Man Manning’s debut album Tall Tales For Small Youngsters celebrates its twenty fifth anniversary this 12 months and the musician has introduced a crowdfunding marketing campaign for a brand new double vinyl model of the album.
The roots of Manning’s debut lie in his affiliation with The Tangent’s Andy Tillison, with whom Manning performed in Parallel Or 90 Levels.
“I recorded a selection of my items, Andy helped out on some drum methods and a few keys and so did my outdated mate Jonathan Barrett at the fretless bass,” Manning remembers. “I used to be very happy with the performances, preparations and sound (even if slightly technically challenged). We did our very best! It used to be 1998!
“I had get right of entry to to a CDR burning device and a few disc labels, I created a Model 1 unencumber of my Tall Tales For Small Youngsters album and presented it on the market on mail order beneath artist title Man Manning. The album identify have been fastened since I used to be 15 in school… I had it penned on my rucksack and the whole thing! I in reality offered some copies and so I began paintings composing the sophomore effort.”
Input Malcolm Parker of the now-legendary Cyclops Information.
“He have been listening increasingly to my CDR and it grew on him (huzzah!), he sought after it to return out on Cyclops… BUT, as Cyclops used to be advertised truly as a modern rock label, he sought after to understand if I had few extra epic numbers that shall we use to switch one of the vital extra singer/songwriter items. So, with a little bit of juggling and rearrangement, Model 2 (the reputable one) used to be in a position for unencumber. It used to be launched in October 1999.
“So, right here we’re 25 years and 15 Manning albums later and about to have fun its birthday with a efficiency at Summer time’s Finish Competition and with a brand new remastered and expanded particular vinyl double album probably.
“My fresh on-line survey published in responses that there have been sufficient of you in the market who would purchase a replica to make it financially viable (as there used to be no label funds this time and we might merely be the use of a crowdfunding means by the use of Wild Thyme Information and Fairsound).
“So please now pledge in advance to your reproduction, it’s at lowered value to begin with and a cut price, and as soon as we’ve got reached the producing value tipping level, the album will pass into manufacturing, however be aware, the retail value may even upward push at that time to a mo mirrored value.”
Pledge right here.
