''Slow Motion'' is the ninth album by the Welsh rock band

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and was released on the

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label. It was the only album recorded by this line-up,

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(guitar, keyboards, vocals) having left the day before recording was due to start. He was not replaced, so the album was recorded by the remaining four members. Unlike the previous and subsequent albums ('' Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics'' and ''

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'') ''Slow Motion'' failed to make the UK top 40 album chart. The album title was chosen to challenge sleeve designer

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, who painted

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shaking a fish, but Mad magazine objected, so the final image concentrated on the fish. The band name "Man" was also written in a font resembling the Mad logo.

Track listing

All songs composed by Micky Jones, Deke Leonard, Ken Whaley and Terry Williams.

Release history

Original LP released on United Artists in 1974 - Catalogue Nos UAG 29675 (UK) and LA 345G (US)
Released as CD on Beat Goes On Records (BGO Records) in 1993 - Catalogue Nos BGOCD 209 (UK) and BGT 209 (US)
Remixed and re-issued with bonus tracks on

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in 2008 - Catalogue No ECLEC 2062 For information about releases in other countries, singles, cassettes, 8 track cartridges etc., see The Manband Archive

Personnel

* Micky Jones – guitar, vocals *

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– guitar, vocals *

Ken Whaley Ken Whaley (5 November 1946 – 8 May 2013) was an Austrian-born bass guitar player, best known as a founding member of Help Yourself and Ducks Deluxe, and as a member of Deke Leonard's Iceberg, Man and The Tyla Gang. He also played with ...

– bass * Terry Williams – drums, vocals

Credits

* Producer –

and Anton Matthews * Production & Special Assistance – David Charles * Design –

* Liner Notes –

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* Mixing – Robin Black, David Hamilton-Smith, David Charles, Anton Matthews * Strings –

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* Saxophone – Chris Mercer

References

External links

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