Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today)
Yes We Have No Mañanas (So Get Your Mañanas Today) is the seventh studio album by Kevin Ayers, released in June 1976. This LP marked Kevin Ayers' return to the leftfield Harvest label. Producer Muff Winwood employed a straightforward pop production that clipped some of Ayers' usual eccentricities from the tapes.
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| Released | June 1976 | |||
| Recorded | Spring 1976 | |||
| Studio | Basing Street Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 35:17 | |||
| Label | Harvest (UK) ABC (USA) | |||
| Producer | Muff Winwood | |||
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The band comprised Rob Townsend from Family on drums, Taste's Charlie McCracken on bass, B.J. Cole's steel guitar and Ollie Halsall's guitar.
Track listing
Side one
Side two
- "Help Me" (Ayers) – 2:40
- "Ballad of Mr Snake" (Ayers) – 2:02
- "Everyone Knows The Song" (Ayers) – 2:33
- "Yes I Do" (Ayers) – 3:08
- "Blue" (Ayers) – 6:26
2009 CD reissue
- 11. "Mr. Cool" (Ayers) – 3:01
- 12. "Love's Gonna Turn You Round" (Ayers) – 4:44
- 13. "Star" (Ayers) – 4:42
- 14. "Ballad of Mr. Snake" (Ayers) – 2:23
- Tracks 11 to 14 are studio recordings made for the BBC's John Peel Show in Maida Vale Studios, London on 13 July 1976
- 15. "Shouting in a Bucket Blues" (Ayers) – 5:26
- 16. "Star" (Ayers) – 4:40
- 17. "Mr. Cool" (Ayers) – 3:44
- 18. "Ballad of Mr. Snake" (Ayers) – 2:39
- 19. "Blue" (Ayers) – 6:24
- Tracks 15 to 19 are live recordings taped at The BBC's Paris Theatre in London on 30 September 1976
Personnel
Musicians
- Kevin Ayers – guitar, vocals
- Billy Livsey – keyboards
- Charlie McCracken – bass
- Ollie Halsall – lead guitar
- Rob Townsend – drums, percussion
- Roger Saunders – rhythm guitar
Additional musicians
- B.J. Cole – steel guitar (tracks 3, 5)
- Rick Wills – bass (track 6)
- Zoot Money – keyboards (track 6)
- Tony Newman – drums (track 6)
- Andy Roberts – guitar (track 8)
- Mickey Feat – bass (track 8)
- Nick Rowley – keyboards (track 8)
- Roger Pope – drums (track 8)
- Pip Williams – arranger (track 5)
- David Bedford – choral arranger (track 10)
Technical
- Muff Winwood – producer
- Mike Robinson – engineer
- Peter Mew – mastering
- Peter Shepherd – design
- Peter Vernon – photography
- Mark Powell – liner notes
References & Sources
- NME - Album review (June 1976)
- Original LP sleevenotes
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