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MIG 91052CD
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DVD is NTSC format. Region code 0. "Seven years after their formation, MAN from Wales performed at Rockpalast on April 17, 1975, with a set lasting just under an hour. At Studio L in Cologne, MAN, then consisting of the three founding members Micky Jones (vocals, guitar), Deke Leonard (guitar, vocals, keyboard, harmonica), Terry Williams (drums, vocals), and Martin Ace (bass, vocals -- with the band since 1970), played six songs. What was impressive about MAN was their musical 'live' performance with their very own 'Welsh' mix of rock, blues, country, folk, and a good dose of West Coast rock. Nevertheless, influences from (distant) Grateful Dead, but above all from the Californian Quicksilver Messenger Service, are unmistakable and also intentional. Martin Ace recalls: 'We were rehearsing at Sausalito Heliport (San Francisco) and John Cipollina came by at that time. We jammed together. We then played with John in Sacramento and at Winterland in San Francisco, and the others asked me if I wanted to join them on an already booked tour of Germany, which included a Rockpalast TV show in Cologne. So when we arrived in Cologne, we were pretty well rehearsed, and I hope you can feel that in this performance.' Even before the release of the highly acclaimed 1976 LP The Welsh Connection, there were again differences of opinion within the band. The album 'All's Well That Ends Well' was recorded during the farewell tour of 1977 through the USA, Europe, and North Africa. From 1983 onward, there were several attempts to reform MAN, but they never managed to match the success and quality of the 1970s. Drummer Terry Williams made rock history with Rockpile and Dire Straits from 1978 onward, Deke Leonard released solo albums (including the highly acclaimed 'Iceberg') and published books about the world of rock music."
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SR 253CD
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Man is a duo consisting of French multi-instrumentalists François Rasim Biyikli (piano, Rhodes, melodica, guitars, noises) and Charles-Eric Charrier (acoustic bass, guitar, toys), who produce a rare and elegant form of electroacoustic music that touches base with unchartered territory where anything is possible. Simple, disquieting and friendly, absent yet abominably present, the duo achieves an even more liberated form of music on this third opus. After two instrumental albums for Les Disques du Soleil et de l'Acier (Man and Main Gauche), three years spent playing concerts throughout Europe and multiple collaborations in film (about a dozen original soundtracks), fashion (Cartier), television (Arte), theatre, dance and visual arts (Pierrick Sorin), Man returns with some of their most arresting music yet.
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