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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
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 5/20/75
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:
1975UK West Coast Spring Weekend Tour, plus studio outtakes 2 cdr
1975Manchester1 cdr
3/13/75John's House, Mill Valley A-, 1 CD
1975 & 1976Live in England/Winterland 1976 Studio Berkeley 1975B+ to A-, 1 CD
3/13/75John'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
5/14/75Glasgow 2 tapes, Aud
5/22-24/75 Manchester 4 Songs
1976San Francisco, CA 1 cdr
8/5/76Savoy Tivoli, San Francisco, CA
8/5/76Savoy Tivoli, SF 45 min, Aud
8/9/76Keystone Berkeley (John plays on 2 songs) 1 tape, FM
9-Aug-76The Keystone, Berkeley, CA2 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

CD cover


Tracks
1.7171-55111:05(Deke Leonard)
2.Codine7:40(Buffy St. Marie)
3.Babe I'm Gonna Leave You6:30(Darling/Bennett/Bredon)
4.Many Are Called, But Few Get Up13:40(Ace/John/Jones/Leonard/Williams)
5.Bananas11:20(Jones/Ryan/Williams/John)


Personnel
Micky JonesGuitar, Vocals
Deke LeonardGuitar, Vocals
Terry WilliamsDrums
Martin AceBass, Vocals
John CipollinaGuitar

Produced by The Man Band

Recorded at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm on
26 May 1975 by Vic Maile with The Manor Mobile



Release History
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate
United ArtistsUAG 29872UKLPJuly 1975
BGO RecordsBGOLP43UKLP
BGO RecordsBGOCD43UKCD
Voiceprint UKCD


Maximum Darkness

2008 extended remastered reissue


Tracks
1.7171-55111:20(Deke Leonard)
2.Codine7:45(Buffy St. Marie)
3.Babe I'm Gonna Leave You6:23(Darling/Bennett/Bredon)
4.Many Are Called, But Few Get Up13:51(Ace/John/Jones/Leonard/Williams)
5.Bananas11:24(Jones/Ryan/Williams/John)
Bonus tracks:
6.C'Mon23:56
7.Romain5:00


Personnel
Micky JonesGuitar, Vocals
Deke LeonardGuitar, Vocals
Terry WilliamsDrums
Martin AceBass, Vocals
John CipollinaGuitar


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
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate
Esoteric RecordingsECLEC 2061 UKCD2008



Sessions, 1975



Tracks
1.American Mother
2.Stand Close to You
3.Say Goodbye
4.Turning My Back
(30 minutes)


Personnel
John CipollinaGuitar


Release History
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate



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 CipollinaGuitar


Release History
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate



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
Total46:24


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
Total46:21


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 JonesGuitar, Vocals1 - 7
Deke LeonardGuitar, Vocals1 - 7
Terry WilliamsDrums1 - 7
Ken WhaleyBass1 - 7
Malcom MorleyKeyboards, Vocals1 - 5, 7
John CipollinaGuitar6
Paul HornSax7



Corte Madera Rehearsals, 31-Mar-75



Tracks
Total79:59


Personnel
John CipollinaGuitar



Shepperton Studios, May 8, 1975



Tracks
1.Many Are Called But Few Get Up10:55
2.Bananas 10:22
3.Bigelow 6-9000 4:42
4.Razorblade and Rattlesnake4:36
5.C'mon 20:00
6.Hard Way To Live 3:16
Total53:56


Personnel
Micky JonesGuitar, Vocals
Deke LeonardGuitar, Vocals
Terry WilliamsDrums
Martin AceBass
John CipollinaGuitar



Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, May 14, 1975



Artwork: Booklet Inlay Outer Inlay Inner CD 1 CD 2

Tracks
Disc One
1.7171-55110:30
2.A Hard Way To Die6:43
3.Babe I'm Gonna Leave You6:45
4.A Hard Way To Live3:26
5.The Storm14:32
6.Codine8:25
Total50:23
Disc Two
1.Someone Is Calling2:59
2.Razor Blade And Rattlesnake6:04
3.Many Are Called But Few Get Up15:07
4.Bananas11:55
Total36:06


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 JonesGuitar, Vocals
Deke LeonardGuitar, Vocals
Terry WilliamsDrums
Martin AceBass
John CipollinaGuitar



Free Trade Hall, Manchester, May 20, 1975


Tracks
1.7171 551
2.Hard Way To Die
3.Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
4.The Storm
5.Hard Way To Live
6.Codine
7.Razorblades and Rattlesnakes
8.Many Are Called But Few Get Up
9.Bananas
Total


Received on CD-R as 2 tracks: 41:57 + 30:45 = 72:42

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, May 20, 1975

Received August 2010.


Tracks
1.7171 551 7:28
2.Hard Way to Die 6:43
3.Babe I'm Gonna Leave You6:05
4.The Storm 10:25
5.Hard way to Live 3:40
6.Codine 7:37
7.Razorblade and Rattlesnake 6:30
8.Many are Called but Few Get Up 13:08
9.Bananas 10:53
Total72:32


Lineage unknown, Sample Included

Micky Jones, Deke Leonard, Terry Williams, Martin Ace, John Cipollina


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, August 9, 1976

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
Total69:38
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
Total39:10


(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 WilliamsDrums
John CipollinaGuitar*

Many Are Called (Keystone, Berkeley, CA, August 9, 1976)

LP front

LP back

LP inner



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 WilliamsDrums
John CipollinaGuitar*


Release History
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDateNotes
The Swinging Pig Records 2 LP2013Ltd 1000



Perfect Timing: The UA Years 1970 - 1975

CD cover


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
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate
EMICDP-796542 2UKCD1991



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
LabelCat NoCountryFormatDate
Floating WorldMAN1009UK7 x CD2011



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