Historical film footage from past decades seems to be surfacing all the time. This time we’re talking about the legendary Welch band Man and this DVD includes five tracks and 25 minutes of their performances recorded for German television. This band that combined West Coast psychedelia, prog, blues and folk rock was always pretty popular in Germany. Man has never really been one of my favorite bands, although I have several of their albums and I liked what they were doing when I saw them live a couple of times in 1998. You just have to give credit to this band since they’ve been making some great stuff.
The first two tracks were shot in black and white in November 1969 and most probably present the earliest Man film material. “Definitely” is just a two-and-a-half-minute jam that the band put together for the program’s opening sequence. Martin Ace plays harmonica on this one. A pretty interesting number to please all the fans. Then comes ”Brother Arnold’s Red and White Striped Tent” that was originally on the band’s second album and this version works out very well. You can also see the very cool looking studio audience. Next in line we’ve got a couple of songs from April 1971: “Daughter of the Fireplace” and the psychedelic epic ”Would the Christians Wait Five Minutes the Lions Are Having a Draw”. These tracks also include some nice video effects that add the mind-expanding atmosphere of these brilliantly played jams. The band was in a really great shape at this point, I must say. The DVD’s last number “Angel Easy” was shot for German TV in November 1971 and rocks hard. The sound and picture quality on this release is very good so I guess it’s a must-have for all the Man fans.
Historical film footage from past decades seems to be surfacing all the time. This time we’re talking about the legendary Welch band Man and this DVD includes five tracks and 25 minutes of their performances recorded for German television. This band that combined West Coast psychedelia, prog, blues and folk rock was always pretty popular in Germany. Man has never really been one of my favorite bands, although I have several of their albums and I liked what they were doing when I saw them live a couple of times in 1998. You just have to give credit to this band since they’ve been making some great stuff.
