"The band's interpretations of other writers' songs are so creative they're essentially new songs with the old lyrics and title": Manfred Mann’s Earth Band mix it up on Nightingales & Bombers

Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1975.

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Nightingales & Bombers

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Spirits in the Night
Countdown
Time Is Right
Crossfade
Visionary Mountains
Nightingales and Bombers
Fat Nelly
As Above So Below

By the time Nightingales & Bombers arrived in record stores in the summer of 1975, Manfred Mann had moved far beyond the previous decade's pop hits Do Wah Diddy, Sha La La and 5-4-3-3-1, and become a respected figure in a scene that embraced both prog and jazz rock.