4. | A Hard Way To Live | 3:26 | |
| 5. | The Storm | 14:32 | |
| 6. | Codine | 8:25 | |
| Total | 50:23 | ||
| Disc Two | |||
| 1. | Someone Is Calling | 2:59 | |
| 2. | Razor Blade And Rattlesnake | 6:04 | |
| 3. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | 15:07 | |
| 4. | Bananas | 11:55 | |
| Total | 36:06 | ||
Lineage: ? > CD-R > EAC > Wav > FLAC Frontend > FLAC (8)
"There was an version of this show posted a couple of years ago. The quality of this torrent is much better, although the older version had Someone Is Calling after the Storm and also had Romain at the end." - Bradley
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals |
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals |
| Terry Williams | Drums |
| Martin Ace | Bass |
| John Cipollina | Guitar |
Live In California
| This is mentioned in the sleeve notes to the Ptolemaic Terrascope #29 cover CD (published Nov 2000): |
| "And finally, once again with thanks to Ron Sanchez, we are humbled to [be] able to bring you a stunning out-take from the forthcoming Mod Lang album, 'MAN Live in California'. And here are THE MANBAND live at The Savoy Tivoli in 1976 with JOHN CIPOLLINA guesting, winding up the CD with 'Bananas' (including cunningly-disguised power failure)." |
| (The other Ron Sanchez-supplied track on this CD is Raven's 'Unvicious Circle', from The Keystone, Berkeley in 1976.) |
| As far as I know, sadly, the album hasn't appeared yet. |
Keystone, Berkeley, CA, 9-Aug-76
As circulated via DimeADozen, June 2005
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc One | |||
| 1. | Let the Good Times Roll | 3:04 | |
| 2. | 7171-551 | 4:57 | |
| 3. | A Hard Way to Die | 7:06 | |
| 4. | The Welsh Connection | 8:54 | |
| 5. | Something is Happening | 7:22 | |
| 6. | The Ride and the View | 6:26 | |
| 7. | Out of Your Head | 5:44 | |
| 8. | Born with a Future | 8:01 | |
| 9. | C'mon | 17:58 | |
| Total | 69:38 | ||
| Disc Two | |||
| 1. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | 10:37 | |
| 2. | Introducing John Cipollina | 0:44 | |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You * | 6:20 | |
| 4. | Hard Way To Live * | 3:33 | |
| 5. | Romain * (with a triple guitar solo) | 6:41 | |
| 6. | Bananas * | 11:11 | |
| Total | 39:10 | ||
(Complete soundboard show)
SUPERB UNCIRCULATED SOUNDBOARD FROM MASTER
Master reel to reel > equalizer > cd > eac > wav > flac
| This is a little gift for everybody. The performance is awesome, the sound quality too. Beside this complete version from master is never circulated, don't even know if the complete audience tape of this show is circulated, normally only two songs with Cipollina from this show were traded, and, erroneusly, everybody was thinking that John was playing in only 2 songs in this show, when, actually, he's playing in four songs. - Fabio Nosotti |
| This show has been officially released, November 2005, by the band themselves, and can be ordered from www.mickyjones.co.uk. Proceeds from the sale of this album will be used to fund studio time to record a new Man CD. |
|---|
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Phil Ryan | Keyboards | |
| John McKenzie | Bass | |
| Terry Williams | Drums | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | * |
Many Are Called (Keystone, Berkeley, CA, August 9, 1976)
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Let the Good Times Roll | 3:04 | |
| 2. | A Hard Way to Die | 7:00 | |
| 3. | Out of Your Head | 5:44 | |
| 4. | Born with a Future | 8:01 | |
| Side B | |||
| 1. | 7171-551 | 4:57 | |
| 2. | Come On (Medley) | 17:48 | |
| Side C | |||
| 1. | Many Are Called | 10:37 | |
| 2. | Intro John Cippollina | 0:44 | |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You * | 6:20 | |
| Side D | |||
| 1. | Hard Way To Live * | 3:33 | |
| 2. | Romain * (with a triple guitar solo) | 6:41 | |
| 3. | Bananas * | 11:11 | |
| Total | |||
Soundboard Recording
Keystone, Berkeley/CA, 9th August 1976
Licensed by Floating World Ltd. UK
Coverart: Gaga Surreal by Eric J. Sluik, www.sluikdesign.nl
Inner sleeve photos by Larry Schorr
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Deke Leonard | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Micky Jones | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Phil Ryan | Keyboards | |
| John McKenzie | Bass | |
| Terry Williams | Drums | |
| John Cipollina | Guitar | * |
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | Notes |
| The Swinging Pig Records | 2 LP | 2013 | Ltd 1000 | ||
Perfect Timing: The UA Years 1970 - 1975
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daughter Of The Fireplace | ||
| 2. | Romain | ||
| 3. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | ||
| 4. | Manillo | ||
| 5. | All Good Clean Fun | ||
| 6. | C'Mon | ||
| 7. | Bananas | ||
| 8. | Back Into The Future | ||
| 9. | The Thunder And Lightning Kid | ||
| 10. | Scotch Corner | ||
| 11. | Hard Way To Die | ||
| 12. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | ||
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
| EMI | CDP-796542 2 | UK | CD | 1991 | |
The Live Adventures of Man
| Tracks | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Disc 1: The Hard Rock, Manchester, 20th May 1975: | |||
| 1. | 7171 551 | 7:30 | |
| 2. | Hard Way To Die | 6:44 | |
| 3. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave | 6:07 | |
| 4. | The Storm | 10:27 | |
| 5. | Hard Way To Live | 3:42 | |
| 6. | Codine | 7:39 | |
| 7. | Razorblade and Rattlesnake | 6:32 | |
| 8. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | 13:09 | |
| 9. | Bananas 10:52 | ||
| Disc 2: Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, CA, 5th August 1976 (Pt.1): | |||
| 1. | Babe I'm Gonna Leave You | 5:45 | |
| 2. | The Ride and The View | 5:48 | |
| 3. | Hard Way to Live | 2:59 | |
| 4. | Spunk Rock | 12:42 | |
| 5. | The Welsh Connection | 7:56 | |
| 6. | Hard Way to Die | 6:24 | |
| 7. | Something Is Happening | 7:45 | |
| Disc 3: Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, CA, 5th August 1976 (Pt.2): | |||
| 1. | Out of Your Head | ||
| 2. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | ||
| 3. | Romain | ||
| 4. | You're Out of Your Head/Jam/Bananas | ||
| Disc 4: Keystone, Berkeley, CA, 9th August 1976: | |||
| 1. | Let the Good Times Roll | ||
| 2. | 7171 551 | ||
| 3. | A Hard Way To Die | ||
| 4. | Welsh Connection | ||
| 5. | Something is Happening | ||
| 6. | Ride and View | ||
| 7. | You Are Out of Your Head | ||
| 8. | Born With a Future | ||
| 9. | Come On Medley | ||
| Disc 5: With John Cipollina - Keystone, Berkeley, CA, 9th August 1976: | |||
| 1. | Many Are Called | ||
| 2. | Introducing John Cippolina | ||
| 3. | Baby I'm Gonna Leave You | ||
| 4. | Hardway to Live | ||
| 5. | Romain | ||
| 6. | Bananas | ||
| Disc 6: The Sir James Club, 14th May 1984 (Pt.1): | |||
| 1. | A Word In Your Ear [Radio City Advert] 0:32 | ||
| 2. | C'mon | 7:45 | |
| 3. | What a Night | 3:20 | |
| 4. | Even Visionaries Go Blind | 5:19 | |
| 5. | Long Holiday | 4:35 | |
| 6. | Talk About a Morning | 9:47 | |
| 7. | The Ride and the View | 8:05 | |
| 8. | Perfect Strangers | 3:24 | |
| Disc 7: The Sir James Club, 14th May 1984 (Pt.2): | |||
| 1. | A Hard Way To Live | 4:37 | |
| 2. | Many Are Called But Few Get Up | 12:20 | |
| 3. | Bananas | 9:53 | |
| 4. | Romain | 5:22 | |
| Release History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Cat No | Country | Format | Date | |
| Floating World | MAN1009 | UK | 7 x CD | 2011 | |
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