MINT PROMO Shrink 1969 MANFRED MANN CHAPTER III Prog

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  TOP MINTY CLEN 1969 ORIGINAL COLLECTIBLE              

EARLY UK PROG FUSION CLASSIC                

     MANFRED MANN CHAPTER III

\                                                   USA - POLYDOR RECORDS - 24 4013 - PROMO

Manfred Mann Chapter III had a British released Vertigo Swirl album in 1970, this, the 1969 first album is far superior ... the original (((PROMOTIONAL COPY!))) 1969 first pressing:

***STILL IN ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAP ** and ....MINT

Organist and band leader Manfred Mann had ended his long running beat & pop rock band with the 1968 swansong "Mighty Quinn" (psych-pop) classic album ... revamoing his line-up and including early members, they took off into the entirely new direction of progressive rock, which had by '69 the first releases of such music...

So, out of left field in 1969 came Manfred Mann Chapter III. Totally unrelated to the pop years, this was a marriage of progressive jazz /rock. Of course, 1969 was the time when the cross-pollination of these styles held great promise. Many artists dipped into the waters in the next few years. There was some exciting music. Eventually the bandwagon got full and collapsed under the weight of record companies forcing everyone to "fuse" and it all blanded out. But the pioneering bands such as Manfred Mann Chapter III lived at the "rock" end of the progressive jazz-rock spectrum. They made some fairly serious but inspired music here. Most of it is riffy and some is heavy, yet it has energy and class. Mike Hugg's vocals sound a little like Dr John when he's spooky. Their version of the old Yardbirds classic "Mr You're A Better Man Than I" is terrific, as is several of the other cuts -- the instrumentation passages being executed to high standards for 1969, just as the Manfred Mann beatrock band had been in 1964.  There was a second, inferior volume of MM Chapter III that appeared on the 'prog rock' label Vertigo the next year -- but clearly doesn't touch these works!

Travelling Lady

5:48

Snakeskin Garter

5:48

Konekuf

5:47

Sometimes

2:37

Devil Woman

5:24

Time

7:25

One Way Glass

3:33

Mister You're a Better Man Than I

5:10

Ain't It Sad

1:57

A Study in Inaccuracy

4:05

Where Am I Going

2:36

CONDITION: The cover is near perfect, flat & square with 4 sharp corners and in original factory shrink wrap...no delete marks, promo sticker at bottom right only enhances the value ...all said, it's  MINT 

The vinyl as well, very clean, very clear, very M-

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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