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The Welsh Connection
Studio album by
Man
ReleasedMarch 1976 (March 1976)
RecordedDecember 1975 - February 1976
StudioOlympic Studios, Barnes
Length41:05
LabelMCA
ProducerMan
Man chronology
Maximum Darkness
(1975) 		The Welsh Connection
(1976) 		All's Well That Ends Well
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

The Welsh Connection (stylized on the cover as Welsh-Connection) is the eleventh album by the Welsh rock band Man and was released on the MCA Records label 1976.[3] It was their first MCA release, and the first after a change of line-up that saw John McKenzie take over on bass from Martin Ace, and Phil Ryan rejoin. Ryan had worked with Pete Brown in the interim, and arranged for Brown to play on two tracks.

The track "Something is Happening" was sampled on "Break the Bank" a 2014 single by rapper Schoolboy Q.[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ride and the View"Deke Leonard5:01
2."Out of Your Head"Leonard4:04
3."Love Can Find a Way"John McKenzie5:13
4."The Welsh Connection"Phil Ryan, Micky Jones7:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Something is Happening"Ryan6:21
2."Car Toon"Leonard, Ryan6:01
3."Born with a Future"Jones, Leonard, Ryan7:07
Bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."(I'm a) Love-Taker" (b-side "Out of Your Head" single)Leonard2:47

Personnel

Credits

  • Doug Bennett – engineer
  • Nigel Brooke-Heart – tape operation and vocal on "Car Toon"
  • Caromay Dixon – vocal on "Something is Happening"
  • Jeffrey Hooper – vocal on "Out of Your Head"
  • Anton Matthews – vocal on "Out of Your Head"
  • Pete Brown – African talking drums on "The Welsh Connection" and "Something is Happening"
  • Andrew Lauder – mixing
  • Joe Petagno – cover design

References

  1. ^ Collins, Paul. "Man - The Welsh Connection (1976) | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 4 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ "Manband Archive - Music". www.manband-archive.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. ^ Kielty, Martin (6 March 2014). "Man score US No.1 with 70s track". Classic Rock Magazine. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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