Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)
| Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) | ||||
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| Studio album by Kevin Ayers | ||||
| Released | June 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1976; Basing Street Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 35:17 | |||
| Label |
Harvest (UK) ABC (USA) | |||
| Producer | Muff Winwood | |||
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| Village Voice |   [1] |
Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, released in June 1976. This LP marked Kevin Ayers' return to the leftfield Harvest label. Producer Muff Winwood employed a straightforward pop production that clipped some of Ayers’ usual eccentricities from the tapes but gave the set a direct and focused impact.
The songs fall into to two thematic groups; tales of love and loss (‘Love's Gonna Turn You Round’ and ‘Falling In Love Again’) coupled with sly digs at a music industry with which Ayers is clearly becoming disenchanted (‘Ballad of Mr. Snake’ and ‘Mr Cool’). The closing song, ‘Blue’, is a rousing tour de force with a spirited chorus and Ollie Halsall's frantic guitar that ranks as one of Ayers strongest 1970s recordings. The band comprised Rob Townsend from Family on drums, Taste’s Charlie McCracken on bass, B.J. Cole's steel guitar and Ollie Halsall’s frenetic power pop solos.
Track listing
Side 1
- Star (Ayers)
- Mr Cool (Ayers)
- The Owl (Ayers)
- Love's Gonna Turn You Round (Ayers)
- Falling In Love Again (Connelly / Hollander)
Side 2
- Help Me (Ayers)
- Ballad Of Mr Snake (Ayers)
- Everyone Knows The Song (Ayers)
- Yes I Do (Ayers)
- Blue (Ayers)
2009 reissue
- 11. Mr. Cool (03:01)
- 12. Love's Gonna Turn You Round (04:44)
- 13. Star (04:42)
- 14. Ballad of Mr. Snake (02:23)
- Tracks 11 to 14 are Studio Recordings made for the BBC's John Peel Show in Maida Vale Studios, London on 13 July 1976
- 15. Shouting in A Bucket Blues (05:26)
- 16. Star (04:40)
- 17. Mr. Cool (03:44)
- 18. Ballad of Mr. Snake (02:39)
- 19. Blue (06:24)
- Tracks 15 to 19 are live recordings taped at The BBC's Paris Theatre in London on 30 September 1976
Personnel
- Kevin Ayers - Guitar, Vocals
- Billy Livsey - Keyboards
- Charlie McCracken - Bass
- Ollie Halsall - Guitar
- Rob Townsend - Drums, percussion
- Roger Saunders - Guitar
- Mickey Feat - Bass
- B.J. Cole - Steel Guitar
- Tony Newman - Drums
- Roger Pope - Drums
- Rick Wills - Bass
- Zoot Money - Keyboards
- Andy Roberts - Guitar,
- Nick Rowley - Keyboards
- Pip Williams - arranger on 5
- David Bedford - arranger on 10
References & Sources
- NME - Album review (June 1976)
- Original LP sleevenotes