Nightingales & Bombers


Nightingales & Bombers is an album released in 1975 by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
"The title of this album was inspired by a recording made in Surrey, England during the Second World War, by an ornithologist intending to record nightingales. The bombers flew over at the same time and were recorded by accident. The recording has been incorporated in 'As Above, So Below'". - Manfred Mann 1975

The recording was made on 19 May 1942 by a sound engineer for the BBC. Intending to capture the nightingale's song he also, by accident, recorded the sound of RAF bombers on their way to attack Mannheim, Germany. In that raid 197 planes were dispatched and 12 were lost.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Spirits in the Night" – 6:29
  2. "Countdown" – 3:05
  3. "Time Is Right" – 6:32
  4. "Crossfade" – 3:38

    Side two

  6. "Visionary Mountains" – 5:42
  7. "Nightingales and Bombers" – 4:53
  8. "Fat Nelly" – 3:20
  9. "As Above So Below " – 4:18

    Bonus tracks on 1999 CD re-issue

  11. "Quit Your Low Down Ways" – 3:25
  12. "Spirit in the Night" – 3:17
The US version of the album includes "Quit Your Low Down Ways" as the second track on side two.

Personnel

The Earth Band