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Manna/Mirage was the Muffins' first album and remained their best work. It is a fantastic blend of Canterbury prog and Henry Cow-ish intricacy, with a soupçon of improvisation. Completely instrumental, the music can also be linked to Happy the Man for its melodic side. "Monkey With the Golden Eyes" is a nice introductory track seguing into the fantastic "Hobart Got Burned," which starts with a calm atonal improvisation and builds up to a bombastic main theme. Then comes "Amelia Earhart" (16 minutes), a track superior to anything that came out of Canterbury. You must hear it to believe it. Canterbury-type prog never got that good. Finally, "The Adventures of Captain Boomerang" (23 minutes) is a long complex suite, with a humorous touch not unlike some of National Health's material. Manna/Mirage would have become a classic prog album, if only it had come out of Canterbury instead of late-'70s U.S.A. Since Cuneiform Records reissued it on CD in 1991, the album has enjoyed quite a bit of fame in progressive rock circles. ~ François Couture
Recording information: Catch-A-Buzz.
Photographer: Steve Abramowitz.
Personnel: Billy Swan (guitar, piano, percussion); Steven Feigenbaum (guitar); Tom Scott (flute, alto flute, piccolo, alto clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion); Dave Newhouse (flute, piccolo, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano, organ, percussion); Paul Sears (pennywhistle, xylophone, drums, pans, percussion, gong); Doug Elliot (trombone); John Schmidt (tuba, baritone horn).
Audio Mixer: The Muffins.
Manna/Mirage Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $3.73) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Progressive, Enhanced CD | | Label | Cuneiform | | Orig Year | 1978 | | All Time Sales Rank |  153455  | | CD Universe Part number | 1060353 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 25, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Engineer | Tom Scott; Colleen Scott | | Personnel | Tom Scott - flute, alto flute, piccolo, alto clarinet, oboe, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, percussion
Billy Swan - guitar, piano, percussion
Doug Elliot - trombone
Dave Newhouse - flute, piccolo, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, piano, organ, percussion
Paul Sears - pennywhistle, xylophone, drums, pans, percussion, gong
John Schmidt - tuba, baritone horn
Steven Feigenbaum - guitar
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