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Mann Made Hits
Album cover of the Manfred Mann compilation album Mann Made Hits. It depicts the band facing the camera, with the red text "MANN MADE HITS" at the top and the yellow text "MANFRED MANN with PAUL JONES" at the bottom.
Compilation album by
Manfred Mann with Paul Jones
Released9 September 1966 (1966-09-09)
Recorded17 December 1963 (1963-12-17) – 18 March 1966 (1966-03-18)
StudiosEMI, London
Genres
Length37:56
LabelHis Master's Voice
ProducerJohn Burgess
Manfred Mann chronology
Instrumental Asylum
(1966)		 Mann Made Hits
(1966)		 As Is
(1966)
Manfred Mann album chronology
Mann Made
(1965)		 Mann Made Hits
(1966)		 As Is
(1966)
Paul Jones chronology
Mann Made Hits
(1966)		 My Way
(1966)

Mann Made Hits is the first compilation album by British pop group Manfred Mann. After lead vocalist Paul Jones left the band in mid-1966, EMI Records chose to sign him as a solo performer once the band's contract expired. When the band signed with Fontana Records, EMI started issuing archival recordings in response. Mann Made Hits is made up of 14 recordings taped at EMI Studios between December 1963 and March 1966, and includes most of Manfred Mann's hit singles released during their contract with EMI alongside B-sides and EP tracks.

His Master's Voice released Mann Made Hits on 9 September 1966, credited as "Manfred Mann with Paul Jones" to capitalize on Jones' solo career. The album became a commercial success and Manfred Mann's final top-20 album for a decade, reaching number 11 on Record Retailer's albums chart. It has since been reissued on CD with various bonus tracks added. It received primarily favourable reviews upon the release, with music critics praising the selection of songs included. Retrospective assessment has considered it one of Manfred Mann's best vinyl compilation albums.

Background and content

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Mid-1966 became a tumultous period for Manfred Mann as a group.[1] Bassist Jack Bruce left the band to form Cream,[2] and lead vocalist Paul Jones, who had grown "restless and wanted to pursue a solo career as well as acting", also left the band.[3] Additionally, their three-year contract with EMI signed in May 1963 lapsed in May 1966.[4][5] EMI, who "had sufficient doubts about the group's ability to continue", did not renew their contract and instead signed Jones for a solo career.[4][6] After recruiting bassist Klaus Voormann and lead vocalist Mike d'Abo, Manfred Mann signed a recording contract with Fontana Records.[7] In response, EMI "scoured their tape archive" with unreleased material by Manfred Mann,[8] then consisting of tens of unissued songs.[9] As the first of several "cash-ins", on 1 July 1966, EMI released the archive recording "You Gave Me Somebody to Love" as a single.[10] Manfred Mann publically denounced the song's release in the music press,[11][12] and it stalled at number 36 on the Record Retailer singles chart.[13]

The material presented on Mann Made Hits was taped sporadically during different sessions over a period of nearly 2 and a half years.[9] According to Manfred Mann guitarist Tom McGuinness, all of the sessions during the band's tenure with EMI were recorded at EMI Studios in London and produced by John Burgess with Norman Smith engineering.[5] Below is a sessionography of the songs featured on Mann Made Hits in chronological order:[9]

With the exception of April 1964's "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)",[14][15] Mann Made Hits feature all of Manfred Mann's eight single A-sides between January 1964's "5-4-3-2-1" and March 1966's "Pretty Flamingo",[16] seven of which made the top-20 of the Record Retailer singles chart in the UK, including the two number-ones "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" and "Pretty Flamingo".[17][18] "I'm Your Kingpin" had originally appeared as the B-side of "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)",[14] and "John Hardy" had appeared as the B-side of October 1964's "Sha La La".[14] Three of the tracks were originally released on EPs; "Groovin'" (from June 1964's Groovin' with Manfred Mann) plus "The One in the Middle" and "With God on Our Side" (from June 1965's The One in the Middle).[19] The remaining track, "Spirit Feel", was a previously unissued instrumental.[8] Genre-wise, the album encompasses everything from Manfred Mann's R&B-focused work ("Oh No, Not My Baby"), folk-influenced output ("With God on Our Side"), and their pop hits according to Bruce Eder of AllMusic.[18]

Release and commercial performance

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The compilation is credited under former singer Paul Jones' name.[18]

EMI released Mann Made Hits through their sublabel His Master's Voice on 9 September 1966.[20][21] The album's title was a reference to Mann Made, which was the group' second studio album released in October 1965.[21] It was the band's first compilation album "devoted" to their hits.[18] According to Bruce Eder, one could see "quandary EMI was in" when they released the album; believing the band's prospects were limited, the album is credited as "Manfred Mann with Paul Jones".[18] In contrast, band biographer Greg Russo writes that the album's title was an "acknowledgement" to Jones' departure from the group.[22]

Mann Made Hits debuted on Record Retailer's album chart at 21 on 17 September 1966, before peaking at number 11 across three consecutive weeks between 29 October and 12 November.[23] It dropped out of the chart on 14 January 1967 at number 36, having spent 14 weeks in the top 50.[23] On the Disc and Music Echo chart, Mann Made Hits peaked at number 10 for a week.[24] Mann Made Hits was the final Manfred Mann album to reach the top-20 in the UK until the 1979 compilation Semi Detached Suburban.[17] Russo opined that Manfred Mann's album sales went into a "heavy decline", starting with the follow-up album As Is (1966),[25] which peaked at number 22.[17]

In Canada, Capitol Records released Mann Made Hits during September 1967.[20] This issue marked the debut release of an unedited version of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" featuring an organ solo.[26] According to Russo, this was done by mistake.[26] Mann Made Hits has been "supplanted by" several other Manfred Mann compilations,[18] but has been rereleased in itself on multiple occasions; in 2003, it was reissued on CD in Japan in a version that featured 13 bonus tracks that "show off the jazzier, more experimental side of their sound".[27] For Record Store Day 2018, Mann Made Hits was released on a box set together with the band's other EMI albums.[28]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[29]
Western Daily Press8/10[30]
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[18]

At release, Mann Made Hits received primarily positive reviews in the music press. Writing for Disc and Music Echo, Penny Valentine opined that the album gave fans "a pretty generous helping of pre [Mike] d'Abo Manfred Mann", and singled out the inclusion of "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Come Tomorrow", and "Oh No Not My Baby".[31] Though they felt they couldn't say much about the album "critically speaking" as it was a compilation, Norman Jopling and Peter Jones of Record Mirror felt that it "provided valuable reference to the hit-making days" before the Jones left.[29] They praise John Burgess' production, opining that he "understands completely the group's musical needs.[29] The reviewer for the Liverpool Echo felt that "seldom has one LP crowded together such a wealth of Top 20 material".[32] David Surrey of The Journal believed the album represented a chronological journey, ranging from the "earliest simplicities" of "5-4-3-2-1" and "Sha La La" to "their biggest hit" "Pretty Flamingo".[33]

Maurice Fells of the Western Daily Press praised the inclusion of some "great B-sides", and labelled it a "must have party record for sheer sustained meaty quality".[30] On the contrary the reviewer for Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer felt that the non-singles on the album were "wasted on little known B-sides".[34] Retrospectively, writing for AllMusic, Bruce Eder felt that Mann Made Hits was "one of the great dance albums of its era and has held up about as well as those hits".[18] He felt that it was the "about the best original vinyl compilation" when it came to Manfred Mann's music.[18] Eder further believed it was a "killer farewell to the Paul Jones-era" of the band.[18] Additionally, he believed that the 2003 reissue had bonus tracks that acted as proof that "there is always more to add".[27]

Track listing

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Songwriting credits adapted from the 2018 reissue of Mann Made Hits.[15] Original release dates taken from Greg Russo's book Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann.[35]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original UK releaseLength
1."Pretty Flamingo"Mark BarkanSingle A-Side, April 19662:30
2."The One in The Middle"Paul JonesThe One in the Middle EP, June 19652:39
3."Oh No Not My Baby"
Single A-Side, April 19652:22
4."John Hardy"Traditional, arranged by
Single B-side, October 19642:05
5."Spirit Feel"
Previously unreleased2:42
6."Come Tomorrow"
  • Bob Elgin
  • Dolores Phillips
  • Frank Augustus
Single A-side, January 19652:44
7."Do Wah Diddy Diddy"
Single A-side, June 19642:23
Total length:17:25
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original UK releaseLength
1."There's No Living Without Your Loving"
  • Jerry Harris
  • Paul Kaufman
No Living Without Loving EP, also single A-side, November 19652:40
2."With God on Our Side"Bob DylanThe One in the Middle EP, June 19654:23
3."Groovin'"
Groovin' with Manfred Mann EP, November 19643:41
4."I'm Your Kingpin"
  • Paul Jones
  • Manfred Mann
Single B-side, April 19642:46
5."Sha La La"
Single A-side, October 19642:31
6."5-4-3-2-1"
  • Paul Jones
  • Manfred Mann
  • Mike Hugg
Single A-side, January 19641:59
7."If You Gotta Go, Go Now"Bob DylanSingle A-side, September 19652:31
Total length:20:31

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for Mann Made Hits
Chart (1966–1967) Peak
position
UK Disc and Music Echo Top Ten LPs[24] 10
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[23] 11

References

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Citations

  1. ↑ Russo 1995, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Russo 1995, p. 36.
  3. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Paul Jones Biography by Mark Deming". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 15 August 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  4. 1 2 Eder, Bruce. "Manfred Mann Biography by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  5. 1 2 McGuiness 2007, p. 3.
  6. ↑ McGuiness 2007, p. 8.
  7. ↑ Russo 1995, pp. 37–38.
  8. 1 2 Russo 1995, p. 38.
  9. 1 2 3 McGuiness 2007, pp. 9–12.
  10. ↑ Russo 1995, pp. 38–39, 154.
  11. ↑ Anon. (2 July 1966). "Manfreds Disc Row" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  12. ↑ Anon. (2 July 1966). "Manfred Hits Out at New HMV Single" (PDF). Melody Maker. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 January 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  13. ↑ "You Gave Me Somebody To Love by Manfred Mann". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  14. 1 2 3 Russo 1995, p. 154.
  15. 1 2 Mann 2018, Insert.
  16. ↑ McGuiness 2007, pp. 13–14.
  17. 1 2 3 "Manfred Mann". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 July 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Eder, Bruce. "Mann Made Hits Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  19. ↑ McGuiness 2007, p. 14.
  20. 1 2 Russo 1995, p. 161.
  21. 1 2 McGuiness 2007, p. 15.
  22. ↑ Russo & 38, pp. 38–39.
  23. 1 2 3 "Mann Made Hits by Manfred Mann". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 21 February 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  24. 1 2 Anon. (24 September 1966). "Top Ten LPs" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  25. ↑ Russo 1995, p. 46.
  26. 1 2 Russo 1995, p. 265.
  27. 1 2 Eder, Bruce. "Mann Made Hits [Bonus Tracks] Review by Bruce Eder". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
  28. ↑ "Manfred Mann Box Set – #RSD". Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 6 March 2018. Archived from the original on 17 April 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  29. 1 2 3 Jopling, Norman; Jones, Peter (17 September 1966). "All the Manfreds' hits with Paul and big emotion from Gene" (PDF). Record Mirror. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 February 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  30. 1 2 Fells, Maurice (15 September 1966). "Disc Dialogue". Western Daily Press. p. 6. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  31. ↑ Valentine, Penny (17 September 1966). "Surprise! Gene Pitney singing 'Pretty Flamingo'" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  32. ↑ Anon. (10 September 1966). "For Longer Listening". Liverpool Echo. p. 4. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  33. ↑ Surrey, David (16 September 1966). "Manfred Mann's roll of honour". The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne). p. 12. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  34. ↑ Anon. (16 September 1966). "Pushing Out Pop Albums in their Dozens". Pontypridd and Llantrisant Observer. p. 4. Archived from the original on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 16 September 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  35. ↑ Russo 1995, pp. 150–166.

Sources

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