Call Down The Moon (1995)

(cd/UK) Hypertension HYCD 200 154
(cd/US) Griffin Music GCD 480-2

THE SONGS

  1. Call Down The Moon 9:25
  2. If I Were You 7:33
  3. Dream Away 6:04
  4. Blackout 5:27
  5. The Man With The X-Ray Eyes 7:06
  6. Heaven And Hell 8:08
  7. The Girl Is Trouble 4:03
  8. Drivin' Around 12:20
  9. Burn My Workin' Clothes 2:58

THE BAND
Martin Ace--Bass and Vocals
Micky Jones--Guitar and Vocals
Deke Leonard--Keyboard, Guitar and Vocals
John Weathers--Drums, Guitar and Vocals

This album is dedicated to the memory of Winston Leonard.

This album was recorded and mixed during November 1994 at Egg Studios, Seattle; proprietor Conrad Uno. The engineering duties were shared by Mark 'Ticonderoga' Guenther and Conrad. It was produced by the MAN band and Ron Sanchez. All songs written by the MAN band.

Cover art by Andreas M. Wittig, Man logo by Rick Griffin.

We would like to thank the following people for the loan of their equipment: Kurt Bloch, Bill 'Jed' Jedzejewski, Scott McCaughey, Jim Sangster, Mark Guenther and Hugh Jones. Extra thanks must go to Hugh, who invited us into the bosom of his family for Thanksgiving celebrations.
Once again, we thank Michael Heatley for his tireless efforts on our behalf.

Thanks would be inadequate to Walter Krucker, without whom life would be intolerable

Man information:
SAE/IRC to P.O. Box 49, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 OAF, England

Commentary

Either Griffin Music cheapened the packaging on this one or neither Deke nor Michael Heatley wrote any liner notes for this one, which is most unfortunate, as this means I have to. This is the MAN band's most recent studio album, and their first American release since "The Welsh Connection" in 1976. This is also the last appearance, for now, by John "Pugwash" Weathers who has been on drums since 1983. This is probably a year or two longer than Terry Williams who has rejoined the band (at least until Dire Straits has need of him again.) Pugwash has been around a bit in British rock circles, and was for a long time the drummer for Gentle Giant (who are also threatening to reform) and his presence in MAN has prompted many curious inquiries to the Giant home page as to the similarities of the two bands. To put this to rest let me state catagorically that nobody in MAN plays the crumhorn (except in the shower) and the band is not prone to write songs in 7/4 time, or change instruments suddenly in the middle of a song. So these last eleven years have been kind of a working vacation for John. Goodbye for now old friend, hope the Gentle Giant thing works out, good luck trying to convince Derek that he's not to proud to be in a rock 'n roll band.

Back to the album, great stuff, interesting songs, for a bunch of middle aged drug casulties they still have their edge. Best wishes to Deke, who is recovering from a mild stroke. Link into The Welsh Connection for the full story, and more up to date information. (I'm just an archivist, and know very little about current events.) Rest, recuperate and write a lot of songs. We all are looking forward to the next album.

Pester Griffin Music directly

Other American fans have told me that "Call Down the Moon" is selling fairly well, but I rarely see it in the bins at our local (Boston/Cambridge) megastores. You can order this directly by contacting the Griffin Music Web site or e-mail them at: GrifMus@aol.com. You might also gently suggest that you might buy other Man albums from them should they become availalble. I contacted them when the album first appeared and they said that they had no future plans for MAN releases but time and a groundswell of support may change their minds. Be gentle, remember that MAN hasn't released two albums on the same label since 1976, and it might not be easy to secure the rights. But this is a record company who releases Hawkwind, Fish, UFO, and Rick (take two Aspirants and call me in the morning) Wakeman, so Man could be very much at home here.

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