EDDIE HOWELL / QUEEN / BRIAN MAY / FREDDIE MERCURY - MAN FROM MANHATTAN -JAPAN 7
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Description
ARTIST: EDDIE HOWELL
TYPE / SIZE: 7" VINYL
CONDITION: PICTURE SLEEVE / RECORD(using Record Collector Grading System): VG / VG
TRACKS: MAN FROM MANHATTAN / WAITING IN THE WING
CATALOGUE NUMBER: P-70W
COMMENTS:
THIS IS THE RARE JAPANESE PRESSING OF "MAN FROM MANHATTAN" WITH A UNIQUE PICTURE SLEEVE.
THIS HAS MEMBERS OF QUEEN ON IT, AS SHOWN ON THIS UNIQUE PICTURE
"MAN FROM MANHATTAN"
Vocal, Backing vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Eddie Howell
Backing Vocals, Piano – Freddie Mercury
Lead Guitar – Brian May
Bass Guitar – Jerome Rimson
Drums – Barry De Souza
Producer – Freddie Mercury
Eddie Howell’s ‘Man From Manhattan‘ is one of the best known and best loved of all Queen’s collaborations.
Recorded in mid January 1976 at Sarm East Studios in London, the song was produced by Freddie Mercury, who also played piano and sang backing vocals on the track and featured Brian May on guitar. The record is so reminiscent of “A Night At The Opera” in both instrumentation and mood, that many fans regard it as virtually an “Opera” out-take. When it was launched as a single on Warner Bros records in 1976, it became a turntable hit in the UK and looked set to chart until music industry bureaucracy halted it in it’s tracks.
Birmingham born Eddie Howell began his professional career in the late 60’s, when Chrysalis music picked up on his songwriting demos and introduced him to an independent record producer, who in turn licensed his first single “Easy Street”, as a one-off deal to Parlophone in 1969.
Working as a songwriter throughout the early 70’s, Eddie’s next venture into recording came in 1975 when he signed to Warner Bros records as an artist. He released two singles, “Long Story” and “Can’t get over you”, and his debut LP “The Eddie Howell Gramophone Record”, which featured members of “Brand X” and guitarist Gary Moore.
The album was launched at a promotional gig at Thursday’s club in Kensington. Eddie’s band included Phil Collins on congas, Jack Lancaster on saxophone and Robin Lumley on keyboards. Explains Eddie, ”In the audience that night was Freddie Mercury who had been brought along to the gig by my manager David Minns. It was there that he first heard “Man From Manhattan”, which was a newly written song included in the set. After the gig we met and he was very complimentary about the song and offered to produce it. I remember we all went down to ‘The Elephant on the River’ to celebrate”.
Enthused by the prospect of his first foray into production, Freddie wasted little time in getting started. ”I gave him a two track guitar/vocal demo of the song” recalls Eddie, ”and a couple of days later he called and said let’s get going. Studio time was booked at Sarm East Studios and true to form, Freddie quickly took control of the sessions; ”He did lots of pre-production work on the song’s structure and the harmony arrangements”, reveals Ed. ” He had a mini cassette recorder loaded with ideas for the track, backing vocals and answering phrases”.
THE PICTURE SLEEVE HAS MINOR WEAR AND BLUE CIRCULAR MARK ON THE BACK PICTURE, MOST LIKELY FROM THE COMPANY INNERSLEEVE
THE VINYL LOOKS EX AND PLAYS BETWEEN VG AND EX
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET, SO PLEASE USE THE ZOOM FACILITY
Post and Package: (all items will have to be despatched recorded delivery in line with Paypal requirements)
UK: £3.50 (2nd class recorded delivery)
Europe: £10.50 (signed for and fully insured)
Rest of world: £12.50 (signed for and fully insured)
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