Mighty Garvey!

Mighty Garvey!
Studio album by
Released6 May 1968 (1968-05-06) (US)
28 June 1968 (1968-06-28) (UK)
Recorded22 August 1966 – 12 March 1968[1]
Genre
Length38:54
LabelMercury (US), Fontana (UK)
ProducerManfred Mann
Manfred Mann chronology
Up the Junction
(1968)
Mighty Garvey!
(1968)
Alternative cover
North American release
Singles from Mighty Garvey!
  1. "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown"
    Released: April 1967 (North America only)
  2. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)"
    Released: February 1968 (North America only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone(moderate)[3]

Mighty Garvey! is the fifth and final studio album by Manfred Mann, released on 28 June 1968 by Fontana Records. It was the last recorded by the band (not including compilations) after the change of direction and personnel of their 1966 album As Is. It continued a transition away from jazz and blues towards self-composed art-pop. Despite including two UK top 5 hit singles (Bob Dylan's "Mighty Quinn" and Tony Hazzard's "Ha! Ha! Said the Clown"), the album did not chart and the band split up the year after. In the US and Canada, it was released as The Mighty Quinn by Mercury Records.

  1. ^ Russo, Greg (2011). Mannerisms: The Five Phases of Manfred Mann. Crossfire Publications. pp. 258–259, 261–262. ISBN 9780979184529.
  2. ^ Mighty Garvey! at AllMusic
  3. ^ Pomeroy, James (5 July 1968). "The Mighty Quinn". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 August 2013.[dead link]