Machines | |
Type: | EP |
Artist: | Manfred Mann |
Cover: | Manfred Mann - Machines.jpg |
Released: | 7 April 1966[1] |
Recorded: | 15 December 1965 – 9 February 1966 |
Genre: | Rock & Roll |
Language: | English |
Label: | His Master's Voice-EMI |
Producer: | John Burgess |
Prev Title: | No Living Without Loving |
Prev Year: | 1965 |
Next Title: | Instrumental Asylum |
Next Year: | 1966 |
Chronology: | Manfred Mann |
Machines is an EP by Manfred Mann, released in 1966. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number His Master's Voice-EMI 7EG 8942. The record was the number 1 EP in the UK number-one EP for 1 week, starting 28 May 1966.
For this EP, Manfred Mann's third and last number 1 EP, they chose several non R & B songs to cover including Tennessee Waltz, the best-known version being by Patti Page and The Everly Brothers When Will I be Loved. Jack Bruce is the bassist on these tracks.
The record reached the Number 1 spot on the UK's EP charts on May 28, 1966.