1966 Orig THE MANFRED MANN PRETTY FLAMINGO = COOL R&B BEAT SHOUTER

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              RARE...FIRST PRINTING... 

        1966 ORIGINAL BEAT ROCK GROOVES   

        MANFRED MANN

       PRETTY FLAMINGO     

                    USA - UNITED ARTISTS - UAS 6549 - Stereo  

MINTY CLEAN ... ALL OVER THE PLACE !

RARE...  1966 very first printing of a GREAT r7B beatrock Lp from the crest of the British Invasion...check it out!

Includes the scarce original UA inner sleeve to the recording

Hard to find clean ORIGINAL 1966 [mono] first pressing ... one of the very best solid packed albums by this vastly underrated beatrock band, filled with the style and grooves that set apart the top level British Invasion bands from the copy bands:

Pretty Flamingo marked the end of an era for Manfred Mann, though few American listeners, relatively oblivious to the affairs of this most underrated of all major British Invasion bands, knew it -- Paul Jones was to leave soon after, as would Mike Vickers, a pair of events that would radically alter the group's sound and cause them to be abandoned by their label, EMI. But if it was a swansong for the original band, what a way to go, showing off just how subversive this band's American albums, in particular, were. As was the custom here (as opposed to England), the producers put the group's current pop hit single on the LP as a lure to boost sales, but as with their other releases, the rest of the album is loaded up with hard R&B, soul, and blues infested beatrock grooves, and delivered all of the music that white middle-class parents were scared to death their kids would hear. Jones was one of the best beatrocker shouters in England -- at his best, he sings like a God -- and in his final body of work for the group he goes out in superb style, appealing to decidedly older-than-teen listeners on the bluesy "Let's Go Get Stoned" and assuming a more ominous cast on "I Put a Spell on You." He then detours into Swinging London on the ebullient group original "It's Getting Late." He also, for a moment, sound uncannily like Sam Cooke on the album's soul version of "Tennessee Waltz." He doesn't let up on "Driva Man," and closes on his own bluesy original "Did You Have to Do That." In this company, the title track, a catchy pop hit dominated by Jones' voice, a flute, and a thick acoustic guitar, is almost the least interesting song on the album, but it's still a charmer.  

•  Pretty Flamingo
   Let's Go Get Stoned
   Tired Of Trying, Bored With Living, Scared Of Dying 
   I Put A Spell On You
•  It's Getting Late 
   You're Standing By
• SIDE II
•  Machines 
   Stay Around
   Tennessee Waltz
•  Driva Man 
•  Do You Have To Do That

CONDITION: The cover is clean and solid over both sides, M- no split seams, no bends, no writing....bright original colors

The vinyl is very clean, well preserved over 45 years ago, M- and plays CLEAN ... nice clean UA labels to go along with the collectible item 

                keeper copy!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record