''Messin is a rock album released in

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. "Buddah" also appeared on the

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budget sampler double album ''Suck It and See'', along with tracks by then-labelmates

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, Jade Warrior and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, amongst others. The album was produced by Manfred Mann and engineered by John Edwards at Maximum Sound Studios,

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in 1973. For the

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release, the album was re-titled ''Get Your Rocks Off'' and the track "Pretty Good" was included in place of " Black and Blue", seemingly because the latter was about slavery and deemed unsuitable for the US market. Both tracks were included on the 1998 re-mastered re-issue. Under this title, the album just barely made the US

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, spending only two weeks on the charts and peaking at number 196 on June 30, 1973.

UK track listing

''Messin

;Side one # "Messinthis piece is based on the track "Messin' Up the Land", recorded by Manfred Mann's previous line-up

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in 1971. The album was shelved before release. So, this track was first released in 2005 as a part of the box set '' Odds & Sods – Mis-takes & Out-takes''. It furthermore quotes from the Chapter Three track "Konekuf", released in 1969 on the debut album of the group. (

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) – 9:54 # "Buddah" (

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, Mick Rogers) – 7:01 # "Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:32 ;Side two #

"Get Your Rocks Off" (

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) – 2:51 # "Sadjoy" (Mann) – 5:20 # " Black and Blue" (

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: Barry Sullivan, Matt Taylor, Phil Manning, Barry Harvey) – 7:21 (6:44 on the 1998 re-issue) # "Mardi Gras Day" ( Dr John Creaux) – 3:02 ;Bonus Tracks (1998 re-issue) #

"Pretty Good" ( John Prine) – 4:11 # "Cloudy Eyes" (single edit) (Mann) – 3:31

US track listing

''Get Your Rocks Off''

;Side one #"Messin'" (Mike Hugg) – 10:00 #"Pretty Good" (John Prine) – 4:00 #"Sadjoy" (

) – 4:30 ;Side two #

"Get Your Rocks Off" (

) – 3:00 #"Buddah" (Mann, Mick Rogers) – 7:00 #"Cloudy Eyes" (Mann) – 5:30 #"Mardi Gras Day" (Dr John Creaux) – 3:00

Personnel

;The Earth Band *

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* Mick Rogers –

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, lead vocals *

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Chris Slade Chris Slade (born Christopher Slade Rees; 30 October 1946) is a Welsh drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to ...

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;Additional musicians * Laurie Baker – Machines and Zoo on "Messin' " * Liza Strike –

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* Vicki Brown – backing vocals * Judith Powell – backing vocals * Ruby James – backing vocals ;Technical * Manfred Mann – producer * John Edwards –

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* Laurence Latham – engineer ("Sadjoy") * Peter Hignett – sleeve concept * Peter Goodfellow –

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* Re-mastered by: Robert M Corich and Mike Brown

Charts

Sources

External links

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