I Wish I Were a Group Again : Mike Vickers
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‘I Wish I Were a Group Again’ by Mike Vickers
Label: Columbia ?– SCX 6180
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country:UK
Released:1967
Michael "Mike" Vickers is a British musician who came to prominence as guitarist, flautist and saxophonist with the 1960s band, Manfred Mann. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He originally played flute and saxophone but with the increasing popularity of guitars in bands it was decided that Manfred Mann should have a guitarist in its line-up. Vickers volunteered for this role but he was always happiest playing woodwind.
He was jointly credited with the group's early hit singles and contributed a few tracks to albums, such as "The Abominable Snowmann" and "You're for Me". Band-mate Tom McGuinness described him as "the nicest one of the group...nice nearly all the time. But when he's nasty he just can't be nice about it" and added "He collects saxophones - which we buy for him".
Mike Vickers' goal before he joined Manfred Mann was to be a conductor, arranger, and composer, and to work more in a jazz idiom. I Wish I Were a Group Again was his first solo venture after leaving Manfred Mann in late 1965. It includes Vickers' arrangements of "Matthew & Son," "On a Carousel," "Waterloo Sunset," "Monday Monday," "Sunshine Superman," "Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear," "Daydream," alongside two songs associated with the post-Mike Vickers Manfreds, "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James" and "Pretty Flamingo."
I Wish I Were a Group Again" is a fun record which will please fans of the classic Manfred Mann sound.
Tracklist:
Matthew & Son
Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James
Waterloo Sunset
Proper Charles
Pretty Flamingo
On A Carousel
D.D.D.
Sunshine Superman
Morgan
Daydream
Puff Adder
Monday, Monday
Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear
On The Brink
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