Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Solar Fire, 1973
Side one:
1. Father of Day, Father of Night (Bob Dylan) – 9:55
2. In the Beginning, Darkness (Manfred Mann, Mick Rogers, Chris Slade) – 5:22
3. Pluto the Dog (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Colin Pattenden) – 2:48
Side two:
4. Solar Fire (Mann, Rogers, Slade, Pattenden) – 5:15
5. Saturn, Lord of the Ring/Mercury, The Winged Messenger (Mann/Mann, Rogers) – 6:31
6. Earth, The Circle Part 2 (Mann) – 3:23
7. Earth, The Circle Part 1 (Mann) – 3:56
Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue):
8. Joybringer (Gustav Holst, Mann, Rogers, Slade) – 3:25
9. Father of Day, Father of Night (Edited version) (Dylan) – 3:03
Mick Rogers - guitar, vocals
Manfred Mann - organ, synthesizer, vocals
Colin Pattenden - bass guitar
Chris Slade - drums
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Irene Chanter – backing vocals
Doreen Chanter – backing vocals
Grove Singers – backing vocals
Released: 30 November 1973
Recorded at The Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London, 1973
Produced by Manfred Mann and Earth Band
Engineered by John Pantry, contributions by Dave Stephens, John Edwardes
Tape operator: Laurence Latham
Label: Bronze (UK), Polydor (U.S.)
Solar: Concerned with, determined by the sun.
Fire: Active principle operative in combustion. The Concise Oxford Dictionary.
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