New MANNING album pre-ordering now

The new (12th) MANNING album "MARGARET'S CHILDREN" is now available to pre-order ahead of its official Nov 7th release date on Festival Music (F2).

"Always a nerve wracking time of year having invested so much time into making the thing, comes the time when it has to be let out into the 'wild'..so be free...!"  GuyM

The album which is the sequel to the 2006 "ANSER'S TREE" recording features the current live band plus some excellent guest contributions.

Ahead of the release, weekly album character BIOGs will be published from the web site.
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Credits

* Guy Manning: Acoustic 6,12 and Classical Guitars, Drums, Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Samples, Bass, Bouzouki, Mandolins, FX, Percussion, Lead and Backing Vocals

The Fabulous Manning Band Contributors
* Chris Catling: Electric Guitars and Backing Vocals
* Kev Currie: Electric Guitars, Guitar Synth and Backing Vocals
* Steve Dundon: Flutes
* Kris Hudson-Lee: Basses
* Julie King: Backing Vocals (Lead Vocal on "A Night At The Savoy, 1933")
* Tim Leadbeater: Grand Piano (4,7)

Guest Musician Contributors
* Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn: Fiddle
* Kathy Hampson: Cello
* John Kennard: Backing Vocals, Darbuka and Drum Program Consultancy
* Mark Woodward : Additonal Violin

Special Guest Musician Contributors
* Marek Arnold: Clarinet, Alto, Soprano and Tenor Saxes (Courtesy of "'Toxic Smile")
* Leon Camfield: Various Percussion Items (Courtesy of "Tinyfish")
* Phideaux ( as "The MC at the Savoy") (Courtesy of himself!)

Front cover artwork by graphics designer : Ed Unitsky
Ed agreed to provide a new updated vesion of his original ANSER'S TREE artwork for this sequel.
The location is the same, but the Season has moved on to Winter..

Tracks

1 FLEMING BARRAS (1645 - ????) [The Year Of Wonders] 09:49
2 JORGEN BARRAS (1834 - 1900) [Revelation Road] 05:11
3 AMY QUARTERMAINE (1862 - 1916) [A Perfect Childhood] 17:05
4 HARRIET HORDEN (1912 - 1955) [A Night At The Savoy, 1933] 05:05
5 JAMES FAIRFAX (1922 - 1945) [An Average Man] 06:31
6 AMELIA FAIRFAX (1926 - 2010) [Black Silk Sheets Of Cairo] 07:58
7 DAVID LOGAN (1967 - 2022) [The Southern Waves] 08:47

The live band is now working hard on bringing a number of the new tunes into the next set
Our album launch gig is planned for Sat 10th Dec 2011 at the Corporation, Sheffield (plus the Paul Menel band)

Radio / Interview launch events will be published too once these have been finalised..so please stay tuned

Cheers
GuyM