Mighty Garvey!

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Mighty Garvey!
Studio album by Manfred Mann
Released	28 June 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Pop R & B
Length	33:06
Label	Fontana TL/STL 5470
Producer	Manfred Mann
Professional reviews
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Manfred Mann chronology
"Up the Junction" (1968) Mighty Garvey! (1968) Manfred Mann Chapter Three (1969)

Mighty Garvey! is an album released in 1968 by Manfred Mann.

Despite including two UK 'Top 5' hit singles ("Mighty Quinn" and "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"), the album did not chart. It was also their last album released, and they split up the year after. It is considered to be one of the great albums to come out of the late sixties, along with The Kinks' "Village Green Preservation Society". It was later re-issued in 2003, with bonus tracks, but still didn't chart.

[edit] Track listing

Side 1

1. "Happy Families" – 2:18
2. "No Better, No Worse" – 3:02
3. "Every Day Another Hair Turns Grey" – 2:54
4. "Country Dancing" – 2:53
5. "It's So Easy Falling" – 3:20
6. "Happy Families" – 2:09
7. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" – 2:52

Side 2

1. "Black Betty" – 3:06
2. "The Vicar's Daughter" – 2:18
3. "Each and Every Day" – 2:47
4. "Cubist Town" – 3:21
5. "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown" – 2:27
6. "Harry the One-Man Band" – 3:11
7. "Happy Families" – 2:16

Note: There are three different versions of the song "Happy Families":

• Track 1 – Performed by Eddie 'Fingers' Garvey
• Track 6 – Performed by Ed Garvey and The Trio
• Track 14 – Performed by Edwin O'Garvey and His Showband

Eddie 'Fingers' Garvey, Ed Garvey and Edwin O'Garvey are not real people, they are pseudonyms used by Manfred Mann (in much the same way as the Travelling Wilburys twenty years later).

[edit] Personnel

• Mike Hugg – drums
• Manfred Mann – keyboards
• Mike d'Abo – vocals
• Klaus Voorman – bass
• Tom McGuinness – guitar

with

• Derek Wadsworth – horn

v • d • e Manfred Mann Manfred Mann • Mike Hugg • Mike Vickers • Dave Richmond • Paul Jones • Mike d'Abo Jack Bruce • Klaus Voormann • Tom McGuinness Studio albums The Five Faces of Manfred Mann • Mann Made • As Is • Soul of Mann • Up the Junction • Mighty Garvey! UK singles "Why Should We Not" • "Cock-a-Hoop" • "5-4-3-2-1" • "Hubble Bubble (Toil and Trouble)" • "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" • "Sha La La" • "Come Tomorrow" • "Oh No, Not My Baby" • "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" • "Pretty Flamingo" • "You Gave Me Somebody to Love" • "Just Like a Woman" • "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr James" • "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown" • "Sweet Pea" • "So Long, Dad" • "Mighty Quinn" • "Theme from "Up The Junction" • "My Name is Jack" • "Fox on the Run" • "Ragamuffin Man" Related articles Discography • Manfred Mann Chapter Three • Manfred Mann's Earth Band • The Manfreds