Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Solar Fire

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Father Of Day, Father Of Night Written-By – Dylan*	9:53
A2	In The Beginning, Darkness Percussion [Extra] – Peter Miles Written-By – Slade*, Mann*, Rogers*	5:19
A3	Pluto The Dog Written-By – Slade*, Pattenden*, Mann*, Rogers*	2:45
B1	Solar Fire Written-By – Slade*, Rogers*	5:14
B2	Saturn, Lord Of The Ring / Mercury, The Winged Messenger Written-By – Slade*, Mann*, Mann*, Rogers*	6:30
B3	Joybringer Composed By – Holst*Written-By – Slade*, Mann*, Rogers*	3:23
B4	Earth, The Circle Written-By – Mann*	3:48

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Polydor Ltd.
• Distributed By – Polydor Ltd.

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Doreen And Irene Chanter*, Grove Singers
• Bass Guitar – Colin Pattenden
• Design, Photography By – Fin Costello
• Drums [Fibes] – Chris Slade
• Engineer – John Pantry
• Engineer [Contributions By] – Dave Stephens, John Edwardes*
• Guitar, Vocals – Mick Rogers
• Management – H.M.*
• Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals – Manfred Mann
• Producer – Manfred Mann And Earthband*
• Technician [Tape Operator] – Laurence Latham*
• Trombone – Paul Rutherford

Notes

Solar: Concerned with, determined by the sun
Fire: Active principle operative in combustion.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary
Management H.M.M. 490 Old Kent Road, London SE1
Recorded at the Workhouse, London, 1973
℗1973 Polydor Incorporated, 1700 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10019
Manufactured and distributed by Polydor Ltd., 600 Cote de Liesse, St. Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A, & B, Labels): 2391 112
• Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched): PD-6019-A G M Q
• Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched): PD-6019-B G M Q

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9265	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze	ILPS 9265	UK	1973
834785-1	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bronze	834785-1	Greece	Unknown
ILPS 9265, 87 515 XOT, DE LUXE 30951	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze, Hataklit Ltd.	ILPS 9265, 87 515 XOT, DE LUXE 30951	Israel	1976
28 778 XOT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Bronze	28 778 XOT	Germany	Unknown
28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RP, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze	28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Austria	1979

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