Instrumental Asylum by Manfred Mann (EP, Blues Rock): Reviews, Ratings, Credits, Song list - Rate Your Music
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Instrumental Asylum
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ArtistManfred Mann
TypeEP
Released3 June 1966
RecordedJanuary 12-24, 1966
RYM Rating 3.63 / 5.00.5 from 14 ratings
Ranked#166 for 1966
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Jazz fusion and jazz rock barely existed, if they existed at all, when this bizarre EP was recorded. Manfred Mann drops their pop music and their lead singer for a horn section and keyboard and vibraphone (!!!) solos on fairly radical covers of rock and pop songs. What did Jack Bruce do to this band?
Despite its brevity, this is a bit of a landmark recording for what it suggested and for beating nearly everyone else to this genre (to the best of my knowledge). The jazz influence is more soul jazz than anything else, but it's still rather remarkable. And it was made my Manfred Mann. What?
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Ratings: 14
Cataloged: 11
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20 Dec 2021
MisterWilson  3.00 stars Scrappy
13 Jul 2021
cmertan  3.00 stars
11 Jul 2021
bingbongler  3.50 stars Good: 65-74
10 Jun 2021
AWIEF  5.00 stars Perfect
27 Feb 2019
Amarelo  4.00 stars
28 May 2018
AlRog Digital4.00 stars
2 Oct 2015
jagwah  4.00 stars
4 Sep 2015
FractalEP  2.50 stars Not good, yet not terrible: a mixed bag
15 Jun 2015
luke13 Vinyl4.00 stars ig at least 80% of the songs are at the
6 Aug 2012
schicken46 Wishlist4.00 stars
17 Jun 2012
singmk  3.50 stars
7 Jan 2011
Mogorva  4.50 stars
9 Oct 2010
Yosca Vinyl4.00 stars Very Good
1 May 2010
musicsun17 Vinyl4.50 stars incredible!
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