Singer: Manfred Mann's Earthband
Title: Solar Fire
Label: Bronze ‎– 87 515 XOT
Type: Vinyl, Album, LP, Reissue, Gatefold
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1974
Category: Rock
Style: Prog Rock
Size MP3 zip: 1703 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1510 mb
Rating: 4.2✭
Format: MP3 VOX MP1 AU MP3 MMF FLAC DMF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Father Of Day, Father Of Night Written-By – Bob Dylan
A2	In The Beginning, Darkness Written-By – Slade*, Mann*, Rogers*
A3	Pluto The Dog Written-By – Slade*, Pattenden*, Mann*, Rogers*
B1	Solar Fire Written-By – Slade*, Rogers*
B2	Saturn, Lord Of The Ring, Mercury, The Winged Messenger Written-By – Mann*, Rogers*
B3	Earth, The Circle Part 2 Written-By – Mann*
B4	Earth, The Circle Part 1 Written-By – Mann*

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Ariola
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Bronze Records Ltd.
• Printed By – Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG
• Recorded At – The Workhouse Studios

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Doreen And Irene Chanter*, Grove Singers
• Bass Guitar – Colin Pattenden
• Design, Photography By – Fin Costello
• Drums [Fibes] – Chris Slade
• Engineer – John Pantry
• Engineer [Contributions By] – Dave Stephens, John Edwardes*
• Guitar, Vocals – Mick Rogers
• Management – H.M.*
• Organ, Synthesizer, Vocals – Manfred Mann
• Percussion [Extra] – Peter Miles (tracks: A1)
• Producer – Manfred Mann And Earth Band*
• Tape Op [Tape Operator] – Laurence Latham*
• Trombone – Paul Rutherford

Notes

Cover (back):
℗ 1973 Bronze Records Ltd.
Recorded at the Workhouse, Old Kent Road, London. 1973.
Management H.M.M. 490 Old Kent Road, London SE1.
Im Ariola-Vertrieb.
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh.

Inner gatefold:
Solar: Concerned with, determined by the sun.
Fire: Active principle operative in combustion.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Spine:
Manfred Mann's Eartband [sic] Solar Fire

Centre labels:
Produced by Manfred Mann
Ariola-Eurodisc GmbH., München

Other info:
The cover lists 'Manfred Mann and Earthband' as the producer, the label only 'Manfred Mann'.
Track titles are different on the cover (rear) and the centre labels in some details. Given in the tracklisting are the titles as printed on the cover (rear). Differences for the centre labels are:
Track A2: In The Beginning
Track B2: Saturn/Mercury
Track B3: Earth: The Circle (Part Two)
Track B4: Earth: The Circle (Part One)
Similar to Manfred Mann's Earthband* - Solar Fire

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side B): 87 515 B-4/79S
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): 87 515 A-2/78S
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ILPS 9265	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bronze	ILPS 9265	UK	1973
834785-1	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Bronze	834785-1	Greece	Unknown
RME CD1, 7243 8 41871 2 5	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial)	Cohesion , Virgin	RME CD1, 7243 8 41871 2 5	Russia	2015
PD 6019	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album)	Polydor	PD 6019	US	1973
28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	Solar Fire ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat)	Bronze, Bronze	28 778 XOT, 28 778 IT	Austria	1977