Manfred Mann - The five faces of (U.k 1964)

Manfred Mann were an English rock band, formed in London in 1962. The group were named after their keyboardist Manfred Mann, who later led the successful 1970s group Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The band had two different lead vocalists during their period of success, Paul Jones from 1962 to 1966, and Mike d'Abo from 1966 to 1969.

Manfred Mann were regularly in the UK charts in the 1960s. Three of the band's most successful singles, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Pretty Flamingo" and "Mighty Quinn", topped the UK Singles Chart. They were the first southern-England-based group to top the US Billboard Hot 100 during the British invasion

The Five Faces of Manfred Mann is the debut British and second American studio album by Manfred Mann. It was first released in the United Kingdom on 11 September 1964 by His Master's Voice. In late October/early November, the album was released in Canada by Capitol Records.The Canadian track listing was almost the same as the UK version, except it included the hit "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" instead of "I've Got My Mojo Working". The record has been called "one of the great blues-based British invasion albums; it's a hot, rocking record that benefits from some virtuoso playing as well"



Track listing

Side one

"Smokestack Lightning" (Chester Burnett) – 2:30
"Don't Ask Me What I Say" (Paul Jones) – 3:09
"Sack O' Woe" (Cannonball Adderley) – 3:31
"What You Gonna Do?" (Jones, Manfred Mann) – 3:03
"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" (Willie Dixon) – 2:10
"I'm Your Kingpin" (Mann, Jones) – 2:38
"Down the Road Apiece" (Don Raye) – 3:16
Side two

"Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster; credited to Muddy Waters) – 2:43
Canadian version: "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 2:23
"It's Gonna Work Out Fine" (Rose Marie McCoy, Sylvia McKinney; credited to Joe Seneca, J. Lee) –
"Mr. Anello" (Mike Hugg, Jones, Mann, Tom McGuinness, Mike Vickers) – 2:15
"Untie Me" (Joe South) – 3:41
"Bring It to Jerome" (Jerome Green) – 3:31
"Without You" (Jones) – 2:25
"You've Got to Take It" (Jones) – 2:00

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