Mankey the performer has reappeared only sporadically since the Sparks days, one 7" single, 'Mau Mau', on Bronze Records in 1978 and two mini-albums in the 1980's being the sum total of his output. Look out for a copy of 'Mau Mau' on your travels, it's a good tune, but not as good as the brilliant 'Crazy' on the flipside.
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Flip It! #1 - Earle Mankey
Earle Mankey was guitarist with the pre-'Kimono My House' Sparks, but in 1973, when
Ron and Russell relocated to the UK, Mankey
stayed in LA and began a long career in
record production that continues to this
day. Along the way he's twiddled the knobs
for such artists as The Long Ryders, The
Three O'Clock, The Dickies and Concrete
Blonde, in addition to engineering albums by
Elton John and The Beach Boys.
Mankey the performer has reappeared only sporadically since the Sparks days, one 7" single, 'Mau Mau', on Bronze Records in 1978 and two mini-albums in the 1980's being the sum total of his output. Look out for a copy of 'Mau Mau' on your travels, it's a good tune, but not as good as the brilliant 'Crazy' on the flipside.
Mankey the performer has reappeared only sporadically since the Sparks days, one 7" single, 'Mau Mau', on Bronze Records in 1978 and two mini-albums in the 1980's being the sum total of his output. Look out for a copy of 'Mau Mau' on your travels, it's a good tune, but not as good as the brilliant 'Crazy' on the flipside.
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3 comments:
Earle Mankey! Now there's a name I haven't heard in years. Makes me wish I'd hung on to 'A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing' on vinyl. This is cool.
It's the one & only record I own by him. I might go & check out 'Woofer' again myself, if it's streaming somewhere.
Not heard this one, it's good
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