Released 17 August 1991 | Length 33:25 Release date 17 August 1991 Label INDEPENDENT | |
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Manfred mann s plain music plains music 1991 full album
Plains Music is an album released in 1991 by Manfred Mann's Plains Music, which was a project initiated by Manfred Mann after he retired his Earth Band in the late 1980s.
Contents
"This album is called Plains Music, as it consists mainly of the melodies of the North American Plains Indians. We do not pretend that it is in any sense representative of the original ethnic music which was its source material. I tried to make a simple album of plain music, using as few notes as possible and keeping the tracks short and to the point." - Manfred Mann 1991
Mann recorded some of the album in his homeland, which he had been exiled from for nearly three decades because of his opposition to apartheid.
The album was initially released in 1991 and was re-mastered digitally with three additional tracks in 1998.
Track listing
- "Kiowa (Kiowa Wind Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Manfred Mann) – 3:16
- "Medicine Song (Apache Medicine Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Mann, Anthony Moore) – 4:15
- "Wounded Knee (Dakota Ghost Dance Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 4:51
- "Laguna (Laguna Corn Grinding Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 4:56
- "Sikelele I (Based on South African Xhosa Stick Fighting Song)" (Mann, Mike Heron) – 3:43
- "Hunting Bow" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 1:35
- "Instrumedicine Song (As Medicine Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 4:06
- "Sikelele II (As Sikelele I)" (Mann) – 4:03
- "Hunting Bow (Reprise) (Kiowa War Song)" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 2:40
- "Salmon Fishing" (Traditional; arranged by Mann) – 4:02
- "L.I.A.S.O.M." (Michael Martin Murphey, Charles John Quarto) – 3:51
- "Medicine Song" (re-mix) (Traditional; arranged by Mann, Moore) – 4:16
Personnel
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Songs
1Kiowa3:16
2Medicine Song4:15
3Wounded Knee4:51